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Post by Emmie on May 11, 2009 23:34:10 GMT -5
Hey SlayAlivers! We have a brand spankin' new challenge to dive into. SlayAlive Scribes! This is going to be a new set of writing challenges similar to the art challenges like Bannerama. Every challenge will have a specific prompt idea and a set date for all submissions, then the works will be available for the forum community to read and vote on who they think should be the winner. So who's excited? I know there are a lot of budding writers here and I'm looking forward to hearing your ideas and that you're dying to participate. Everyone interested will work together to discuss ideas for prompts and the format for each challenge (drabble (100 words), short fic, poetry). I'm also going to be working on setting up a Resource Library of links for participants who want to strengthen their writing skills. *looks at fanfiction writers* Okay just to name a few who I'm hoping will participate: Lady Tragic, Just Willow, The Night Lord, stakey, Skytteflickan88, VampSlayer, sosa lola, whimsy36, siredbyspike, Danner, Secret Scoobie, sarahi and BenTaylor. I know y'all have the writing spirit and want to put your talents out there. Everyone is welcome to participate! Please post in here to show your interested.
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Post by Secret Scoobie on May 11, 2009 23:50:13 GMT -5
This sounds awesome! And it'll be good to have competitions for people other than photoshoppers/gimpers etc. There seems to be alot of writers on the forum an it would be great to have the whole forum getting into others writing (like everyone does when bannerama voting comes around!)
Great idea Emmie! And the resources thing will be massive help - especially for people like me who've never written a fanfic before.
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Post by Midnight Butterfly on May 12, 2009 10:35:25 GMT -5
If your name isnt in the list above does that mean you cannot participate? Because I would love too. If we are looking for themes I think a great one would be to write a short story or poem of what Buffys life is like 10 years down the line from when the show ended.
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Post by Wyndam on May 12, 2009 10:40:41 GMT -5
If your name isnt in the list above does that mean you cannot participate? Because I would love too. Of course not! I think Emmie just looked at who has written stuff in the past, but anyone can participate.
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Post by Midnight Butterfly on May 12, 2009 10:47:51 GMT -5
If your name isnt in the list above does that mean you cannot participate? Because I would love too. Of course not! I think Emmie just looked at who has written stuff in the past, but anyone can participate. Thanks ;D I think its great that the challenges got there own category in the forum. It means that there will be more of them in the future ;D
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Post by Skytteflickan88 on May 12, 2009 11:23:02 GMT -5
This is great. Will it be just be Whedon or Buffyverse-themed?
Maybe we can have a "You can't vote on your own entry"-rule? Because to be honest, I'm very unobjective when it comes to my work.
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Post by Just Willow on May 12, 2009 14:36:04 GMT -5
sweet. i'm in! one question, though:
if the theme matches up with something i've written previously, could i submit that, or do all entries have to be brand new?
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Post by Emmie on May 12, 2009 16:21:01 GMT -5
If your name isnt in the list above does that mean you cannot participate? Because I would love too. Of course, you can participate! If we are looking for themes I think a great one would be to write a short story or poem of what Buffys life is like 10 years down the line from when the show ended. Sure, I'm going to be opening a thread later today for people to discuss ideas for the first prompt of the challenge. This is great. Will it be just be Whedon or Buffyverse-themed? Well, it'll be determined by the challenge prompt we decide on. It can be either, just depends on what people want to write. Maybe we can have a "You can't vote on your own entry"-rule? Because to be honest, I'm very unobjective when it comes to my work. I don't think we'll have a rule about forbidding people from voting for yourself. But all the submissions will be voted on in a poll for the entire forum and the submissions will be anonymous when voted on by the forum, so don't worry. But if you want to decide yourself not to vote for your own work, you're welcome to do that. sweet. i'm in! one question, though: if the theme matches up with something i've written previously, could i submit that, or do all entries have to be brand new? Well, I'd like the submissions to be new. That the prompt is something unique and made specifically for this work. But I'm not going to be investigating whether the submission is a brand new work. But I'd like for people to be writing these submissions specifically for this, so ideally they'd be written for the prompt rather than matching a work you've already written that just happens to match the prompt. I'm so excited to hear about all this interest guys!
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Post by VampSlayer on May 12, 2009 17:07:43 GMT -5
Im in. I was glad to see my name up there! It's always good to know someone else has realized my writing. I cant wait to start!
