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Contest July-August 2021 Short Story Contest (Entries closed)

Discussion in 'Fluff and Stories' started by Scalenex, Jun 28, 2021.

  1. Imrahil
    Slann

    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    Go-do!

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
  2. Lizards of Renown
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    Lizards of Renown Herald of Creation

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    Bravo signore!
     
  3. Lizards of Renown
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    Lizards of Renown Herald of Creation

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    Lets’s do it guys! :D
     
  4. NIGHTBRINGER
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    NIGHTBRINGER Second Spawning

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  5. Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl
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    Scribble-scratch now-quick, before the deadline bell ring-tolls!
     
  6. Scalenex
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    Scalenex Keeper of the Indexes Staff Member

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  7. Lizards of Renown
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    Inspired.
     
  8. Imrahil
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    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    Wordcount-wise I am allowed to enter my story, but story-wise it needs some more words.

    Grrr, Imarhil
     
  9. Killer Angel
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    Killer Angel Prophet of the Stars Staff Member

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    So, do you need to trim some words to make room for the ending?
     
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  10. Scalenex
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    Scalenex Keeper of the Indexes Staff Member

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    I have a very busy weekend and a free day with no work or social obligations on Monday.

    The new contest deadline is Monday noon, August 2nd.
     
  11. Killer Angel
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    Killer Angel Prophet of the Stars Staff Member

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  12. Imrahil
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    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    I meaned that I have 500+ words, but not yet a complete story.

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
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  13. Killer Angel
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    Killer Angel Prophet of the Stars Staff Member

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    The real problem here is how much words do you still need... ;)
     
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  14. Lizards of Renown
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    Okay meneer! You've got three days! Let's do it!

    (I've stopped posting on flickers about the contest as, unless people are already mid writing, no-ones going to write a story in three days)
     
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  15. Killer Angel
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    Killer Angel Prophet of the Stars Staff Member

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    If you already have an idea, it's doable.
     
  16. Scalenex
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    Scalenex Keeper of the Indexes Staff Member

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    I've done a story in one and half days before.

    This time I'm setting my sights to doing a poem in one and a half hours.
     
  17. Lizards of Renown
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    True, but not for the type of people that I'm promoting to who haven't even been interested in the contest.
     
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  18. Lizards of Renown
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    This I don't doubt, given your prolific outpouring on Scarterra/Scaraqua.

    [LoR raises eyebrow and makes mental note to check after the competition finishes as to which poem is Scalenexes...]
     
  19. Paradoxical Pacifism
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    I remember completing a few stories in about 3-4 hours. I think loosening the definition and criteria on what counts as a story can help quite a lot. For the past month or so, I wrote 8 short stories for my thread, and I'm currently writing another one (it's about fleshing out Nakai as a character before the great catastrophe happened). Anyway, most of them aren't that fancy or complex, but I think writing them was really good practice imo.
     
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  20. Y'ttar Scaletail
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    Y'ttar Scaletail Well-Known Member

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    Normally I would have managed it in the single day yesterday, but ran into some writer's block. :p
    Hopefully should finish by end of today.
     

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