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Post by RAVENEYE on Oct 6, 2021 13:15:11 GMT -6
Ack! I have 500 words left, and all the endgame to go.  I think there will have to be two versions of this story: the abbreviated and the full. Gonna have to get out those scissors and carve this baby up. (Okay, that's a sickening turn of phrase. Never mind...) |
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Post by Valhalla Erikson on Oct 6, 2021 13:38:12 GMT -6
While the overall story is still in the developmental stages this contest does inspire me to formulate a short story for my Dragon Knight novel.  The thing is doing it within 3k  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2021 15:59:05 GMT -6
I've still got little more than a concept. Hoping inspiration hits for a conflict within that concept.
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Post by Alatariel on Oct 6, 2021 16:00:52 GMT -6
I've still got little more than a concept. Hoping inspiration hits for a conflict within that concept. This is where I am too, a concept and a beginning but no middle or end. And the only middle/ending I can think of would make the story way too long. |
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Post by RAVENEYE on Oct 6, 2021 16:10:30 GMT -6
I'm crying. I'm soooo crying. I just finished Draft 1, and I'm 700 words over the limit.  Editing is gonna hurt. Likely, I'll end up with disjointed puzzle pieces that make little sense.  |
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Post by Mazulla on Oct 6, 2021 16:33:05 GMT -6
Oof, I have about 800 words to go and I'm still working through the middle. Not sure how to tie it up by the end yet, but hoping it'll come to me.  |
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Post by Alatariel on Oct 6, 2021 23:16:32 GMT -6
I'm crying. I'm soooo crying. I just finished Draft 1, and I'm 700 words over the limit.  Editing is gonna hurt. Likely, I'll end up with disjointed puzzle pieces that make little sense.  This was me for the Legends contest. It can be done! But it's soooo hard. All the little details that get cut out...save this version! I'm betting I'll wanna see the longer version after the contest. So my first idea was kind of a bust. I just didn't love it. Second idea is okay so far, we'll see where it goes but at least I have an ending worked out in my head. That's new. Not sure if it's terribly original, but oh well. |
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Post by Valhalla Erikson on Oct 6, 2021 23:50:31 GMT -6
I'm crying. I'm soooo crying. I just finished Draft 1, and I'm 700 words over the limit. Editing is gonna hurt. Likely, I'll end up with disjointed puzzle pieces that make little sense. This was me for the Legends contest. It can be done! But it's soooo hard. All the little details that get cut out...save this version! I'm betting I'll wanna see the longer version after the contest. So my first idea was kind of a bust. I just didn't love it. Second idea is okay so far, we'll see where it goes but at least I have an ending worked out in my head. That's new. Not sure if it's terribly original, but oh well.The way I see it, nothing in fiction is original. If you have an idea that is cherry picked from somewhere then tweak it enough to make it your own. |
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Post by pelwrath on Oct 7, 2021 0:33:54 GMT -6
You all are words over or so close to max words. My concept is close to 600 and I'm still not sure, though it's better than having nothing.
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Post by Valhalla Erikson on Oct 7, 2021 0:39:33 GMT -6
I envy you guys. I'm only up to 400 words |
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Post by pelwrath on Oct 7, 2021 8:07:22 GMT -6
My apologies, I shouldn’t have implied anything about anyone’s writing or progress. We’re all trying to find that sweet story idea and create a worthy story with it.
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Post by Alatariel on Oct 7, 2021 11:41:29 GMT -6
Oh I'm only a few hundred words in, too. No worries! I'm not a fast writer, I like to start and then let it sit as I think about where it could go.
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Post by RAVENEYE on Oct 7, 2021 15:37:39 GMT -6
Woohoo! Got that word count down below the limit. Confident that some of the content was fluff that needed to go anyway. So I didn't shed too many tears over it.
Now to let it sit and distill for a few days.
I can't believe how fast this came together. I'm usually stewing and squirming at this point. Now to get back to that novel. Ugh, it's really starting to torment me. This story was a good vacation.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 16:57:19 GMT -6
Cutting always makes the piece better for me. It tightens it up, makes me remove the fluff. There's always things that just don't need to be there. Might be interesting. In my Vampire short I did that won 3rd place in the Halloween Contest all those years ago, I had a whole scene where he reminisces about when he became a Vampire during the Black Plague, bitten by a priest. But it was superfluous. It just didn't need to be there.
The old concept wasn't working. I think I've found a new one, though. One that MIGHT be a little easier to pull off. Not sure, though. I'll need to start writing it to see.
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Post by Valhalla Erikson on Oct 8, 2021 10:50:51 GMT -6
I got a title down. Without spoiling I will say the band Queen inspired it.
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The thing is doing it within 3k 
Editing is gonna hurt. Likely, I'll end up with disjointed puzzle pieces that make little sense. 
Editing is gonna hurt. Likely, I'll end up with disjointed puzzle pieces that make little sense. 
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