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Post by Admin on Oct 3, 2010 23:05:23 GMT -5
You may vote for 5 stories.
After voting, please donate a theme and proposed story rule. At the end of the voting, after the evicted writer is decided, the theme and rule will be randomly selected from those proposed.
Whatever theme is selected must be mentioned in the story, and whatever rule is decided must be followed.
Voting ends in about 4 days.
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Post by Admin on Oct 3, 2010 23:08:07 GMT -5
Theme: Sex
Rule: Your main character must have a significant regret or doubt about a decision they made at an earlier point in time.
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Post by Golden Emblem on Oct 3, 2010 23:11:28 GMT -5
Theme: Drowning
Rule: You must have another person write a paragraph of your story for you.
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Post by Griffin on Oct 3, 2010 23:46:55 GMT -5
Theme: Stars
Rule: Your main character must interact with a deadly weapon.
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Post by Wulfi on Oct 3, 2010 23:54:11 GMT -5
Theme: Invisibility
Rule: You must use under 500 words.
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Post by singerrock on Oct 4, 2010 6:36:06 GMT -5
Theme: Hatred
Rule: Story must have a minimum of 7 paragraphs with a minimum sentence amount being 5.
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Post by killerinstinct on Oct 4, 2010 10:48:11 GMT -5
Theme: Loss
Rule: The main character must interact with a new character (meaning, not seen in the previous chapters).
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Post by Celia on Oct 4, 2010 11:55:16 GMT -5
Rule: Story must have a minimum of 7 paragraphs with a minimum sentence amount being 5. AUGH SCREW YOU |
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Post by Celia on Oct 4, 2010 12:17:31 GMT -5
theme: the number eight
rule: the author must obey by the rule they proposed for chapter one
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Post by Admin on Oct 4, 2010 14:35:23 GMT -5
theme: the number eight rule: the author must obey by the rule they proposed for chapter one ...That rule... I like it. And Singerrock gets to do 2 flashbacks in a row! If she keeps going at that rate, she'll be talking about the big bang. |
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Post by ProMetaAnaTelo on Oct 4, 2010 20:13:04 GMT -5
Theme: Surrealism
Rule: No dialogue in the first part of the chapter. Only dialogue on the second part of the chapter.
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Post by singerrock on Oct 4, 2010 21:43:46 GMT -5
theme: the number eight rule: the author must obey by the rule they proposed for chapter one Wow.......i could make it work |
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Post by Golden Emblem on Oct 5, 2010 12:53:43 GMT -5
theme: the number eight rule: the author must obey by the rule they proposed for chapter one I also like, but just because I was really nice with the first rule. |
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Post by killerinstinct on Oct 5, 2010 13:56:42 GMT -5
Brandon, I just noticed... you misspelled my story.
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Post by Golden Emblem on Oct 5, 2010 13:59:36 GMT -5
Brandon, I just noticed... you misspelled my story. I just noticed, too. Wow... |
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Post by pyroflasher on Oct 5, 2010 16:51:53 GMT -5
Theme: Third Eye
Rule: You must introduce a character who shares a name with a mythological being.
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Post by Admin on Oct 5, 2010 17:15:03 GMT -5
And with all themes and rules in early, we're closing submission of them so people can get a jump start on Chapter 3.
Okay... RNG, do your stuff...
AND the theme for this week IS
Invisibility
AND the rule IS
Story must have a minimum of 7 paragraphs with a minimum sentence amount being 5.
As soon as the voting phase ends, stories can go up.
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Post by Celia on Oct 5, 2010 17:35:49 GMT -5
AND the rule IS Story must have a minimum of 7 paragraphs with a minimum sentence amount being 5. OH THIS IS SOME BULLSH*T ... *ahem* there needs to be some sort of rule against people winning themes or rules consecutively. On a unrelated note,, can there be an extension on the due date? I have to go to my sister's wedding next week, and I won't have sufficient access to internet as soon as I get on the plane to go. (as in, I may post while I'm there, but I'll never have even close to enough time to write the chapter) |
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Post by Golden Emblem on Oct 5, 2010 17:41:15 GMT -5
Why? It's chosen with a RNG. If someone gets their rule/theme chosen twice, then good on them, because it's the luck of the draw. Besides, it makes things interesting.
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Post by Celia on Oct 5, 2010 17:46:42 GMT -5
Why? It's chosen with a RNG. If someone gets their rule/theme chosen twice, then good on them, because it's the luck of the draw. Besides, it makes things interesting. her rules pose the greatest impediment to advancement of plot. well, the flashback thing did at least. the paragraph and sentence thing just makes it extremely difficult to write. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 5, 2010 17:58:26 GMT -5
But the rules apply to everyone. Everyone experiences the same amount of difficulty.