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Post by meliafairy on May 12, 2009 17:49:23 GMT -5
So I guess I would be a pretty crappy bestie/roomie if I didn't join in on your writing contests.
*shudders at the thought of flexing her long unused writing muscle*
At least the submissions as anonymous since I judge myself far far too harshly sometimes...
I'm all for topics about :broody: or poems!
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Post by Iceeh★ on May 12, 2009 19:03:57 GMT -5
Hmm, this sounds fun! I haven't written in ages, but I wanna give this a shot.
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Post by Danner on May 12, 2009 19:12:05 GMT -5
I would love to try! I haven't written proper fanfic since some time last year, but I'll definitely give my best effort. Also, I love the idea of diversity in the entries. It would be cool to alternate between poems, drabbles, ficlets, etc. each round. I'm super-excited for this! <3
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Post by BenTaylor3907 on May 12, 2009 19:16:07 GMT -5
What? How did I get involved into this? Why was I thrown into this? lol. Sure, I'll participate. This seems like a cool idea. I can't wait. Game on!
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Post by The Night Lord on May 13, 2009 2:00:53 GMT -5
Excellent, I like this. Been wanting something like this for a while. Glad to be recognised for my writing. Although I'm having some troubles with my current fanfics, I'll do this. Something different once in a while is nice. And a resource library is a great idea as well
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Post by sagewoman on May 14, 2009 22:28:38 GMT -5
/shyly puts hand up. I'd like to try. I haven't written anything, ever - except some poems when I was 16/17 (35 years ago).
Be kind.
Emmie - thanks for the poem link. I didn't know there were that many. I would have though 5 kinds tops. Wow!
I might try poem first - scared of the story writing at this point.
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Post by bitsy on May 14, 2009 23:03:57 GMT -5
I know we talked about this in the land of the rising AIM, Emmie, but, just so everybody knows to start quaking in their boots, this unemployed writer is putting a foot in the ring. That's right, baby! Time to get smacking my head on the desk due to extreme writer's block. Bring it on!
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Post by Emmie on May 14, 2009 23:11:34 GMT -5
Awesome, sage and bitsy! Looking forward to seeing what you got.
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Post by siredbyspike on May 17, 2009 2:51:46 GMT -5
Wow, i missed this until just now. This sounds like alot of fun. It's nice to be recognized. I usually write alot of poetry and some short stories, i've NEVER written anything Buffy related but always wanted to give it a shot. I think this will be a great way for me to challenge myself, although you all might hafta suffer through the horrible first vestiges of my incarnations, lol. Thanks for all of the writing resources too Emmie, it might be a good idea for me to brush up on some of that again cause i'm not used to anybody actually reading what i write anymore. (My friends are pretty much sick of me writing). And wow, having to do a word count again....this is like homework, lmao. And Bitsy, i have writer's block too sometimes, and cannot get any ideas to save my life (esp. when i want to write something)...it's like my thought process gets so constipated and then one day (or usually in the middle of the night when i am trying to go to sleep) the floodgates open and BAM there it is-word poop!! Isn't that weird how it happens that way? Oh, and i'm warning everybody now(in case you haven't noticed already by my posts)...i'm gonna need to check on this Beta thing (i take it that's proof readers?) and get somebody to do that for me cause im INFAMOUS for some run-on sentances!! My teachers would get so pissed at me and they were always like "you are such a good writer, how do you do that EVERY time?" I don't know, it's this horrible thing i can't stop, lol. Even when i freaking know i'm doing it! Grrrrrr
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Post by Secret Scoobie on May 17, 2009 7:10:34 GMT -5
I really want to participate in this, I'm trying to write something but am having trouble getting it out there... I'm worried I won't be able to do it on time but I'm trying ;D Oh well, if I struggle this time there is always next time, I'm sure this will be a hit!
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Post by Midnight Butterfly on May 17, 2009 16:55:39 GMT -5
I really want to participate in this, I'm trying to write something but am having trouble getting it out there... I'm worried I won't be able to do it on time but I'm trying ;D Oh well, if I struggle this time there is always next time, I'm sure this will be a hit! I am struggling to. I actually never wrote a poem and showed it to someone before. But Im trying my best on a Spangel poem
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