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roccapia
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 21 Mar 2017 Location: Poulsbo, WA Status: Offline Points: 1061 |
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No. Sounds like we all hate how ours turned out, which means they're probably all wonderful. I can't wait to post mine and read everyone else's. |
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MF1: Dirty Fingers
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Nicole622
NYC Midnight Groupie Joined: 29 Jan 2019 Location: Medford, MA Status: Offline Points: 160 |
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Hahaha! It is either an indicator of my tiredness or your comedic brilliance that I actually laughed out loud at this. Like, pretty hard.
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Short Story Contest 2022 5th place
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regannoelle
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 14 Jul 2018 Status: Offline Points: 994 |
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Yeah, I definitely am. I'll still share, but I'm really unsure how to feel about what I've created. As silly as it sounds, I've never written anything based on my own personal experiences before (largely due to a fear of becoming Fitzgerald, the man who shared so much that he died feeling like he had nothing left). I'm not sure why I decided to do it for the first time in the finals round of a writing competition, but once I had the idea for the story, I couldn't stop writing it. I don't know. The whole story just felt iffy. It seems a lot of people are feeling a bit iffy about their stories, but I'm super excited to devour them all once we can post them! I feel like these prompts could go a million different ways, and I'm excited to read some of the ways people took!
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Briana Una
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 06 Feb 2018 Status: Offline Points: 525 |
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I'm shocked to say it, but I actually wrote a story and submitted it. This was my first time in round 3 and, man, writing 1,500 GOOD words in 24 hours is haaaaaaaaard. I kind of like mine, I guess -- I got to write a gothic, which is my specialty, but also feels like the obvious route... (I've also read it too many times and have no perspective/hate it right now.)
What I wonder (now that it's too late, of course) is whether my "side effects" come off more as "symptoms." God, don't let the judges be picky about that. |
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Nicole622
NYC Midnight Groupie Joined: 29 Jan 2019 Location: Medford, MA Status: Offline Points: 160 |
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Seconded! So excited to be done (OFFICIALLY, as I just looked at the clock and it's MIDNIGHT!!!). Feeling very honored to be part of this final round with so many wonderful writers! Also--does anyone know when results will be in? Mid-late June maybe?
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Short Story Contest 2022 5th place
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Heartstart
NYC Midnight Regular Joined: 28 Jan 2017 Location: Canberra Status: Offline Points: 383 |
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Got my story in with seconds to spare! Clocked in at 1339 words. (Note to self, not a great idea to start writing less than four hours before the deadline closes!)
Well done everyone! I'm sure our stories aren't as bad as we think, and I'll look forward to reading any that are posted here on the forums.
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JBone3000
NYC Midnight Newbie Joined: 03 Feb 2018 Status: Offline Points: 42 |
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Honestly, I liked mine. Not perfect, but it is what it is, and I'm happy with the effort. I'm sure everyone second-guessing their own stories in post-writing delirium will feel better about them tomorrow.
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2019 - R3 After the Masquerade |
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jdadams1
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 13 Jul 2018 Status: Offline Points: 4559 |
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Submitted! Wow, that was weird.
Idea #1: Had an idea I loved. Got about 250 words in. Still loved the idea, but wasn't sure I could fit it in 1,500 words, and the prompts, though usable, could be easily excised. Idea #2: Came up with another idea. Abandoned after one sentence. Idea #3: Came up with a third idea, inspired slightly by the second idea. (Though oddly, very different use of the prompts.) Wrote diligently for a few hours. Took a nap. Woke to found out I somehow hadn't saved it. Struggled. Panicked. Finally found what I'd written (*phew*!). Finished it. Didn't love it. Sent it out to beta. Back to Idea #1: Meanwhile, went back to idea #1, and got to about 1,000 words. Still not sure it \would fit in 1,500 words but still liked it better than idea #3. Hooray, betas: But my betas who'd been reading #3 like it and gave some great feedback that made me like it quite a bit more. So, I rolled with that one. And now, I have #3 submitted and a good start on #1 if I want to use it for anything else. (Hello, betas?) Thanks, all! :D Edited by jdadams1 - 19 May 2019 at 12:13am |
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SLK43
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 30 Jan 2017 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 3803 |
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I feel like when I post mine I should add a caveat. This story comes with no illusions and no expectations. I've decided I'm never going to read it again
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Holdo
NYC Midnight Groupie Joined: 27 Jan 2019 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 216 |
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I mean, I don't HATE mine. I just know it won't win. It's not 'neat' enough, not clever enough, not surprising enough by half. It's entirely predictable, in fact, from the very first sentence. So I will downgrade my expectations dramatically and hope to maybe somehow just get on the leaderboard. But probably not. Having experienced the 24-hour limit now, I really marvel at some of the winning stories from previous years. A couple of them are so neat and so polished. How?
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