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Post by James on Jul 15, 2012 0:04:46 GMT -5
Just over halfway through the judging. Scores will be up in the next few hours. If you post an entry in that time, I will accept it.
Round Three is also up. It's the Speculative Fiction round. Last year was Horror. What have you got this time?
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Post by Kaez on Jul 15, 2012 0:04:58 GMT -5
God fucking help me if I don't write for this round.
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Post by JMDavis ((Silver)) on Jul 15, 2012 1:46:26 GMT -5
God fucking help me if I don't write for this round. |
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Post by James on Jul 15, 2012 2:43:41 GMT -5
Scores are updated! Two rounds, two winners. And neither of them are leading the leader board. Instead we've got a tie up the top with three rounds to go.
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Post by James on Jul 15, 2012 2:45:39 GMT -5
God fucking help me if I don't write for this round. Your entry must be the completed, 100,000 words plus, Wolves in the Dark. As the prophecy foretold. ... So I'm hoping for at least eight entries this round. If we hit eight for every round left we reach 40+ entries for the month, which was the challenge I set for the forum at the start of this thing. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2012 3:23:10 GMT -5
I... uh, you... liked that? I kind of threw that all together in about 15 minutes because I felt I had to participate. It's like, what, 500 words? Thank you for the points, though.
Though I have to say I don't intentionally show off my vocabulary. I just use the most apt word in my mind for the situation and, specifically in this case, I use "acrid" to describe smoke in every single story I've written that has smoke. It's just implanted in my mind for some reason. I don't know that I can fix this problem unless I get someone else to point them out to me.
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Jul 15, 2012 3:39:32 GMT -5
Teehehe - sorry Agro! <3 I know they're hard to review. Just really enjoying getting back to my flash fiction roots and love. Been a while since I've written - so this is like running around an old fashioned sweet shop.
By the way (since I don't know if you picked up on it) the beggar -was- the city. It wasn't just the effect the city would have on somebody. The grumbling belly: the sewers. The acrid breathe: the smog and pollution. The scabs on his broken skin: the roads and skyrises.
Now you can see why I loved the idea - although, if you didn't pick up on it, then maybe I should have made it more obvious.
Don't know if I'll be able to do the next in a Flash Fiction style. Time to ponder ...
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Post by James on Jul 15, 2012 3:45:03 GMT -5
Though I have to say I don't intentionally show off my vocabulary. I just use the most apt word in my mind for the situation and, specifically in this case, I use "acrid" to describe smoke in every single story I've written that has smoke. But you then used bitterness as well. And they are, by and large, the same thing. It was redundant. |
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Post by James on Jul 15, 2012 3:56:12 GMT -5
By the way (since I don't know if you picked up on it) the beggar -was- the city. It wasn't just the effect the city would have on somebody. The grumbling belly: the sewers. The acrid breathe: the smog and pollution. The scabs on his broken skin: the roads and skyrises. See. I didn't consider that. I don't think you should make it more obvious, I should have picked up on that. But I think that's why I tend to avoid grouping stories and flash fiction together. I read them in a different style, I'm not quite so in-depth when I'm reading a short story unless I feel like I'm missing something from the text. And that's how I read yours because, you know, I was expecting short stories. I tend to read Flash more like poetry. Where I would have probably picked up on that right away. |
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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Jul 15, 2012 8:23:23 GMT -5
I find it a little insulting when so many of you guys say that you slapped something together in 15 minutes. It makes it sound like you don't really care.
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Post by Mena on Jul 15, 2012 11:16:35 GMT -5
What is considered high fantasy? Just a bit confused, sorry.
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Post by Kaez on Jul 15, 2012 12:07:30 GMT -5
God fucking help me if I don't write for this round. Your entry must be the completed, 100,000 words plus, Wolves in the Dark. As the prophecy foretold. lol'd |
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Post by Bloodeye the Bai Ze on Jul 15, 2012 12:16:44 GMT -5
Sorry to make you feel all weepy there James.
Truth be told there is actually a second half to that story. I didn't post it due to A) length and B) I felt it diverged from the topic.
I can post it up here for you later today if you'd like.
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Jul 15, 2012 12:29:43 GMT -5
By the way (since I don't know if you picked up on it) the beggar -was- the city. It wasn't just the effect the city would have on somebody. The grumbling belly: the sewers. The acrid breathe: the smog and pollution. The scabs on his broken skin: the roads and skyrises. See. I didn't consider that. I don't think you should make it more obvious, I should have picked up on that. But I think that's why I tend to avoid grouping stories and flash fiction together. I read them in a different style, I'm not quite so in-depth when I'm reading a short story unless I feel like I'm missing something from the text. And that's how I read yours because, you know, I was expecting short stories. I tend to read Flash more like poetry. Where I would have probably picked up on that right away. Actually, makes sense. Possibly the best reason so far as to why Flash and Short should never sit together - despite the usual 50 word to 2k word argument. I guess everybody will kinda read like that as well because they're not really looking for much more. Glad you liked it anyways :] I really enjoyed stewing it and playing with the imagery and how to portray the city. I find it a little insulting when so many of you guys say that you slapped something together in 15 minutes. It makes it sound like you don't really care. Kinda agree here which sounds daft because you could argue that my flash fictions were created in less time ... but then only I know exactly how much time I spend worrying over each word and how to do something and where the wasted space is and how to get a story in so little a space. Admitted I could have been a lot more stringent with the last two stories. Suppose some writers just work better on the fly while others like to make it a luxurious five course meal ... :] |
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jul 15, 2012 12:30:49 GMT -5
I find it a little insulting when so many of you guys say that you slapped something together in 15 minutes. It makes it sound like you don't really care. |
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