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northernwriter
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 15 Sep 2018 Location: Alaska Status: Offline Points: 3096 |
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I'm terrified of horror. I don't like scary things. Thriller is challenging also for me. The nice thing about NYCM is that because of the randomness of the prompt assignments, you learn about yourself as a writer. When I started writing, I had no idea that I could write comedy until I got it assigned to me. Then I started getting high scores in it. So now I always pray for comedy, romcom, romance, or political satire or anything I can make funny. So if I get horror, you guessed it - I'm making a comedy/horror mashup. :) Good luck in short story! My next one is Screenplay in April.
-Alex
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Microfiction 2021: 4th place overall
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kristina_f
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On the bright side, if you ever get horror, you can just write a story about you getting horror assigned as your genre. You'll be guaranteed it's terrifying to at least one person.
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FFC2 GR68: the astronomer
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northernwriter
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Hee hee - well hello there, fellow comedy writer! :) How did I know you were a comedy writer? (Or a comedy writer at heart?) Because that post is hilarious! Now if you haven't gotten comedy yet, I wish it upon you - you'll do great! Best of luck! -Alex
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catnamedeaster
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For some reason I was terrified of Historical Fiction, and then I got it and it was fine. I wrote a story I really liked and got really good feedback. I also dread comedy, got it once and made myself laugh my butt off with the finished product. At least I made one person laugh.
The others I dread and haven't gotten yet are Crime Caper, Spy, and Political Satire. But I try not to freak myself out about it before the assignments are posted. It is nerve wracking though when you first click on your name and see what you get.
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jennifer.quail
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Given the current political climate, if they were SMART, they'd eliminate political satire entirely. It's just asking for trouble.
And I always find it funny how things some people dread (Spy, Historical Fiction) are ones others would love to get. Seriously, if I get Round One Horror AGAIN I'm sending a nasty e-mail. If I wanted to just enter horror competitions I'd go find one of those. I don't dread it, I'm just sick of it.
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northernwriter
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Universe: I'm hearing a message from somewhere. . .I think Jennifer Quail should be assigned. . . how about horror? |
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BarbaraFL
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Now it's four times and I feel this even more intensely
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Draiglas
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I think I'd loathe RomCom for microfiction. In general, political satire sounds horrific. In fairness, though, I thought I'd hate historical fiction and then got it for the 250 word contest. While I am 95% sure I bombed it, it was actually quite interesting - mainly because I was with my folks that day and my mum looked up as many chocolate-related facts as she could and occasionally burst in to tell me a new one (my assigned action was eating chocolate).
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td333777
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I've done eight of these NYCM contests now; four flash and four short story. At this point, out of the 25 heats I've been in, I've been assigned almost all of the 18 genres they have. All I'm missing is Romance, Romantic Comedy, Comedy, and Horror. Unsurprisingly, I'm dreading the Romance/Comedy stuff because although I have written funny stories and romantic stories before, the comedy wasn't the focus and readers weren't expecting/demanding that I BE FUNNY. BE FUNNY NOW. MAKE ME LAUGH, WRITER-MONKEY! On the flip-side, when I first joined, I was DREADING political satire, historical fiction, and fairy tale...and each time I got those genres (after the initial period of self-loathing and/or projectile vomiting) I did very well. Bottom line: you're scared until you do it. Then, the genres lose their mystique. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather NOT write another political satire, but when it happens, I'll be ready. I'd LOVE to have Jennifer Quail's horror curse--I think a few of those would be fun. But I also remember someone (nodiving, I think) getting some RIDICULOUS amount of ghost stories in consecutive contests--like 6-7 out of 10. That would kill my enthusiasm pretty quickly. TD |
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FF '17 - 1st, SSC '18 - 2nd, FF '20 - 7th
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northernwriter
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Didn't you get romance in microfiction? I remember that because I met you here and made an offhand comment that you should get romance sometime, and then you did, and I thought I had hexed you.
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