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When do you think we will see results for this quarter? Q3 results look like they will drop in october. Is there any hope for december or are we looking at january?

Thanks for the encouragement. This contest has been a fulfilling experience. Getting feedback and climbing out of R to HM has been a world of validation to all the time I have spent on writing. I am content to write and submit stories exclusively to the contest for now, but once I can land consisten...

Thanks for sharing this interview. The contest seems like such an insurmountable obstacle at times. I found it interesting when John talked about what wins. The stories that win have to be original, so original that they lead the trends. Those are tall orders! More people submit each quarter so the ...

Aaaaaaand I'm in for this quarter. Just submitted, to my own dismay.

Never been so nervous. I love this story so much, which almost guarantees it will flop. Good luck everyone. Keep at it.

At least I can say I got 4 in 35. Wooo!

Just got an email from Joni saying I made it through the "first pass" my story is still in the running for Q3 so it will now be reviewed by DF. Who else got an email?

Haha, that's awesome. I wish you good fortune in the twitching to come.

Thanks so much for the detailed response. I will use this information to keep my formatting simple. In stories involving computers I sometimes name folders as well as the fictitious programs or documents stored in those folders. I will treat them as any other proper noun. For example (unrelated to a...

Hey! Thanks for the response Vin.

That is a great suggestion. I will make that my final pass through. I will have my computer dictate it to me and if I can stomach how it sounds out loud I will be ready to submit it haha.

I am using google docs and I will see if they have a 'read aloud' option.

Sataris wrote:
roughly 12 months

That's the best thing to be twitching for but the wait has to be unbearable. Your story and three others go before a full panel of judges right?

Yeah I feel that way haha. My story is around 13K so it's a bit longer, and I don't think longer stories do as well. I can't think of any ways to shorten it without scrapping the idea and just writing something new. I do feel satisfied knowing that this idea has been taken as far as I can take it, n...

I am trying to figure out the proper way to write these things out in stories. Do I italicize, capitalize, use quotation marks? I see some people do folders like this: 'folder' I see some people apply italics to programs or or files in the folder. What is the best way? I don't want to use italics in...

And after that-if you get the call-you get to have a miniature heart attack every time the phone rings for several weeks while you wait for the final decision. Pretty sure I lost a pound or two from all the unexpected cardio How much do you think you will twitch while waiting to see if you win firs...

Anyone else feel ready to submit? I don't know how much more I want to tweak this story. I kinda want to submit it now.

This sounds like a great system. I am excited to see how it plays out.

I wonder how many waves of Rs there will be now.

Do you think most of the stories Kary sends on to Dave will get HMs? That would make his life much easier if Kary is handling a majority of the Rs.

I think Dave get's tired of reading thousands of our overused tired ideas each year wotf019 . He talks about such topics in his blog. This contest is about being unique and creative, that's what wins. There might be certain things to avoid but no amount of bias can stop a great story, so just write ...

Wulf Moon wrote:We set goals to hit the mark. Even if we miss the mark, we come closer to it because of the goal. Whether you're currently 3/3 or 0/3, here's to hitting a bullseye in Q4. It only takes one well aimed arrow!

Archers draw!

~Moon~

Well said. This encourages and motivates me.

Got a rough draft done, I know there is work ahead but I am proud of this one. Hopefully edits don't kill all the joy lol. I will be open to swapping and trading critiques in about a week.

Dustin Adams wrote:Preston! Preston! Preston!

I shall write my best story for Q4, and let the chips fall where they may.

Me too! I plan on starting this week and giving myself the full three months to build then revise my story.

I'm in, as of a moment ago.

Needed a break. Didn't think I was going to submit this quarter but inspiration hit and I wrote one over the last few days. I don't think it'll do much for dave but I am proud of it and ready for Q4. 3 for 3 so far.

So much procrastination for me this quarter. I just started into my story. I might end up sending one of my unused stories from last quarter.

Here to report wave 1 has arrived.

I know because I got the R.

Can't seem to hit two HMs in a row.

I struggled with something pertaining to this issue on the first story I wrote. My characters were living machines of a sort, they did not procreate and as such had no biological need for gender. I just wasn't skilled enough to figure out how to write it that way so I had to split things into he's a...

HM for me as well.

I am happy with that, now I gotta get more creative!

HM for me, that's two. I am happy with that.

Dustin Adams wrote:
However, I do strongly believe that the 8 finalists are picked. When we see one, Joni has them all.

That's what I was thinking. And unless there are some wacky communication circumstances she will have contacted them all by now.

RuiMiguelCid wrote:Turns out Joni made a mistake. I got her e-mail today. I'm not a semi-finalist! I'm actually a finalist! So...

Thats so cool to hear! I hope you place, it's always encouraging to see someone from the forums make finalist.

This is not accurate. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but there have been many finalists that found out they were finalists later than most. This is especially true if you sent a hardcopy in or had to manually email it to Joni. There must have been a good number of email entries because of the gli...

I bet theres hope for HM maybe SHM just don't get hopes up for something spectacular. I bet all the highest placing submissions have been dealt with. But I don't know :) *shrug. Schrodinger's WOTF submission. HM or rejection? The result is a superposition of both states until I open the email and co...

I worked on a bunch of angsty fantasy stories for this quarter (3), and then self rejected all of them and wrote a 3k sci-fi I ended up feeling much better about. I have no idea if Dave will make it past the weird intro but I am proud of this one.