Windbritsle
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Part of the Dark as the Raven's Wing Anime/Manga FanFiction Group! In that group, I'm Robin!
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Post by Windbritsle on Apr 18, 2015 13:51:48 GMT
Nevah evah!
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Post by Nikudou Natsumi on Jun 20, 2015 16:09:22 GMT
Sounds good!
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Post by SharaRaizel on Jun 21, 2015 3:27:46 GMT
I want to participate in writing contests (like the fairy tales one due tomorrow), but by the time I learn about them or remember which one is the currently active writing contest (because honestly, having boards for 2 at the same time is a little confusing), it's already near the due date and I suddenly find myself swamped with last minute family stuffs or work. So I agree that the 5k contests should be once a month perhaps extending through the entire month for the writers, and then the first week of the new month can be voting week and also the start of the next 5k. That way if it's nearing the end of the month, writers know that they better hurry if they want to participate in that month's writing contest. That's just my idea though.
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neonquincy1217
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Note to self: Be kind to yourself. Be patient. Embrace the random. Life is not instant noodles. :))
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Post by neonquincy1217 on Jun 25, 2015 13:56:23 GMT
That sounds cool. What does everyone else think?
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Post by Mikauzoran on Jun 25, 2015 19:16:31 GMT
Sorry guys. I moved your posts here because I had intended my announcements board just for me to be able to get information out to the members. I don't want it to get cluttered with opinions/comments/discussion. I do, however, encourage feedback, so feel free to opine/comment/discuss here in the suggestions thread. Thanks for your cooperation and understanding!
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Post by StarlightDragons on Jun 25, 2015 19:25:09 GMT
thumbs up mean like/approval! XD
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Post by stelraetnae on Dec 21, 2015 7:28:54 GMT
A little suggestion considering the recent bit of confusion that went on about the deadline to the prompt exchange. I've seen various other timed events opt to use 11.59pm rather than 12 midnight, which would serve to remove the ambigiuty of whether it's 12 midnight at the end of one day or the beginning. I feel like this would be good for us too.
So a deadline of 18 Dec 11.59pm would be clearly be at the end of 18 Dec.
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Post by Crimson Amarone on Dec 21, 2015 23:02:34 GMT
Thank you for the suggestion. I believe this will work to clarify the deadlines for contests/events. I realized there was some uncertainty for the prompt exchange so I apologize for the inconvenience.
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Addy01
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When you can't write angst to save your life but all your plunnies are angsty
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Post by Addy01 on Jul 9, 2016 4:33:30 GMT
Hi!
Not sure if this is a good idea and it will probably be more work for the mods, but what if we create a folder for each new competition in the fanfic library so that writers can just put their entry there and the reader wld automatically to straight to the relevant comp entries. A link can be added in the writing activities comp page that wld lead to the comp entry page. Hopefully that might encourage ppl to read and vote more?
Or have a link to the comp entry fics when the polls are up to be added to opening post so that it can br quickly link to thr fic.
Maybe something to consider? When I first joined, it took me a long while to figure how the whole comp entry work. So hopefully this will help?
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Addy01
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When you can't write angst to save your life but all your plunnies are angsty
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Post by Addy01 on Jul 9, 2016 4:38:29 GMT
Another suggestion is to have the news top bar thingy to be large enough to show all one-sentence announcements at once - so that it is easier for ppl to notice competition deadlines and voting with links to the competition. Hopefully it wld encourage more ppl to participate in the comp. Either as writers or voters. And maybe encourage ppl to join the forum to vote?
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Post by Mikauzoran on Jul 9, 2016 4:40:45 GMT
Crimson used to put links to the entries in the contest post. Now that I pretty much run things by myself, it's frankly too much extra work on top of my busy life, so I don't do it. I just kind of figured that things were well labeled enough that people could easily find the contests section since the link is there on the main page.
What I am going to do when I start the next round of contests, though is insert a link directly to the contests board so that people can just click and find the entries since those are all labeled and listed once the poll opens.
Thanks for your suggestion, though. I think people are just too busy with summer and vacations and outside to read a lot of fanfiction indoors.
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Addy01
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When you can't write angst to save your life but all your plunnies are angsty
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Post by Addy01 on Jul 9, 2016 4:48:42 GMT
Lol yes. I forgot abt that, I am in the wrong side of the hemisphere XD. Cuddling in bed reading fanfic is the way to go right now. And thank you so much for all your effort to organise the comp!
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Post by silverskywolf37 on Feb 4, 2018 22:40:45 GMT
So, it seems we’re not going to have enough entries by deadline. Does anyone have suggestions for the next contest? What do you guys want to write about? Bit of a random idea but, you could make an event where several people plan out a fanfic then write one chapter each until you have a complete story. I don’t know whether it would work though.
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Post by Mikauzoran on Feb 5, 2018 0:30:23 GMT
So, it seems we’re not going to have enough entries by deadline. Does anyone have suggestions for the next contest? What do you guys want to write about? Bit of a random idea but, you could make an event where several people plan out a fanfic then write one chapter each until you have a complete story. I don’t know whether it would work though. We’ve tried versions of this before with a community fic and a partner fic writing event, and I don’t feel that either went particularly well, but I’m willing to give it another go. It might work better with a different mix of people. Is this something people would like to do? Would you guys want to do a community fic together, or would you prefer more of a pairing up to write a fic event?
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Post by silverskywolf37 on Feb 5, 2018 7:57:49 GMT
I’d be intrested but, since I’m the one who suggested it, you probably allready know that. If we can get three people (we could have more if people are intrested) it would be fine, I think.
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