Author Topic: Weekly Writing Challenge Thread the First (Read 531071 times)

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #660 on:** March 28, 2011, 04:21:37 PM »

Quote from: Sectimonious on March 28, 2011, 12:58:21 PM

Like I said before, why not just change the rules and make each contest last two weeks?

It's not like there even is a rule (except the thread-name being 'weekly' :V ). We are pretty much calculating two weeks already, but having the one week limit motivates people to finish their entries in time, at least it seems it to me XD

Esifex · « **Reply #661 on:** March 28, 2011, 05:37:19 PM »

One of these weeks, we're gonna give a prompt, and we're not going to extend it. Then everyone will be like D: I WANTED TO MAKE ESI SUFFER BY WAITING UNTIL TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE DEADLINE TO POST THE ILLIAD IN TOUHOU FORM

Sect · « **Reply #662 on:** March 28, 2011, 05:53:49 PM »

Quote from: Esifex on March 28, 2011, 05:37:19 PM

One of these weeks, we're gonna give a prompt, and we're not going to extend it. Then everyone will be like D: I WANTED TO MAKE ESI SUFFER BY WAITING UNTIL TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE DEADLINE TO POST THE ILLIAD IN TOUHOU FORM

Protip: ~~Achilles~~Parsee's weak points are her ears :3

MayKissingDoveWyks · « **Reply #663 on:** March 28, 2011, 09:39:04 PM »

Quote from: Moe Moe Konpakana Youmu on March 28, 2011, 07:27:17 AM

Deadline Extension to the 3rd of April

Come on, you all knew it was coming.

Oh come on! I put off writing my story for a week and used a lot of my free time for this!

*paruparuparuparuparuparuparuparuparu*

Alfred F. Jones · « **Reply #664 on:** March 28, 2011, 10:09:47 PM »

Quote from: Esifex on March 28, 2011, 05:37:19 PM

One of these weeks, we're gonna give a prompt, and we're not going to extend it. Then everyone will be like D: I WANTED TO MAKE ESI SUFFER BY WAITING UNTIL TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE DEADLINE TO POST THE ILLIAD IN TOUHOU FORM

.... the Iliad, huh? But that doesn't count as Shakespeare, so :fail:

Sect · « **Reply #665 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:45:20 PM »

So, this WWC is closed, right? I wasn't planning on entering, and doesn't look like anyone else is, either...

Alfred F. Jones · « **Reply #666 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:53:01 PM »

That it is. I shall now wait on the judges to compile their thoughts and send them to me ~~after which point I will hoist the burden on Sakana, citing my rushed schedule~~

Suikama · « **Reply #667 on:** April 07, 2011, 11:53:13 PM »

Nice post number there Ruro :3

Also it would be interesting to see a contest where writers are only allowed to use dialogue, and on top of that they have to try to manage as many characters as they can. :3

Ryuu · « **Reply #668 on:** April 08, 2011, 08:09:38 AM »

Quote from: Suikama on April 07, 2011, 11:53:13 PM

Nice post number there Ruro :3

Also it would be interesting to see a contest where writers are only allowed to use dialogue, and on top of that they have to try to manage as many characters as they can. :3

that would be such a mess

LogosOfJ · « **Reply #669 on:** April 08, 2011, 01:20:29 PM »

True. Backstory is somewhat difficult to convey through dialogue alone. (though you can "cheat" with flashbacks, soliloquies, and delusional characters talking to themselves.)

For example, you could spend three+ pages showing that a character doesn't break promises. Done well, this creates a meaty story and leaves things up to interpretation.

Or, you could spend a few lines in an aside by that character saying, "horrible things will happen if I don't keep my word".

P.S. Out of curiosity, when exactly will the next topic be chosen?
(Yes. Everything above the postscript is simply an excuse to ask this question)

Kips McKipzerson · « **Reply #670 on:** April 08, 2011, 01:23:24 PM »

Next topic should include Caffeine of the Black Sun :V

andrewv42 · « **Reply #671 on:** April 08, 2011, 06:15:38 PM »

Quote from: Kips McAmmyson on April 08, 2011, 01:23:24 PM

Next topic should include Caffeine of the Black Sun :V

I find it to be a weak brew, but at least it is wet.

MayKissingDoveWyks · « **Reply #672 on:** April 14, 2011, 02:00:25 AM »

Shouldn't this just be Tri-weekly?

Suikama · « **Reply #673 on:** April 14, 2011, 02:05:37 AM »

Quote from: 空は動いて東 on April 14, 2011, 02:00:25 AM

Shouldn't this just be Tri-weekly?

Aw yeah we be one-upping Charlie Sheen BV

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #674 on:** April 18, 2011, 02:20:58 PM »

First of all, apologies for the large delay, busy times struck all of our judges, accompanied with a healthy dose of laziness. You'd think only three entries would make it easier, but alas. However, now it's done and over with, so here we go:

~JUDGEMENT~

Three different approaches, three nice entries. SMS, Rou, Logos, you all did well. Only one can win though, and the conclusion was reached that it shall be Roukanken. Congratulations.
When I read your scene I had to double-check if you didn't just exchange some words and names from the original text. But nope, it's an almost complete rewrite while keeping all the main points of the original. It's well adjusted to the characters. And it's done in (I quote another judge) ~*~perfect iambic pentameter~*~.
Enjoy your Wordsmith, Rou, you have earned it.

Now for the new challenge~

Sweet Dreams

Dreams are an intriguing thing. They can be good or bad, they can show you things you have never seen in reality, or can just as well be so realistic that they leave you utterly confused as you wake up.
Now if dreams are such a weird thing in reality, just how much more stranger will they be in a land of fantasy? In a world where some may only exist in dream worlds in the first place? Where magic and creatures of mythology are an everyday thing?
This is for you to find out about, and write it down for this challenge.
The requirement is to use dreams as either a framing device (yes, this means "it was all a dream" is acceptable here), a narrative device (a dream that reveals something about a character), or simply a plot element (a character has a dream). Apart from that, everything goes.

The Deadline is May 1st, two weeks from now. Have fun writing~

Suikama · « **Reply #675 on:** April 18, 2011, 03:57:20 PM »

TOUHOU INCEPTION

Tamashii Kanjou · « **Reply #676 on:** April 18, 2011, 06:19:31 PM »

You know what, with my recent diving into new levels of confidence, I'm very tempted to write something for this.

In fact, I may as well AIM to do so. I WILL get over this problem of posting stories if it's the last thing I do! XD