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Post by Golden Emblem on Oct 5, 2010 18:03:07 GMT -5
Why? It's chosen with a RNG. If someone gets their rule/theme chosen twice, then good on them, because it's the luck of the draw. Besides, it makes things interesting. her rules pose the greatest impediment to advancement of plot. well, the flashback thing did at least. the paragraph and sentence thing just makes it extremely difficult to write. So? That's why the rules are there: to make things tough. It might not be what you like, but too bad. I like her rules. A flashback might set back the plot for some stories (I know it didn't for her story or mine, but c'est la vie), but it can help any story with character development. And besides, you want a rule against the same person having their theme or rule randomly selected because of her? That's not really fair. |
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Post by ProMetaAnaTelo on Oct 5, 2010 18:53:49 GMT -5
Why? It's chosen with a RNG. If someone gets their rule/theme chosen twice, then good on them, because it's the luck of the draw. Besides, it makes things interesting. her rules pose the greatest impediment to advancement of plot. well, the flashback thing did at least. the paragraph and sentence thing just makes it extremely difficult to write. Oh, God. Her Flashback idea made me rage very hard, but one of the qualities of being a good writer is being able to work around things. I had absolutely no intention of using a flashback or using the character I introduced named "Garret" at all in the story, but after writing it I realized it only helped the story. Also, there's a loophole in the rule. The way the rule is worded you actually only have to use 7 paragraphs with 5 sentences each. All of the other paragraphs can have one or two sentences as long as there are still 7 with 5 sentences. |
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Post by Golden Emblem on Oct 5, 2010 18:59:01 GMT -5
her rules pose the greatest impediment to advancement of plot. well, the flashback thing did at least. the paragraph and sentence thing just makes it extremely difficult to write. Oh, God. Her Flashback idea made me rage very hard, but one of the qualities of being a good writer is being able to work around things. I had absolutely no intention of using a flashback or using the character I introduced named "Garret" at all in the story, but after writing it I realized it only helped the story. Also, there's a loophole in the rule. The way the rule is worded you actually only have to use 7 paragraphs with 5 sentences each. All of the other paragraphs can have one or two sentences as long as there are still 7 with 5 sentences. I agree exactly. Your chapter was actually one of my favourites of the round. I didn't actually notice the loophole. Thanks.  EDIT: I also noticed Celia's edit to his first post, so I'm going to reply here. If you don't have time next week, do it this week and thank Brandon for posting the rule and theme early. I'm not saying this to be rude, I'm saying it because I'm going to my parents' funeral next week and I won't have time then, either. You've just got to make due with the time you have. |
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Post by Celia on Oct 5, 2010 19:37:31 GMT -5
I need to make an apology. I've been angry at singerrock because I've been insecure about my story. I was afraid that her content-altering rules would restrict my stories to an amount that my story would be bad enough to be voted off of the competition. I'm sorry.
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Also, Meta's idea of altering interpretation of the rule is a good one. I've actually thought of a really good workaround.
Although this states that the minimum sentence requirement is 5, it does not state that there must be five sentences per paragraph. Even though it is fairly clear what was intended to be said, it still does not state paragraph sentence requirement, and can therefore be interpreted as follows:
Rule: Story must have a minimum of 7 paragraphs [total] with a minimum sentence amount [of the story] being 5.
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Also, I need somebody to respond to this, as it is fairly urgent.
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Post by Golden Emblem on Oct 5, 2010 19:41:03 GMT -5
I replied to the thing about your sister's wedding in my previous post, Celia.
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Post by singerrock on Oct 6, 2010 0:58:48 GMT -5
I meant for the rule to have that loop hole. For my last chapter my mentor wanted me to do that EXACT rule as a bonus rule and as you can tell if you read it I think I did the job...if not well at least they liked the chapter.  |
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Post by Celia on Oct 7, 2010 18:34:13 GMT -5
Wait, what? How the hell did I tie for first?
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Post by Admin on Oct 7, 2010 18:39:25 GMT -5
And with only 2 votes, Ed has been eliminated from Chapter 2.
Chapter 3's deadline is BEFORE October 18th. Not ON the 18th. BEFORE the 18th.
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Post by Golden Emblem on Oct 7, 2010 19:03:23 GMT -5
And with only 2 votes, Ed has been eliminated from Chapter 2. Chapter 3's deadline is BEFORE October 18th. Not ON the 18th. BEFORE the 18th. In other words, October 17th at 11:59 PM. |
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