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    Posted: 09 Aug 2022 at 7:49pm
Not long to go until we all get to write in the second challenge. Does anyone have a genre they'd love to get this time?

I'm always hoping for one I've never had before. I'm down to: Action/Adventure, Crime Caper, Fairy Tale, Mystery or Political Satire (I think). However, there are a couple in that list that make me quite a bit nervous! 
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I too want to get Crime Caper, just to feel the terror personally one day LOL That or Sci-Fi! They're my last two untouched nycm genres x)
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I'm afraid to post what I actually want lest I jinx myself, but if NYCM reverse psychology works, then I'd loveee comedy, crime caper, spy, fairy tale, or hist fic LOL

I've been super lucky so far and gotten a different genre for every NYCM I've done so far!

SSC: PolSat (yes, in my first NYCM ever--it's a miracle I finished that round with an HM!)
MF100 R1: RomCom
MF100 R2: Suspense/Thriller
(Final was Open ofc, but I ended up writing a drama)
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I do enjoy my streak of a new genre every time and hope it continues... for the most part LOL
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The only genre I’ve not yet gotten is Crime Caper. 
I’m honestly more concerned about getting item/location prompts that aren’t too stoooopid. 
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Originally posted by nod1v1ng nod1v1ng wrote:

The only genre I’ve not yet gotten is Crime Caper. 
I’m honestly more concerned about getting item/location prompts that aren’t too stoooopid. 

NYCM truly did the poor chairlift group dirty in R1 lol. I also hope that I'm not totally constrained by R2 prompts! I have a packed weekend so I'm bouncing general ideas in my head that could work for ALMOST every genre--watch me get the one or two that may not work...

I'd love NYCM to add Western to the mix, but that's the horse person in me speaking LOL
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Political Satire. I have spent too many hours dreading it and am ready to rip the bandage off! And hopefully, there in the bleeding scab, I will discover that I like the genre! And that I have misjudged it. And, despite my efforts to avoid the terribleness of politics and anything politically adjacent, I have something relevant to say!


Also, Sci-Fi, because bee-boop!



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Originally posted by slinkylink slinkylink wrote:

Political Satire. I dread getting it, so I would rather rip the bandage off! And hopefully, there in the bleeding scab, I will find that I love that genre! And that I have misjudged it. And, that despite my efforts to avoid the terribleness of politics and anything politically adjacent, I have something relevant to say!


Also, Sci-Fi, because bee-boop!


PolSat isn't as scary as it seems! I had no clue for the first few days and came up with a super wacky concept that I wasn't even sure fulfilled any of the prompts (it was my first NYCM, so I had no idea how strict the judges were) and ended up with HM1! And my (super valid) critiques are that my story was incomplete, not that I failed PolSat! I have an idea if I pull PolSat again, but I'd still definitely prefer for it to be a one-and-done genre at least for now LOL
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Didn't submit in R1 so going into R2 with zero stakes (and points lol) and freedom to wish and jinx: I never had hist fic, ghost, or spy, and I wouldn't mind them. Don't love spy, but curious to try.

If I get any of the "com" or "sat" or "caper", I'll see you folks next year LOL
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My usual just not polisat. Though it would be nice for once in my life to actually get Historical Fiction so I don't have to turn other genres into it.
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As someone who got "custard" as one of their prompts in the last round, I feel that. I think I made it work in the end, but not until I spent two hours staring at the ceiling muttering, "Custard! Custard? Hm... Custard." 

Originally posted by nod1v1ng nod1v1ng wrote:

The only genre I’ve not yet gotten is Crime Caper. 
I’m honestly more concerned about getting item/location prompts that aren’t too stoooopid. 


Edited by slinkylink - 09 Aug 2022 at 8:56pm
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