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Post by James on Feb 18, 2015 17:39:08 GMT -5
I feel like I'm really going to be testing my resolve to let the story be its natural lenght and not cut it artifically short. Hmm.
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Feb 18, 2015 17:51:54 GMT -5
I feel like I'm really going to be testing my resolve to let the story be its natural lenght and not cut it artifically short. Hmm. If length is something you're concerned with, you might put extra care into deciding whether or not the story's natural length is necessarily as long as you think it is. Like I mentioned about your King of the Hill story, it felt like you rushed the ending because you wrote a much longer story and cut it short. But if you'd shifted the focus away from the confrontation with Duncan and made the story about Jack and Ime, you could have told a stronger story in an even smaller space. |
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Post by James on Feb 18, 2015 17:59:19 GMT -5
I feel like I'm really going to be testing my resolve to let the story be its natural lenght and not cut it artifically short. Hmm. If length is something you're concerned with, you might put extra care into deciding whether or not the story's natural length is necessarily as long as you think it is. Like I mentioned about your King of the Hill story, it felt like you rushed the ending because you wrote a much longer story and cut it short. But if you'd shifted the focus away from the confrontation with Duncan and made the story about Jack and Ime, you could have told a stronger story in an even smaller space. Yeah, this is something I'm considering. Heists have that three act structure to them where you can just completely drop an act (the planning stage), for instance. And I think I could probably do that. ... but I don't really want to. And I don't think the story would be improved by doing so, in fact I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be. I'll have to ponder. |
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Post by James on Feb 19, 2015 13:13:12 GMT -5
So how are people going for the final round? Reffy, have you got anything yet for slipstream (if nothing else, the wikipedia page is quite useful). Silver, any ideas yet?
I'm going to start writing today after work.
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Post by J.O.N ((Dragonwing)) on Feb 19, 2015 13:16:33 GMT -5
Got a great idea, I'm hoping that I at least have one good story for this competition.
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Feb 19, 2015 13:16:46 GMT -5
So how are people going for the final round? Reffy, have you got anything yet for slipstream (if nothing else, the wikipedia page is quite useful). Silver, any ideas yet? I'm going to start writing today after work. I've got ideas, I just need to write. I really want to finish the story I've started, but I also want to write something unrelated as that feels a little like cheating. Think I'll probably just wrap it up though, since I suspect that if I don't I'll never get around to doing it. |
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Post by JMDavis ((Silver)) on Feb 19, 2015 13:16:53 GMT -5
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Post by James on Feb 19, 2015 15:23:59 GMT -5
So how are people going for the final round? Reffy, have you got anything yet for slipstream (if nothing else, the wikipedia page is quite useful). Silver, any ideas yet? I'm going to start writing today after work. I've got ideas, I just need to write. I really want to finish the story I've started, but I also want to write something unrelated as that feels a little like cheating. Think I'll probably just wrap it up though, since I suspect that if I don't I'll never get around to doing it. I say finish it. It's always good to finish a story. Also, you won't have it hanging over your head if you make it to the semi-final and final. |
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Feb 20, 2015 4:18:38 GMT -5
Ugh... Only 675 words tonight.
And a lot of that was re-write. Shouldn't have slowed my roll.
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Post by James on Feb 20, 2015 4:37:40 GMT -5
I got 1,500 words done. I'm pretty happy with it so far.
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Post by James on Feb 21, 2015 1:59:10 GMT -5
Ohgod. I started writing an accent and now I can't stop, but it's so annoying.
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Post by J.O.N ((Dragonwing)) on Feb 21, 2015 7:01:19 GMT -5
When is this round due?
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Feb 21, 2015 12:25:13 GMT -5
Due Date: 12:01 AM EST Wednesday, February 25, 2015
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Post by James on Feb 22, 2015 3:16:13 GMT -5
2,700 words. I think it'll actually still end up being sub-5,000, which is always nice for the judge, I think. At the moment, I'm still feeling really good with how it's turning out.
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Feb 23, 2015 14:18:31 GMT -5
So how are people going for the final round? Reffy, have you got anything yet for slipstream (if nothing else, the wikipedia page is quite useful). Silver, any ideas yet? I'm going to start writing today after work. I has an idea ... unfortunately I got no writing done over the holiday. I did try! I even opened my lappy. |
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