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snowfoxofdeath Thou errant flap-dragon! from San Francisco Suburb Since: Apr, 2012
Thou errant flap-dragon!
#126: Sep 4th 2011 at 7:09:47 AM

Yeah, fairy tales seem to be a public domain sort of thing.

Warm hugs and morally questionable advice given here. Prosey Bitchfest
pagad Sneering Imperialist from perfidious Albion Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Sneering Imperialist
#127: Sep 4th 2011 at 10:26:46 AM

I'm wondering how far we can stretch the definition of fairy tale.

With cannon shot and gun blast smash the alien. With laser beam and searing plasma scatter the alien to the stars.
TeraChimera Since: Oct, 2010
#128: Sep 4th 2011 at 11:17:54 AM

I'll probably be in.

Do we need to include the themes when we PM you?

EDIT: Whoops, never mind, saw not to include the themes.

EDIT AGAIN: And saw to include themes in PM, but not uploaded story. Boy, I missed a bunch. [lol]

edited 4th Sep '11 11:32:17 AM by TeraChimera

deathjavu This foreboding is fa... from The internet, obviously Since: Feb, 2010
This foreboding is fa...
#129: Sep 5th 2011 at 10:43:56 AM

Buhh, being eaten by school.

Gonna give this short to one of my friends who actually writes, she should tear it apart nicely.

Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.
FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#130: Sep 5th 2011 at 11:58:52 AM

This "fairy tale" thing seems to be a source of much confusion.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#131: Sep 5th 2011 at 12:11:33 PM

[up]I like your new avatar!

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
snowfoxofdeath Thou errant flap-dragon! from San Francisco Suburb Since: Apr, 2012
FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#133: Sep 5th 2011 at 12:20:42 PM

[up][up] It's actually an old avatar. :P I just switched back to it for a while.

[up] Yes it is. I wonder how stories in that cat are gonna be judged.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
snowfoxofdeath Thou errant flap-dragon! from San Francisco Suburb Since: Apr, 2012
Thou errant flap-dragon!
#134: Sep 5th 2011 at 12:22:52 PM

The judges should be open-minded, to say the least.

Warm hugs and morally questionable advice given here. Prosey Bitchfest
JesusSaves Since: Aug, 2011
#135: Sep 5th 2011 at 1:34:08 PM

So what if they have a Mean Brit or two? It couldn't get any worse, right? Right?

An action is not virtuous merely because it is unpleasant to do.
MildGuy I squeeze gats. from the bed I made. Since: Jan, 2011
I squeeze gats.
#136: Sep 5th 2011 at 10:25:28 PM

^If he's on the panel then I better use the Oxford comma.

Ugh, I hate everything I've written for this contest so far. And I'm running out of time.

FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#137: Sep 5th 2011 at 10:46:46 PM

There's still nearly a month left, y'know.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
RalphCrown Short Hair from Next Door to Nowhere Since: Oct, 2010
Short Hair
#138: Sep 6th 2011 at 6:37:50 PM

Finished the second rough draft. Assumed one page of longhand was approx 500 words, so with 10 pages, that gave me about 5K. Typed in the first 5 pages, half the story.

It's 850 words.

So total WC is about 1700. Not even enough for the minimum.

Okay, my style is somewhat minimalist. This piece has a beginning, a middle, an end. It has some fairly well-drawn characters, if I do say so myself. It could probably use more description.

Think positive. I have four topics I left out because I was afraid there wasn't room. Now there's room. And plenty of time to fill it.

Under World. It rocks!
FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#139: Sep 6th 2011 at 6:44:40 PM

Since I haven't mentioned my own progress yet, I think my story is going good places. At first I was worried that my idea looked too similar to another, far more famous story, which I admittedly used as inspiration. But I think I've made it suitably "Freezairy" now. Although I do hope that I don't go over the word limit.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
TeraChimera Since: Oct, 2010
#140: Sep 6th 2011 at 7:18:49 PM

About halfway done with my first draft. I've got a little over 2100 words, and I'm so far pleased with what's happening. I'm also seeing some aspects of my style come out, in comparison to other stuff I've written.

For some reason, I decided to go with three themes instead of two. Incidentally, one of them indirectly provided the premise, while the second one led into the third for me.

I think this might be the first short story that I don't have to write for school that I actually finish.

JesusSaves Since: Aug, 2011
#141: Sep 6th 2011 at 11:29:38 PM

I randomly met a Norse beginner writer on Omegle. She's 20. We exchanged Facebooks, and now I'm critquing her work and functioning like an editor. I tried to steer her over here. If I manage to get her lost among these pages, that will buy me some time (and make some future explanations easier).

An action is not virtuous merely because it is unpleasant to do.
FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#142: Sep 6th 2011 at 11:37:12 PM

I only have 4 lines ready lol. But. I am very excited becuase this will be very important to me as it will be a demo for my biggest projecttongue

edited 6th Sep '11 11:39:15 PM by FallenLegend

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
Dealan Since: Feb, 2010
#143: Sep 7th 2011 at 12:29:24 AM

I had almost finished mine, but then I realised that I hated how the plot had turned out and deleted the last 500 words or so. It's been over a week since then, and I haven't touched it since.

...Guess I should get back to it. Some time.

DoktorvonEurotrash Lex et Veritas from Not a place of honour (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#144: Sep 7th 2011 at 3:37:23 AM

I've finished a first draft and am reasonably happy with it. Not sure whether this is the one I'll end up going with, though...

deathjavu This foreboding is fa... from The internet, obviously Since: Feb, 2010
This foreboding is fa...
#145: Sep 7th 2011 at 8:46:41 PM

Left my entry as a "gift" in one of my friends mailbox. evil grin Hope they got it.

They're the sort of people who couldn't ignore it now that they have it, and they couldn't read it without at least a few comments. Might be slightly evil of me to do, but I think they'll enjoy the story enough to forgive me.

Hopefully.

<_<

Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.
feotakahari Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer from Looking out at the city Since: Sep, 2009
Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer
#146: Sep 7th 2011 at 9:11:14 PM

I've completed the first act. It's starting to feel a bit long-winded, though—not bad, but I'm not sure it'll be able to compete with stories that get to the point faster.

That's Feo . . . He's a disgusting, mysoginistic, paedophilic asshat who moonlights as a shitty writer—Something Awful
TeraChimera Since: Oct, 2010
#147: Sep 7th 2011 at 9:25:43 PM

[up]...My story gets to the point within two pages.surprised

FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#148: Sep 7th 2011 at 10:27:19 PM

I'm having some real fun describing things in my story. Although I do hope that my story doesn't feel rushed in the end. It sort of fits in within the conventions of the theme I chose, though.

Incidentally, this is my second story idea. But I managed to work a theme (not a contest theme, more like an idea-theme) from the first one into this one! :D

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
MildGuy I squeeze gats. from the bed I made. Since: Jan, 2011
I squeeze gats.
#149: Sep 9th 2011 at 12:42:12 AM

Okay, sign me up as a writer entrant. If I fail to get this sucka up in the air a week before the deadline, I'll probably sign up as judge, if that's all right.

animemetalhead Runs on Awesomeness from Ashwood Landing, ME Since: Apr, 2010
Runs on Awesomeness
#150: Sep 9th 2011 at 1:14:15 AM

I still don't even have an idea yet sad

No one believes me when I say angels can turn their panties into guns.

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