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- Fri Nov 29, 2019 8:30 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
- Replies: 564
- Views: 14690
Re: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
Haha! I'm not sure about disgruntledpeony, but you can blame a random username generator for mine. I can come up with story ideas like nobody's business, but username ideas? Perish the thought. As for the minerals...any StarCraft players around here? I'm all 'bout Dune II, which ages me somewhat I ...
- Sat Nov 23, 2019 8:15 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Wulf Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge!
- Replies: 1864
- Views: 54350
Re: Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge!
And to finish, one more HM this quarter.
- Sat Nov 23, 2019 7:45 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
- Replies: 564
- Views: 14690
Re: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
And, it's...
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- Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:02 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q3 Volume 36
- Replies: 572
- Views: 23387
Re: Discussion: Q3 Volume 36
Likewise, I replied to her first email last month, but didn't get reply. Then, I received her 2nd email a few days ago asking for me to re-confirm. I did and then I got her personal response to say she received it this time. Her confirmation email took about 3 days--not bad considering all she's do...
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:02 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Wulf Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge!
- Replies: 1864
- Views: 54350
Re: Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge!
My Aunt used to study books of scrabble words. She was lethal at that game when I was a kid. As an adult, I was still worse with words than some of my family, but would win because I had better game strategy on the board.
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:52 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q3 Volume 36
- Replies: 572
- Views: 23387
Re: Discussion: Q3 Volume 36
Speaking of Q3, did others get the email from Joni asking to reconfirm the response? I found I didn't have a response to my answer to her first email, and still don't have one to my follow-up yesterday, which is a little unusual. She seemed to think she was having bother with her email, and I wonder...
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:47 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
- Replies: 564
- Views: 14690
Re: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
Oh, good, longer for me to develop a permanent nervous tic. Something to look forward to anyway.
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 8:21 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Wulf Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge!
- Replies: 1864
- Views: 54350
Re: Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge! Vol. 36
I found the challenge a good way to just kick off a decent writing routine again. And writing new stories was definitely better to help me do that than editing or revising would have been. I'm not sure what I'm doing for the next cycle though. Tempting though this is, I think it'd be difficult to do...
- Tue Oct 01, 2019 5:47 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Wulf Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge!
- Replies: 1864
- Views: 54350
Re: Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge! Vol. 36
I'm not entirely sure what I am. A paddler? You are a platypus writer! Hard to categorize! wotf001 "A semiaquatic egg-laying mammal which frequents lakes and streams in eastern Australia. It has a sensitive pliable bill shaped like that of a duck, webbed feet with venomous spurs, and dense fur...
- Tue Oct 01, 2019 3:56 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Wulf Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge!
- Replies: 1864
- Views: 54350
Re: Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge! Vol. 36
I'm not entirely sure what I am. A paddler?
- Mon Sep 30, 2019 5:23 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
- Replies: 564
- Views: 14690
Re: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
Yeah, a lot of the paper sub markets were that way, both for short fiction and novel pitches. You could either provide a small envelope pre-paid for just the response, or a larger one if you wanted the whole manuscript back. I did the latter when it was difficult for me to print things like that, bu...
- Mon Sep 30, 2019 4:48 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
- Replies: 564
- Views: 14690
Re: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
After much hard work and some loss of sleep this past week, I'm in! Just watched the lady at the post office postmark it for today. Yay! Good luck everyone! Whoa, so retro! Actually, I always loved paper submissions. It gave the whole process of sending in a story a little bit of an event feel. But...
- Sun Sep 29, 2019 10:47 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q3 Volume 36
- Replies: 572
- Views: 23387
Re: Discussion: Q3 Volume 36
I ran into what I thought were a couple of these auto-reject, story bloating sections this time around, and was feeling for sure I was steaming headlong into an R. I guess I did enough things right in the rest of it that those things were forgiven enough to earn an HM, though I wonder how it would f...
- Sat Sep 28, 2019 5:38 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q3 Volume 36
- Replies: 572
- Views: 23387
Re: Discussion: Q3 Volume 36
And it's an HM for me, too...
I was really expecting an R this time around.
I was really expecting an R this time around.
- Fri Sep 27, 2019 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q3 Volume 36
- Replies: 572
- Views: 23387
Re: Discussion: Q3 Volume 36
Advance notice, there are some parts I'll refuse to smuggle. Don't want the customs guy looking at me funny.
- Fri Sep 27, 2019 10:58 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q3 Volume 36
- Replies: 572
- Views: 23387
Re: Discussion: Q3 Volume 36
This quarter is the one I'm strapping in to expect my first straight R for. I have so many issues with the opening that I really don't expect the readers to stick with it long enough.
