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NeoGAF Creative Writing Challenge #139 - "Outsider"
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I've always treated it as a yes. I think it's up to the voters to count it against you or not.
Did my (first ever) paragraph summary and outline today. Outline is pretty basic, though, so maybe I'll go into more detail with characters, etc. But right now it's mostly just story beats, character arcs, and motivations. But already there are some advantages! It lets me focus solely on the plot and developing characters, whereas when I one-and-done it I'm doing that while also worrying about verbiage, prose, flow, vocabulary, pace, etc. I can put more effort into each part when I'm not trying to do them all at once.
Thanks, Liebowitz.So I did the outline part for a whole story, but it's kind of an episodic thing with each part being something mostly self contained set years apart from one another.
You all only get the first story
Never revise your outline. Fold those changes into the story proper when you get to it. So get to it!
The Eye of Children, and their Perspective Too
words: 1715
words: 1715
Here's something short I threw together for this. I might get an edit in today or tomorrow if I'm not too busy.
Professor Bainton's Big Discovery (609 words)
Professor Bainton's Big Discovery (609 words)
Chainsawkitten
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Sorry, but ebooks won't give you any fatal virtual papercuts.
Dammit. I'm still here.
Here's mine! Exactly 2000 words, and no password.
Damn it. Me and my poor time managment. Totally forgot that we are going out tonight and I can't spend the whole evening writing
Just started now and see if I can finish it before having to leave. Otherwise I just hope that there are even worse procrastinators than I am so I can finish it first thing tomorrow morning...
Just started now and see if I can finish it before having to leave. Otherwise I just hope that there are even worse procrastinators than I am so I can finish it first thing tomorrow morning...
Does that work for longer stories as well? I'd think that you need far more planning for longer works.
I was only speaking of short stories. Though for longer works I just keep writing new outlines instead of editing them. It ends up being faster since I would be making sweeping changes.
ThatObviousUser
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Same here.
British Monsoon
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I'm writing things....may post them in an hour or so, if the challenge is still open?
The time limit is a "soft cap", so I think you should just try to post it within an hour.
Hey Bootz. Long time no see.
crowphoenix
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So, how bout them taverns?
Fucking hell. I overshot so far that I'm going to have to cut to the bone here. Even cutting a few whole scenes and summarizing isn't enough. Urk.
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Letters From The Lost
1,947 Words
My shortest story yet! Man, I set out to write something around 12-15 hundred words or so, and still just skirted the limit. Writing out the plot and outlining the events helped immensely to keep the scope, though. And as I was filling everything in, more ideas poured in and I shuffled them in. It was a pretty organic process and I enjoyed it. Planning isn't a strong suit for me, but as long as I can force myself to start far enough in advance I'd like to keep doing this method. The biggest difference between doing it this way and just winging it was there was never a moment where I just stopped and went, "now what?" Whereas that might happen half a dozen times or so when I don't have an outline sitting in front of me.
1,947 Words
My shortest story yet! Man, I set out to write something around 12-15 hundred words or so, and still just skirted the limit. Writing out the plot and outlining the events helped immensely to keep the scope, though. And as I was filling everything in, more ideas poured in and I shuffled them in. It was a pretty organic process and I enjoyed it. Planning isn't a strong suit for me, but as long as I can force myself to start far enough in advance I'd like to keep doing this method. The biggest difference between doing it this way and just winging it was there was never a moment where I just stopped and went, "now what?" Whereas that might happen half a dozen times or so when I don't have an outline sitting in front of me.
I had to cut several scenes, a character, an entire subplot! Nearly 1000 words down the tubes. But goddamnit, I did it!
Heart of the Parho (1999)
Heart of the Parho (1999)
British Monsoon
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Epistolary, probably should've tried the secondary, considering how it turned out, but I forgot all about planning the thing :/
Europa Planitia (2000 words)
Hey man, how's it going? Haven't had much time for writing lately, unfortunately
Europa Planitia (2000 words)
Hey man, how's it going? Haven't had much time for writing lately, unfortunately
The twist in this one is fucking phenomenal. I'm impressed.
Father's Dayhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45588792/Father's Day.pdf
1961 words, usual password
I was hoping to get another revision in, but I'm already 7 hours over the limit anyway. It's part of something larger I'm going to be working on anyway, so I'll have time to tighten it up further later.
Because I will totally have time to get back to it later.
Right?
1961 words, usual password
I was hoping to get another revision in, but I'm already 7 hours over the limit anyway. It's part of something larger I'm going to be working on anyway, so I'll have time to tighten it up further later.
Because I will totally have time to get back to it later.
Right?
ThatObviousUser
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Yeah, I'm not making this one.
I like this one a lot, and I really hope you follow up on the concept.
Yeah, I just woke up from a karaoke and whiskey coke induced coma, and will also post my story in the next 30 minutes...
"From Dirt" 907 words
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