Inkdrinker
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Sepulcher: a stage enlived by ghosts.
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Post by Inkdrinker on Mar 30, 2015 18:19:26 GMT -5
Mounting, really.
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Post by James on Mar 30, 2015 18:20:21 GMT -5
Whoa, whoa. Some of us are at work. No need to get smutty. |
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Post by Inkdrinker on Mar 30, 2015 18:30:20 GMT -5
The throbbing suspense is eagerly mounting the ready, supple flesh of my brain. Quivering in anticipation, I let out an eager whimper. "P-put it in," I manage to say, eying the turgid information I crave.
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Post by James on Mar 30, 2015 18:32:10 GMT -5
The throbbing suspense is eagerly mounting the ready, supple flesh of my brain. Quivering in anticipation, I let out an eager whimper. "P-put it in," I manage to say, eying the turgid information I crave. Good thing the final wasn't erotica, right? |
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Post by Inkdrinker on Mar 30, 2015 18:37:36 GMT -5
The throbbing suspense is eagerly mounting the ready, supple flesh of my brain. Quivering in anticipation, I let out an eager whimper. "P-put it in," I manage to say, eying the turgid information I crave. Good thing the final wasn't erotica, right? Aye. I'm glad I dodged the sexy wendigo bullet as well. |
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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Mar 30, 2015 18:58:27 GMT -5
If there was a monthly assignment where the topic was erotica, and we guaranteed anonymity so that people wouldn't feel embarrassed, do you think anyone would actually write for it?
And yeah, sorry, I'm getting to the judging. You won't have to wait much longer.
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Post by James on Mar 30, 2015 19:01:33 GMT -5
If there was a monthly assignment where the topic was erotica, and we guaranteed anonymity so that people wouldn't feel embarrassed, do you think anyone would actually write for it? ... you, probably. Oh yeah, no worries. I know my story is on the longer side of things, so I didn't expect a speedy result. |
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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Mar 30, 2015 19:14:19 GMT -5
If there was a monthly assignment where the topic was erotica, and we guaranteed anonymity so that people wouldn't feel embarrassed, do you think anyone would actually write for it? ... you, probably. Oh, no, I'd obviously be judging. For ...  ... reasons. |
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Post by James on Mar 30, 2015 20:11:53 GMT -5
Oh, no, I'd obviously be judging. For ... ... reasons. You judging yourself the winner of an erotica competition you're running could win the Self-Love Prize for Meta-Fiction. |
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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Mar 30, 2015 23:38:33 GMT -5
James' story is long, and I always find his work to be eminently editable, so I'm actually just going to upload my review drafts for both entries.
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Post by James on Mar 31, 2015 0:54:57 GMT -5
James' story is long, and I always find his work to be eminently editable, so I'm actually just going to upload my review drafts for both entries. I tried to open both documents before seeing who had won (why? because I like surprises? I have no idea) and then when seeing the level of editing throughout mine compared to Ink I panicked and went to check the result. I'm actually a little bummed out because I totally intended to really edit this story, properly clear up the prose and rewrite segments, but I simply ran out of time. I wanted to make you proud, Urban Fantasy Nerd, but time failed me. Great final, Ink. You wrote some great stories throughout the competition. |
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Post by Inkdrinker on Mar 31, 2015 1:44:49 GMT -5
Basically, I think that when you aren’t forcing yourself to be weird, you’re being boring. Thank you, this is super, super helpful and a great takeaway. I've sort of been suspecting this for a while, actually. Not that I can't tell mundane stories, just that I should... jazz them up a bit? There is a huge stylistic jump between my Webb-like writing style and what I'd consider my 'normal' writing style, sometimes it feels like an affectation, like, as you say, I'm forcing myself to be weird. But I always worried I lost something when I wrote like that, that I was liable to disappear up my own ass in a cloud of weird word choices. But now that I know it works, or at least it can work, I think I'll experiment going to that place more often. I like having my writing described as 'weird' (actually your review made me all squishy). I like weird. Weird is fun. Thanks, Taed. And three cheers for James the Great Vanquisher of Hopes and Dreams! |
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Post by James on Mar 31, 2015 2:53:24 GMT -5
And three cheers for James the Great Vanquisher of Hopes and Dreams!Like I said, there was a moment when I was reading the reviews where I was worried. Nice work. You've made it to two finals in a row. |
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Post by James on Mar 31, 2015 3:59:09 GMT -5
Also, I think everyone owes Taed some massive thanks for stepping in to judge the competition when things got busy for Pete. Cheers, man!
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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Mar 31, 2015 7:35:21 GMT -5
James' story is long, and I always find his work to be eminently editable, so I'm actually just going to upload my review drafts for both entries. I tried to open both documents before seeing who had won (why? because I like surprises? I have no idea) and then when seeing the level of editing throughout mine compared to Ink I panicked and went to check the result. I'm actually a little bummed out because I totally intended to really edit this story, properly clear up the prose and rewrite segments, but I simply ran out of time. I wanted to make you proud, Urban Fantasy Nerd, but time failed me. Great final, Ink. You wrote some great stories throughout the competition. I wouldn't worry too much, I don't really count those kinds of edits as a mark against. There was very little substantive content that I took any issue with, and even the line edits tapered off as the story went on, so you obviously stabilized. I think a decent-sized chunk of what I did edit was just stylistic differences anyway; if you removed all the places where I thought "within" should just be "in," or where I thought a statement should have "that" in front of it, there'd be a lot less. |
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