On the up side, prime candidate for an edit or a rewrite...
On the up side, prime candidate for an edit or a rewrite...
- Wed Sep 25, 2019 5:30 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
- Replies: 564
- Views: 14690
Re: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
CONGRATS, einstein36, vjalrik, DoctorJest, Henckel, disgruntledpeony, LDWriter2, and all those who submitted earlier!!! wotf010 I am working on the novel this week and letting the crits for my Q4 simmer until the weekend. Then a Fix and a Polish and I might even be in a day early. wotf001 Thanks! w...
- Wed Sep 25, 2019 11:21 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Wulf Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge!
- Replies: 1864
- Views: 54350
Re: Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge! Vol. 36
disgruntledpeony wrote:Officially entered my fourth fresh story for the year.
And the woots were enthusiastically given!
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 6:50 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q1 Volume 37
- Replies: 66
- Views: 2183
Re: Discussion: Q1 Volume 37
You could always do the revision, write a fresh story, and see which you like better when it comes time to submit? That's not a bad plan at all, and I think I may adopt it. I'm currently working on finishing up the fresh piece I set aside, and glaring at its multitude of faults and stumbles, but I'...
- Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:30 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: A Word Re: Revisions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 763
Re: A Word Re: Revisions
I'd echo that for sure -- or every "writers must do X" piece of advice out there, there'll be professional and successful writers out there doing the opposite (with the possible exception of "writers must write"). By and large, all the advice is just a bunch of clues and breadcru...
- Mon Sep 23, 2019 5:08 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q1 Volume 37
- Replies: 66
- Views: 2183
Re: Discussion: Q1 Volume 37
My first entry for v37 is already queued up, as I set aside a story I didn't think I would fully do justice in the time I had left, and submitted another story in its place. I've yet to decide what to do with the other three entries though - I have a story I'd really like to revise and resubmit, but...
- Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:31 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: 4 in 36
- Replies: 100
- Views: 7221
Re: 4 in 36
I'm also in for all four now. :-) Can't say I'm running into that 4am issue at the moment, though...
- Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:02 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Wulf Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge!
- Replies: 1864
- Views: 54350
Re: Moon's SUPER SECRET Bonus Challenge! Vol. 36
I'm already in for Q4 now, which will give me a few days to play with this exercise. I'll plan to pick it up tomorrow morning and see what shakes loose.
- Mon Sep 23, 2019 7:59 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
- Replies: 564
- Views: 14690
Re: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
And I'm in as well -- that's Q4 done and dusted! First time I've gone 4 in 4, so I'm pretty pleased about that. :-)
- Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:57 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
- Replies: 564
- Views: 14690
Re: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
My story is done, but I'm tinkering with the language choices in a couple of places to tighten the thematic points. I was tempted to submit already, but resisted the urge to do so until I've finished this pass properly, so more likely to submit early next week.
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:46 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
- Replies: 564
- Views: 14690
Re: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
Of my six results to date, broadly speaking, two saw the hero succeed in goal and flunk the desire; two saw them succeed in goal and desire both; and two (both the silvers) saw them flunk both. I'll not comment on the pending ones, save to note that I actually don't yet have a story lined up for thi...
- Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:29 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
- Replies: 564
- Views: 14690
Re: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
I'm pivoting to an alternate story that I'm going to revise, one I've not submitted here before. I really like the story I've been working on, but don't think I can fully do it justice in the time I have left for this quarter. So I'm going to punt it to Q1 of v37 instead, and polish this other piece...
- Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:20 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
- Replies: 564
- Views: 14690
Re: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
I finally have a very rusty something-or-other that I am describing as my Draft 0.75. It's got holes in it, and some of the important elements from my draft 0.5 are missing and need transplanting in, but I'm happy -- I always feel pretty good once I reach this point of the story, where the skeleton ...
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 7:57 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
- Replies: 564
- Views: 14690
Re: Discussion: Q4 Volume 36
I have my rough draft about 85% complete, but the 15% in gaps are known, and don't trouble me. I expect them to fill out during the revision process now. It's in a muddled order though, and has two separately written openings. I'm currently toying with changing the opening POV to create a circular f...
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:15 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Revising an HM to make it a Winner
- Replies: 5
- Views: 506
Re: Revising an HM to make it a Winner
Thanks for this, Chuck -- I do think that both approaches have value to a writer. I find I get more personal benefit out of pushing to write new stories, on the whole, but I'll revisit and revise stories too from time to time. I've not yet submitted a revised piece to WotF[*], but I am already expec...