I agree. Thanks, Sol, for putting it all together. Only two old chapters survived that I know about. I have the pre-commented originals so it's not a complete loss for me. I now have to go back and see if my writing mechanics have improved.
George FLC
Hey Sol,
Glad the site's back up and at 'em. I was close to 200 points, I think. What comes to mind is 189 points. I only have 2 old short stories remaining. I'm not sure I've posted enough to get 500 points, but I'll take what you can give me. How about 300-400?
Thanks. You must have gone through some heart burn.
George FLC
Thanks. That makes sense! I go back to the story correct it and then hit Next a few times like I did before! You responded to me once before. Thanks for that! I will get used to this site!
George FLC
I entered a contest and got some great comments/reviews. I will edit and update the story. Do I need to delete the original posting? Will that remove the story from the contest? I will then have to re-submit which will cost me points I assume. My goal is to upgrade but not spend tons of points. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
George FLC
I like that idea. We could really mix and match. Storm troopers and orcs fight against Elves, and Hobbits. And the Cartels eventually join in on the Dark Side. Whilst Romulans and Klingons... hmmm, I like it but I also like the Generic Contest. Narrow or broad, which is best?
How about any subject in the range of 3000-5000 words max? You can use whatever language that you want. It's pretty generic but not everyone likes sci-fi and not everyone wants to write mythological things. Let's have a Generic Contest. As a contest within a contest lets give a prize for the best insult. I saw something like this done decades ago.
George FLC wrote:How about writing stories or poems so that kids and grand kids can read it. Made up cuss words would be funny but I can see them morphing into similar renditions of current cuss words.
A word by any other name is still a word, no better or worse than it's ability to put forth your message. If you called the rose a bastard, it would still be a rose. Cuss words only become cuss words because people decide they are, not by any inherent evil. And please don't answer with some pretense of the Bible condemning them or such; you will lose that argument of taking the Lord's name in vain. But to each their own. Take care. Vern
Good points, however, if I call my boss a bastard then he interprets it badly. He's still my boss but now an upset boss. We can leave the Bible out of this if you want. I just like writing to generally be classy. Granted that talking about the Inquisition and Holocausts doesn't leave much room for class! But I like being uplifted by the words that I read. The biggest problem in what I'm saying is that most everyone swears and how realistic do I want characters in my writing to sound? But I just don't think that it takes tons of talent to sound like everyone else. It takes work to lift up, build up, elevate the the environment around you. I'm new to this website and I do find it entertaining and this discussion has been interesting as well. Thanks for your honesty, Vern. I've enjoyed this. I feel good about this discussion! George
Hmmm, or the person is brilliant and can make a romance out of that!!!
How about a poem contest and a short story contest. We can split the prize money in two unless the same person wins both. I'm assuming that there is prize money!!
How about writing stories or poems so that kids and grand kids can read it. Made up cuss words would be funny but I can see them morphing into similar renditions of current cuss words.
Someone reviewed what I did but I cannot figure out how to respond to his review. HELP!
Thanks.
Very good take on it. Or in a big city. It could be fun to have a narrowly defined limitless writing contest. Did I say that right?
This is my first writing contest here.
But I will have no concern or fear.
So previously I suggested 3000 words
Spoken by squirrels, cats, and birds.
It might be much writing, but by heaven
Perhaps we could use something like 1127.
Write a short story less than 3000 words about looking out your back window and watching the local animals have a discussion about the human that is looking at them. And they have some interesting things to comment about the two legged critter! Any living creature, mythological, or alien creature for that matter can participate in the discussion. Any time of day or day of the year is fine. Even a poem will do!
