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Originally posted by nafeyboy nafeyboy wrote:

For reassurance, do you think it matters if I spend a bit of time setting things up before the action/adventure begins? Does it have to be full octane from the get-go?


As someone who has gotten AA a few times, I don't think there is any definite choice here. You could do either. The adventure starts the moment you start the story and the action is what and when you decide to write it. I have been told I had too much action that it felt like a list (in one of my favorites I might add) so there is that caution. Have fun! Don't over think it!
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Originally posted by ZoeLou ZoeLou wrote:

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Is this the one where it was like... they were all in a refrigerator and trying to protect the oldest thing in the fridge, somehow? It was a very creative use of prompts. I wanted to read through all of them last year while waiting on the first 

I think the one @SumFemina is talking about is one I suggested earlier - The Lord’s Bounty by @Reasonably_Crazy. It’s about an Amish man who discovers a tomato-y plot, and is a brilliant and unconventional spy story. :)

Yep I did repost the link on page 2 of this thread...
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First draft done. Weird little story. But having fun!
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Originally posted by TessaK TessaK wrote:

Originally posted by Betzer Betzer wrote:

Originally posted by TessaK TessaK wrote:

I’m having trouble reconciling my character (downhill skier) with my genre (fantasy).

I wrote 700 words today but it feels a bit like I’m tiptoeing around the story as i write. Like if I type too loudly the idea will get scared and run away. I’m just hoping something will click and I’ll suddenly be inspired. I know how it begins and ends, but there’s a gigantic hole in the middle of my story. I have a feeling that’s where the good stuff is hiding!

Oof! Those two are pretty incongruous! But I can’t wait to see how it all comes together Big smile What is your subject?


Entanglement, which I quite like! It's strange because I can imagine how it would fit into a fantasy story, and I can easily fit it together with skiing, but all three.... oofta.

I'm finally forcing some words out, so I will have something to show for it! I usually post my stories, so you'll be able to check it out!

My advice to myself at the moment is "You can edit a bad story but you can't edit a blank page."
“You can edit a bad story but you can’t edit a blank page” That’s good! Something I definitely needed to hear.
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I can’t get my outline completely wired out, so I’m just going to write a couple scenes of my first draft and hope everything falls into place as I do so!
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I have a draft and a first edit done. it will probably sit for the next few days -- i feel like i really went into left field with this one lmao. 

Every time i get romance or rom/com the story stretches into weirder territory but im happy with it atm!
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OMG that's horrible. What place does a downhill skier have in a fantasy world? I can't WAIT to read how you and your group put that together! Best of luck!
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Completely stuck with no viable ideas. They are either too complex for a short story or too low-stakes to be a story at all. No words written. And I need to submit it Friday because of family obligations on Saturday. Thinking of just foregoing my entry fee. Woke up several times last night trying to come up with an idea, so now I just want to nap.

Suspense/paternity test/haberdasher.
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Originally posted by Annk Annk wrote:

Completely stuck with no viable ideas. They are either too complex for a short story or too low-stakes to be a story at all. No words written. And I need to submit it Friday because of family obligations on Saturday. Thinking of just foregoing my entry fee. Woke up several times last night trying to come up with an idea, so now I just want to nap.

Suspense/paternity test/haberdasher.


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He had no idea that young lady at the club was the local crime boss's daughter, and if that test comes back with the wrong answer...
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Originally posted by BarbaraFL BarbaraFL wrote:

No progress, found out friend in Italy died and her dog needs a home (if any of you are in the EU and would like to adopt a nice Irish setter who is 13 years old, please advise), spent much of afternoon trying to find a solution, came up with some story ideas but not many, fingers crossed for tomorrow.

But - I never get anything done the first day of this one. I also never do well in this one. I'm sure those two are unrelated LOL

Ugh. Sadly I am not in the EU or I would be happy to take a senior bereaved dog again. I had a best dog whose owners died close together and their daughter had JUST moved somewhere she couldn't keep their dogs (our equestrian forum found two of us willing to drive to get them from Kentucky. A rescue had actually rejected them because they were nine and fourteen so "too old" to get adopted.) Puff, the nine-year-old, even converted my friend's husband who went from being meh on us picking him up a night early so he had to stay at their apartment with me to trying to trade me three of their cats for the dog. Old dogs are very good dogs.

I also got nothing done for sad reasons, only here it was the pet. I was supposed to be one of the late arrival/event people at work since we had a club dinner, but my coworker who was supposed to be in the tasting room had to unexpectedly put down her cat and called off. So I went in for the regular shift though the event, which hey, 5+ extra hours plus tips I wouldn't have gotten otherwise, but it meant I ran around feeding animals, throwing extra hay, turning on the all-day Dr. Pol shows and telling my dogs the vets will tell on them if they're bad (I have no idea if the dogs can recognize voices and realize that's THEIR vets on the TV but hey, if it works...) I had basically ZERO time to think. Though when I got home by the time I got to bed around midnight I did go rooting through audible for free horror short story collections to try and come up with something inspiring. (So of course I'm listening to Morbid instead and it's mostly true crime.)
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