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Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2017 4:41 am
by TheOne
Now I wish I'd found this sooner. I have a couple stories I've written but never submitted anywhere. (As well as an idea for another story altogether about Robin Hood...)

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2017 1:08 pm
by FiendishlyAdorable
TheOne wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2017 4:41 am Now I wish I'd found this sooner. I have a couple stories I've written but never submitted anywhere. (As well as an idea for another story altogether about Robin Hood...)
I found it just in time. :P I tried to condense it for the sake of the judges, so I made myself stop at around 3,000 words/5 Google Doc pages/3 MS Word pages. Normally when I try to write short stories I end up with rather long stories.

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:52 pm
by NuclearBird
FiendishlyAdorable wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2017 1:08 pm
TheOne wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2017 4:41 am Now I wish I'd found this sooner. I have a couple stories I've written but never submitted anywhere. (As well as an idea for another story altogether about Robin Hood...)
I found it just in time. :P I tried to condense it for the sake of the judges, so I made myself stop at around 3,000 words/5 Google Doc pages/3 MS Word pages. Normally when I try to write short stories I end up with rather long stories.
I found out about it just when I was considering actually getting down and writing something instead of just letting the ideas drift from thought to thought.

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 1:36 am
by Jam
FiendishlyAdorable wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2017 1:08 pm
TheOne wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2017 4:41 am Now I wish I'd found this sooner. I have a couple stories I've written but never submitted anywhere. (As well as an idea for another story altogether about Robin Hood...)
I found it just in time. :P I tried to condense it for the sake of the judges, so I made myself stop at around 3,000 words/5 Google Doc pages/3 MS Word pages. Normally when I try to write short stories I end up with rather long stories.
Yeah I tried to compress mine but it still ended up 24k words, it's probably my fault they weren't able to finish by Christmas like they wanted... sorry.

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 5:59 pm
by Neptune
ThunderVolt wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:45 am Sheesh. And I thought my story was kinda long.

Oh well. All we can do is be patient, and wait for the judges to be finished. I'm excited tho.
I have a novella that's probably going to have upwards of 80,000 words by the end of it, 16 pages ain't that much lol

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 7:39 pm
by FiendishlyAdorable
Neptune wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2017 5:59 pm
ThunderVolt wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:45 am Sheesh. And I thought my story was kinda long.

Oh well. All we can do is be patient, and wait for the judges to be finished. I'm excited tho.
I have a novella that's probably going to have upwards of 80,000 words by the end of it, 16 pages ain't that much lol
Fancy. Sounds more like a short novel.

You guys make me wish I'd let myself go on another 1,000 or so words. xD

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 7:58 pm
by wolf_Appledore999
FiendishlyAdorable wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2017 7:39 pm
Neptune wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2017 5:59 pm
ThunderVolt wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:45 am Sheesh. And I thought my story was kinda long.

Oh well. All we can do is be patient, and wait for the judges to be finished. I'm excited tho.
I have a novella that's probably going to have upwards of 80,000 words by the end of it, 16 pages ain't that much lol
Fancy. Sounds more like a short novel.

You guys make me wish I'd let myself go on another 1,000 or so words. xD
^^, One of my stories on DA got as long as 45 Google Docs Pages. ^^,

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:12 pm
by TheOne
By the time I'm finished with my Samurai Jack screenplay, it will probably be close to 1,000 pages.
Oh, and "My Dad could beat up your Dad," and so on, lol.

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 7:05 am
by Neptune
wolf_Appledore999 wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2017 7:58 pm
FiendishlyAdorable wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2017 7:39 pm
Neptune wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2017 5:59 pm
ThunderVolt wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:45 am Sheesh. And I thought my story was kinda long.

Oh well. All we can do is be patient, and wait for the judges to be finished. I'm excited tho.
I have a novella that's probably going to have upwards of 80,000 words by the end of it, 16 pages ain't that much lol
Fancy. Sounds more like a short novel.

You guys make me wish I'd let myself go on another 1,000 or so words. xD
^^, One of my stories on DA got as long as 45 Google Docs Pages. ^^,
Ha, 45, mine has 28 and it's not even a third done with the first draft! (Two years in progress tho... :( )

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 4:36 pm
by FiendishlyAdorable
Neptune wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2018 7:05 am Ha, 45, mine has 28 and it's not even a third done with the first draft! (Two years in progress tho... :( )
The story I based my short story on has 175,744 words and 402 pages on Google Docs as of the last time I worked on it. xD

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:37 pm
by JediGuy
Good morning / afternoon / evening, forum-writers, and Happy New Year!

Quick update for everyone: The holidays bogged down speed a bit on grading, but I'm happy to report that all the judges are working through grading as we speak. One is out of the country at the moment, but otherwise, progress is good.

Thank you for your continued patience!

-Jedi

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:00 am
by ClockworkPanda
Woo! You go, Judges! :3

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 12:41 pm
by FiendishlyAdorable
Hail to the judges!

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:43 pm
by wolf_Appledore999
JediGuy wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:37 pm Good morning / afternoon / evening, forum-writers, and Happy New Year!

Quick update for everyone: The holidays bogged down speed a bit on grading, but I'm happy to report that all the judges are working through grading as we speak. One is out of the country at the moment, but otherwise, progress is good.

Thank you for your continued patience!

-Jedi
That's good.

Re: Fall Writing Competition 2017

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:32 am
by wolf_Appledore999
wolf_Appledore999 wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:43 pm
JediGuy wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:37 pm Good morning / afternoon / evening, forum-writers, and Happy New Year!

Quick update for everyone: The holidays bogged down speed a bit on grading, but I'm happy to report that all the judges are working through grading as we speak. One is out of the country at the moment, but otherwise, progress is good.

Thank you for your continued patience!

-Jedi
That's good.

How goes the Progress?