beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
hey guys. back for number two? you brave souls. as before, feel free to interpret the theme as you like, and i wish everyone the best of luck. and this time--i promise--no moved deadlines.
if you have any problems/questions, feel free to post them here in the thread and either i, or any of your fellow creative writers, will be happy to try and answer them.
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Theme - "An Unlikely Pair"
Word Limit -1,000
All submissions that will be counted in the voting process should be in by Monday 3/10/2008 by 11:59 PM PST.
The voting will then begin on Tuesday 3/11/2008 at 12:00 am PST and go until Thursday 3/13/2008 11:59 pm PDT
Basic things to remember:
1) There are many ways to interpret the theme for this assignment, we are all writers or wanna-be writers, so keep that in mind when writing and critiquing others' works.
2) Spelling and Grammatical errors can be used to great effect when the story, characters, and setting demand it. However, proofreading and spell-checking your writing will probably result in a more positive attitude towards it when people are voting.
3) All submissions must be written during the time that the thread began until the due date. We don't want a snippet of your doctoral thesis from 1996 being used here.
4) Only one entry per poster. You can submit and then edit, if you'd like, but finalizing before submitting is highly encouraged.
5) Any writing style is welcome, but remember that most people are probably going to vote for the well written short story over an elementary acrostic poem.
6) There is a handy word count checker at www.wordcounttool.com Nobody wants to be a word count nazi, but please keep it under 1000 words.
7) Thousands of people read GAF, so if you don't want some masterpiece of yours to be stolen and seen in Hollywood a year from now, don't post it on here.
Voting Guidelines:
-Anyone can vote, even those that do not submit a piece during the thread.
-Three votes per voter. Please denote in your voting your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place votes.
-First place votes count as 3, Second Place votes count as 2, and Third Place as 1 point.
-When voting period ends, votes will be tallied and the winner will get a collective pat on the back and will be in charge of picking a new topic to write about and pick the word length.
-Please read all submissions before voting, it is only fair to those who put in the effort.
NOTE TO THE WINNER:
-Generally, people have been comfortable with a 1000 word limit, but you get to choose to lower or raise the limit in the topic of your choice.
-When you start the new thread, please follow the naming scheme, NeoGAF Creative Writing Challenge ## - "your topic here", then copy and paste this thread, changing the theme, due date, voting date, word count, and add the previous theme to the list at the bottom.
here are links to the individual stories. thanks to rumpledforeskin for the hard work.
RumpledForeskin - An Unlikely Pair
bjork - untitled
RevenantKioku - An Unlikely Pair
Aaron - Dragon Pair
Speschal K - Wrong Man
tyguy20204 - An Old Man Helps a Young Boy
batbeg - Moments
beelzebozo - Displacement
Penguin - An Unlikely Pair: The Widow and the Widower
Great Rumbler - John and Robot John
Gaborn - Eyes I Never Thought I'd See Again
nitewulf - Engineers Don't Dream
StageOn - Mismatched
VistraNorrez - Anytime, Bill
Oldschoolgamer - Ballet Of A Homeless Person Reformed
Cyan - Low Pair
klix108 - smoke
disappeared - Where we cant go but sometimes want to.
USD - Holes and the l Pieces that Fill Them
BrodiemanTTR - An Unlikely Love
Mike Works - The Public Execution
Barrage - Of Hearts And Hares
Fistfulofmetal - The Unlikely Pair
Mato - 234
Scribble - Like Cat and Dog
DumbNameD - "Hully Gee, Harry"
ronito - Untitled (writing exercise 1)
ICallItFutile - Untitled
Iceman - "Lapse at Daytona"
Azih - "Treasure"
if you have any problems/questions, feel free to post them here in the thread and either i, or any of your fellow creative writers, will be happy to try and answer them.
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Theme - "An Unlikely Pair"
Word Limit -1,000
All submissions that will be counted in the voting process should be in by Monday 3/10/2008 by 11:59 PM PST.
The voting will then begin on Tuesday 3/11/2008 at 12:00 am PST and go until Thursday 3/13/2008 11:59 pm PDT
Basic things to remember:
1) There are many ways to interpret the theme for this assignment, we are all writers or wanna-be writers, so keep that in mind when writing and critiquing others' works.
2) Spelling and Grammatical errors can be used to great effect when the story, characters, and setting demand it. However, proofreading and spell-checking your writing will probably result in a more positive attitude towards it when people are voting.
3) All submissions must be written during the time that the thread began until the due date. We don't want a snippet of your doctoral thesis from 1996 being used here.
4) Only one entry per poster. You can submit and then edit, if you'd like, but finalizing before submitting is highly encouraged.
5) Any writing style is welcome, but remember that most people are probably going to vote for the well written short story over an elementary acrostic poem.
6) There is a handy word count checker at www.wordcounttool.com Nobody wants to be a word count nazi, but please keep it under 1000 words.
7) Thousands of people read GAF, so if you don't want some masterpiece of yours to be stolen and seen in Hollywood a year from now, don't post it on here.
Voting Guidelines:
-Anyone can vote, even those that do not submit a piece during the thread.
-Three votes per voter. Please denote in your voting your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place votes.
-First place votes count as 3, Second Place votes count as 2, and Third Place as 1 point.
-When voting period ends, votes will be tallied and the winner will get a collective pat on the back and will be in charge of picking a new topic to write about and pick the word length.
-Please read all submissions before voting, it is only fair to those who put in the effort.
NOTE TO THE WINNER:
-Generally, people have been comfortable with a 1000 word limit, but you get to choose to lower or raise the limit in the topic of your choice.
-When you start the new thread, please follow the naming scheme, NeoGAF Creative Writing Challenge ## - "your topic here", then copy and paste this thread, changing the theme, due date, voting date, word count, and add the previous theme to the list at the bottom.
here are links to the individual stories. thanks to rumpledforeskin for the hard work.
RumpledForeskin - An Unlikely Pair
bjork - untitled
RevenantKioku - An Unlikely Pair
Aaron - Dragon Pair
Speschal K - Wrong Man
tyguy20204 - An Old Man Helps a Young Boy
batbeg - Moments
beelzebozo - Displacement
Penguin - An Unlikely Pair: The Widow and the Widower
Great Rumbler - John and Robot John
Gaborn - Eyes I Never Thought I'd See Again
nitewulf - Engineers Don't Dream
StageOn - Mismatched
VistraNorrez - Anytime, Bill
Oldschoolgamer - Ballet Of A Homeless Person Reformed
Cyan - Low Pair
klix108 - smoke
disappeared - Where we cant go but sometimes want to.
USD - Holes and the l Pieces that Fill Them
BrodiemanTTR - An Unlikely Love
Mike Works - The Public Execution
Barrage - Of Hearts And Hares
Fistfulofmetal - The Unlikely Pair
Mato - 234
Scribble - Like Cat and Dog
DumbNameD - "Hully Gee, Harry"
ronito - Untitled (writing exercise 1)
ICallItFutile - Untitled
Iceman - "Lapse at Daytona"
Azih - "Treasure"
