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Post by James on Jan 10, 2016 16:07:45 GMT -5
I've already ran through several ideas and I think one is beginning to form. I always feel the need to settle on something early to give myself time to write. It's the only thing I don't like about the deadline: a lack of freedom to really let the idea float around for a while. I'm also entertaining myself by thinking which writer would prefer which beginning. Yeah, I've got a few ideas; the trick is going to be keeping them short enough. Trying to keep it short while not making it abrupt is one of my biggest issues now in short stories. I struggled with it all the way through last year's competition.
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Post by James on Jan 10, 2016 21:24:14 GMT -5
I'm also super interested in seeing -four- stories from the same introduction. That's something new to this competition and it'll be interesting how much overlap there is.
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Post by Kaez on Jan 12, 2016 0:15:01 GMT -5
I have my idea!
I sat down, broke down my intro and all the ways I could imagine the story going, and started playing with them until I came up with something I liked.
Not sure if I should let the idea sit for a while, or just write out a kind of very-rough-draft version of it tomorrow and then let -that- sit for a while before returning to it for polishing and editing.
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Post by James on Jan 12, 2016 0:25:04 GMT -5
I sat down, broke down my intro and all the ways I could imagine the story going, and started playing with them until I came up with something I liked. I'm really proud of how I got to my idea. Like the end product might be total shit, but the creative process to get to that idea? First, it was a whole lot of fun. But secondly, it also seemed like a really solid process. Sounds like you did something similar. Anybody else got an idea or started writing yet?
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Post by Injin on Jan 12, 2016 0:37:35 GMT -5
I won't be able to start writing until tomorrow night, but I think I might have an idea or two.
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Post by James on Jan 12, 2016 2:31:41 GMT -5
Well, I've made a bit of a start. Only 400 words, but I'm exhausted after today and the dentist so that will do me. Going to think more about the style I want.
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Post by Injin on Jan 13, 2016 1:04:53 GMT -5
About 900 words in, including the intro provided. I think that was good progress for the night. I'll probably get a little more tomorrow and a lot more on Thursday.
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Post by James on Jan 13, 2016 1:10:33 GMT -5
After dinner, I'm going to try and sit down and go for a long writing session. Outside of yesterday's impromptu story, I haven't done a 1,000+ word session since November.
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jan 13, 2016 2:09:21 GMT -5
After dinner, I'm going to try and sit down and go for a long writing session. Outside of yesterday's impromptu story, I haven't done a 1,000+ word session since November. Did about 1600 last night, but I may end up cutting about 60% of it. Depends on how the end comes together.
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Post by James on Jan 13, 2016 2:11:43 GMT -5
I'm super nervous about the length of mine. I think I'm trying to cram a fair bit in.
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Post by J.O.N ((Dragonwing)) on Jan 13, 2016 5:34:30 GMT -5
Aaaaaaahhhh!
Give me something brain!
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Jan 13, 2016 12:58:55 GMT -5
Oops missed this ... ohwells. Don't need to add more stresses. Still need to get healthy and find new job. Maybe I will add reviews or some stuff?
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jan 13, 2016 13:11:55 GMT -5
Oops missed this ... ohwells. Don't need to add more stresses. Still need to get healthy and find new job. Maybe I will add reviews or some stuff? Hey Ref! Yeah, do some reading. Would be good to get some votes and reviews from folks who aren't also competitors.
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Post by James on Jan 13, 2016 14:02:35 GMT -5
Maybe I will add reviews or some stuff? Definitely! Like Zovo said, having people from outside the competition reviewing would be great. Also, you're the reigning Arena champ, Reffy, so you can pass judgment on your potential successors.
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Post by James on Jan 14, 2016 1:59:48 GMT -5
So how is everyone going?
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