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Originally posted by nickwascreative nickwascreative wrote:

Originally posted by LadyArkham LadyArkham wrote:

I'm glad I'm not the only one wrestling with Thriller/blame/superintendent.

The only work I've gotten done so far is four tabs of "What is a superintendent/what does a superintendent do" and one for WriterSolo that just says "FADE IN."

I always look forward to reading your stories, so I selfishly hope you figure it out! You're also in my group, so I also selfishly want to see what you did with the prompts!

I am currently sitting on a 14 page script that whenever I make edits, seems to get longer. I think I forgot how to NYCMidnight...LOL

Stiff competition in group 11, I see! 
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Mine was 50, Romance, Clueless, a custodian. 

After staring at a blank page for a week I finally scrabbled enough together and submitted on the dot. It's awful. But it's in.
It's honestly the hardest writing I've ever done. I always suspected I don't have a romantic bone in my body, now I know it's true!
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Originally posted by swilki swilki wrote:

Mine was 50, Romance, Clueless, a custodian. 

After staring at a blank page for a week I finally scrabbled enough together and submitted on the dot. It's awful. But it's in.
It's honestly the hardest writing I've ever done. I always suspected I don't have a romantic bone in my body, now I know it's true!

This was my experience too. The whole week I wondered about a thriller where someone takes the blame. Ugh! Then I started on it in the last 24 hours and submitted something sh-tty. (Perhaps that could have been the plot! There’s no one to blame but myself for starting late!) But it’s done!
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Originally posted by SumFemina SumFemina wrote:

Originally posted by swilki swilki wrote:

Mine was 50, Romance, Clueless, a custodian. 

After staring at a blank page for a week I finally scrabbled enough together and submitted on the dot. It's awful. But it's in.
It's honestly the hardest writing I've ever done. I always suspected I don't have a romantic bone in my body, now I know it's true!

This was my experience too. The whole week I wondered about a thriller where someone takes the blame. Ugh! Then I started on it in the last 24 hours and submitted something sh-tty. (Perhaps that could have been the plot! There’s no one to blame but myself for starting late!) But it’s done!
I blame society.
And shiny things. 
And that loud music we kids listen to these days.
(but yes, I'm totally to blame for procrastinating myself out of a decent draft!) 
But at least we managed something, and we can relax now... I really thought I wasn't going to!
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Group 10, Thriller, tennis player, brunch. 

Ugh.
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Originally posted by UK5AM UK5AM wrote:

Group 10, Thriller, tennis player, brunch. 

Ugh.

lol this is even worse than having someone who takes the blame!
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Originally posted by SumFemina SumFemina wrote:

Originally posted by UK5AM UK5AM wrote:

Group 10, Thriller, tennis player, brunch. 

Ugh.

lol this is even worse than having someone who takes the blame!

There were quite a few really bad sets of prompts, lol.
I thought I was in a bad way with horror, code of ethics, therapist. 
(by the way, I have just thought of a great story for my prompts, an AI therapist, always a dollar short and a day late))
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Originally posted by Suave Suave wrote:

Originally posted by SumFemina SumFemina wrote:

Originally posted by UK5AM UK5AM wrote:

Group 10, Thriller, tennis player, brunch. 

Ugh.

lol this is even worse than having someone who takes the blame!

There were quite a few really bad sets of prompts, lol.
I thought I was in a bad way with horror, code of ethics, therapist. 
(by the way, I have just thought of a great story for my prompts, an AI therapist, always a dollar short and a day late))

That sounds like fun, Suave! You should write that story!
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Yeah, I generally immediately discount my first idea because I assume it will be a lot of people's first idea. And horror / therapist / code of ethics feels very hand-in-glove. And try as I might to come up with a fresh take, I suspect I went the same direction as many others. Originality is no guarantee of success in these comps, but it certainly doesn't hurt.
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I got Political Satire, Smoke and mirrors, an apologist. I guess I went for the obvious topic, but apparently I can't say what for 72 hours
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