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Post by Mikauzoran on Apr 17, 2016 1:20:17 GMT
Themed Writing Competition #23: Mornings Writing: April 17 - Sunday, May 8 Voting: Sunday, May 8 - Saturday, May 14 Theme selector: The Poirot Cafe Community
Theme: "Mornings" Optional Prompts:
1) Early Risers 2) Sleeping In 3) Desperately Seeking Caffeine Themed Writing Competition Guidelines
Event Details:Each participant needs to write a short story to be posted by midnight according to the Cafe clock in the Contest Entries section of the Fanfic Library. That's midnight Sunday going into Monday; you have the entirety of Sunday to work. At the end of the writing period, any member can vote for their favorite story. The winner will get a prize and get to choose the theme for the next competition. Make sure that when you post your stories on FF.net that you mention that the story was written for Poirot Cafe's competition to our readers! Let's have fun and advertise at the same time! Prize:Custom designed award badge that you can use in your signature or elsewhere. Guidelines:1. Keep stories relatively short (1,500 to 5,000, with 300 words TOPS to "wrap it up"), and please post word count at the top of your entry. 2. K-T ratings only. 3. No crossovers. 4. Must be new material written within the contest's writing period. No re-posted stories. 5. Please be fair and courteous when voting and reviewing! I'm excited for this one! It seems kind of different from our usual fare. I hope it sparks many fun ideas.
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Post by boogum on May 6, 2016 1:06:24 GMT
Just want to know if anyone else is writing something for this? So far I think we only have one submission. I can whip up something this weekend if another person is going to as well, but I won't bother if there are going to be no other entries.
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Addy01
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Post by Addy01 on May 6, 2016 3:15:50 GMT
I just finished my exam!... But I might not pass T.T
Anywayz...i just got a plot bunny for this! hmmm. Hopefully it'll hit the min words.
Also, just wondering, what does the 300 TOPS mean?
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Post by boogum on May 6, 2016 3:30:41 GMT
You've got a 300 word leeway to wrap up your story should you reach 5000 words and not quite be finished. So, basically, your story can be 5300 words and no more than that.
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Addy01
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Post by Addy01 on May 6, 2016 6:28:51 GMT
oh goody! thanks! you keen to join Boogum?
i have got a beginning and ending in mind. now i have to think about the body...
*proceeds to type away*
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Post by sgamer82 on May 6, 2016 16:03:27 GMT
You've got a 300 word leeway to wrap up your story should you reach 5000 words and not quite be finished. So, basically, your story can be 5300 words and no more than that. Huh. I honestly took it the other way around and thought it meant 300 words as a guideline to wrap up so you didn't go over.
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Post by boogum on May 7, 2016 0:32:16 GMT
Now I'm second-guessing myself, haha. I'm 99% sure it's what I said, though.
Speaking of which, my submission will be up soon-ish (give or take a few hours). Blame the fact I woke up after noon.
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Post by sgamer82 on May 7, 2016 3:07:50 GMT
Now I'm second-guessing myself, haha. I'm 99% sure it's what I said, though. Speaking of which, my submission will be up soon-ish (give or take a few hours). Blame the fact I woke up after noon. No, my mistake was just that I thought the 300 came BEFORE the deadline, not after.
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Addy01
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Post by Addy01 on May 7, 2016 4:38:00 GMT
How do we submit? This is the first time I am doing something like this. And I think I might missed reading the how-to somewhere, and I am on my mobile -.- heck. This is the first time I'll be putting my work online.
I am somewhat finish with the piece, just proofreading it now. Though I don't think I have time to write it exactly the way I want it to be.... I kinda always have this problem where I finished writing a fic or two, and then came back a couple days later and find that I don't like how it turned out, and then scrap the wholebl thing. :/
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Post by boogum on May 7, 2016 5:18:21 GMT
Create your own thread here: poirotcafe.com/board/31/poirot-cafe-contest-entriesThe title of your thread will be: Themed Writing Competition #23: 'insert the title of your fic here' Then, inside the thread, you can copy your story into the post. Make sure you include the word count at the top. You can also link to your fanfiction profile if you have one. Hope that helps!
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Addy01
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Post by Addy01 on May 7, 2016 8:01:32 GMT
Create your own thread here: poirotcafe.com/board/31/poirot-cafe-contest-entriesThe title of your thread will be: Themed Writing Competition #23: 'insert the title of your fic here' Then, inside the thread, you can copy your story into the post. Make sure you include the word count at the top. You can also link to your fanfiction profile if you have one. Hope that helps! Thank you! You're wonderful! Just finished uploaded.
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Post by neonquincy1217 on May 8, 2016 14:50:09 GMT
I have something cooked up for this. Morning prompt, sleeping in, Haku-chan related and all, inspired by a true story... but my head's still in a mashed potato-like state for drinking last night; I don't think I can finish it on time(uggh, it's the first time I ended up like this. I can still taste the alcohol ). I'm still gonna post it once I finished it, tho. It's a waste to throw the idea away, after all, hehe... ... Heh. I feel like garbage. I shall go back to sleep for now. I still feel like the world is swaying. I promise I'll read the entries and participate with voting, tho.
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Post by boogum on May 8, 2016 20:08:24 GMT
Haha, get some rest, Quincy. Feel better!
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Post by Mikauzoran on May 9, 2016 0:03:34 GMT
Okay. So Mikau decided at 5:30 that she wanted to play, so we have four entries this time. Yay! I still have to fix the formatting because for some reason my italics didn't take :/ but I'll be starting the vote shortly. Good luck everyone!
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Post by Cesela on May 9, 2016 9:28:29 GMT
Ohh. I can't decide. They are all really good.
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