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Popsicle Crows
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Totally wrote that in the wrong thread..
- Dazed and Confused Edited by Popsicle Crows - 22 Jan 2023 at 9:31am |
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justmel
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He doesn't need to be the MC, but he needs to be significant enough to the story that it can't exist without him. Even if he never appears, something he did or said has to drive the plot. (But I personally think it's safer if he actually appears.)
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Perri Winkle
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Interesting that it's still banned.
I spent a summer in Russia (Altai Republic). Good thing I didn't take any Orwell with me!
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Deschain
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thanks for this. i think i will follow the advice you and nodiving gave me. just needed that extra boost of confidence. good to hear that the judging is improving.
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CamsynClair
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My SS entry last year had some magical realism, and it got HM1! It was my first ever NYCM and not the best entry by any means (it was also 500 words under count because I'd never written something so long before haha), but being a total newbie to PolSat, I was pretty happy with it! Feel free to check it out if you'd like, but no pressure, of course! https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r1-gr143-man-overboard-polsat-hm1-fb_topic45745.html
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Annk
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Is there a rule about non-consensual content? If so, I need to scrap the one lone idea that I have...
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CamsynClair
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No rule; however, different judges often vary in how they receive content like that, so how your story does may highly depend on your particular judges. If you post your story on the forum, just make sure you share with a CW! I've seen stories that mention non-consent do well, but from experience, I haven't seen stories that show it explicitly "on-screen" so to speak do quite as well outside of the horror genre, where I figure judges expect more explicit content
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Annk
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Thank you. If I go this direction, it will have happened in the past and be mostly alluded to.
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Prinkles123
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I'm really at a loss here - Political Satire, Insider Trading, Anchorman - I could not be less inspired. Any thoughts on interpretation of insider trading? Anyone think this could be anything other than stock market related? Snoooooze. All thoughts welcome!
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Read my 1st Round story titled Esperanza
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Random
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A few things pop into my head, actually. Anything can be traded. Votes. Appointments. Positive press. Board seats. As long as the public thinks these things are done one way, above board, but some people get an advantage by going behind the scenes and using underhanded means to get what they want. Anchorman, so I'm thinking positive press for candidates. The 'insider trading' is politicians buying that press, and getting their opponents smeared, because they are 'insiders'. This is about fifteen seconds thinking about it, actually, but I think it's the right track. At least for me. |
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