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NeoGAF Creative Writing Challenge #121 - "Random"

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Nezumi

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Theme - "Random"

Word Limit: 2500

Submission Deadline: Friday, 31.05.2013 by 11:59 PM Pacific.

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Voting begins Saturday, 01.06.2013, and goes until Monday, 03.06.2013 at 11:59 PM Pacific.

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Optional Secondary Objective: Research
In accordance with the theme: Go to wikipedia and hit the random article button. Chances are you just opened an article about something you know nothing about. Read up on the topic and try to incorporate your new knowledge into your story.

Submission Guidelines:

- One entry per poster.
- All submissions must be written during the time of the challenge.
- Using the topic as the title of your piece is discouraged.
- Keep to the word count!

Voting Guidelines:

- Three votes per voter. Please denote in your voting your 1st (3 pts), 2nd (2 pts), and 3rd (1 pt) place votes.
- Please read all submissions before voting.
- You must vote in order to be eligible to win the challenge.
- When voting ends, the winner gets a collective pat on the back, and starts the new challenge.

NeoGAF Creative Writing Challenge FAQ
Previous Challenge Threads and Themes

The entries:

Aaron - A Dicey Job
Chainsawkitten - Revolution
GRW810 - Nonsense, Farce and Silliness
multivac - Acts of Kindness
Mike M - Memitim
Mike Works - The Horse, The Worm and the Sloth
FairyD - Elf in a Stone
WriterGK - untitled
Tangent - Temporary Coolness
Ashes1396 - Souls Apart
Nezumi - Survivors
Cyan - Stand Divided
 
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Nezumi

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I got this...

Talk about unfamiliar territory.

On a totally different note. A while ago I checked into the poetry thread to remind myself why I don't write poetry when I saw that they have a banner. I think we should have a banner, too but the thing is that even if I'd put a 100% effort into creating one the result would still look like shit, because I have like no artistic talent whatsoever. So I'll just leave this thought here so maybe someone more talented than me might pick up...
 
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Nezumi

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I think that if someone gets a totally unusable article it might be OK to hit that random button again... Kind of hard to do research if there is only a name and like one sentence...
 
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Mike M

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I feel downright fortuitous that mine is a relatively straightforward narative about a guy who kills people with a hammer.
 
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Desperate_Gamer

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Nezumi said:
I think that if someone gets a totally unusable article it might be OK to hit that random button again... Kind of hard to do research if there is only a name and like one sentence...
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Oh, the link I posted there doesn't work for some reason. There's a whole article about him. Here's how it starts:

Aaron Lawrence (born March 29, 1971) is an American gay pornographic actor, director, sex advice columnist, author and entrepreneur.[1][2][3] After graduating from college Lawrence embarked on an unplanned male hustling career which he parlayed into both a writing and acting career.
 
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Nezumi

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Desperate_Gamer said:
Oh, the link I posted there doesn't work for some reason. There's a whole article about him. Here's how it starts:

Aaron Lawrence (born March 29, 1971) is an American gay pornographic actor, director, sex advice columnist, author and entrepreneur.[1][2][3] After graduating from college Lawrence embarked on an unplanned male hustling career which he parlayed into both a writing and acting career.
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OK. That is awesome! How can you show us that and then say you not gonna participate?
 
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Nezumi

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Desperate_Gamer said:
'Cause just like Aaron, I'm a tease. :p

OK, I'll try to finish it by the deadline. Is screenplay format acceptable, or does it absolutely have to be a short story?
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I don't think that there is a rule against screenplay in the FAQ.

Edit: I mean, we had poems, so why not scripts.
 
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Letterbomb

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Here's what I stumbled upon. Not much information or details, but I'm given the "anti-terrorism" direction. Not sure whether to use that as my plot or just my setting. Anyway, should be fun. Good luck to everyone!
 
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multivac

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Aw man, I had a story and then some subsequent Google digging broke the timeline. Maybe I should eschew realism and write alternate lives for my Wikipedia subjects?
storylines are hard to come by, after all
 
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Nezumi

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Just started reading up on my random article and realized that it's about a freaking nazi-ship... Thanks wikipedia!
 
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MikeDip

God bless all my old friends/And god bless me too, why pretend?
Finally caught one of these in time. I will participate!
 
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ZeroRay

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That was my first random click btw.

I'm sure most of you keep clicking something until you find the one you like. Don't lie. I know everything.
 
CharminUltra

CharminUltra

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Excitement! I've been thinking about participating for some time now, it'll be my first time.

I saw the requirements for this challenge, then went to Wikipedia and clicked on Random Article. I got this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeless

Now I just need to come up with a story about "Research" and "Homelessness" somehow, I hope I can find the time to work on this.
 
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Mike M

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multivac

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I originally came up with an idea about my random Wikipedia page, but then some research ruined the plausibility, so I started brainstorming "random" and came out with another idea, but it's completely unrelated to the Wikipedia page. Now I'm feeling guilty because all discussion has been about Wikipedia and I'm not doing the optional objective, heh.
 
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Ashes

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You should try both avenues, if you haven't already Aaron. The traditional agent/publisher/print & then self publishing if that doesn't or hasn't worked.
 
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GRW810

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I keep saying I'll return to these challenges now I've moved house but I haven't had time for writing. Would love to submit something this time around though, the primary and secondary objectives are fantastic.
 
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Nezumi

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Never thought it would be so hard to step out of my confort zone. This one just won't work even though I know what I want to write :(
 
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Nezumi

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How pathetic would it be to not participate in my own challenge? Because I'm seriously considering to give up on this damn story. I mean I'm at this for over 4 hours now and have written like 200 words.
 
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