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Post by Mikauzoran on May 2, 2016 2:06:51 GMT
6-8k Writing Competition #3: Travel Writing: Sunday, May 1 - Sunday, June 12 Voting: Sunday, June 12 - Saturday, June 25
Theme selector: boogum and Cesela
Theme: "Travel"
Optional Prompts: 1) To Move From One Place to Another2) Culture Shock 3) Road TripThemed Writing Competition Guidelines Event Details: Each participant needs to write a 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. Entries should be 6,000-8,000 words long (with 500 words TOPS to "wrap it up"), and please include word count at the top. 2. K-T ratings only. 3. No crossovers. 4. Must be new material, no re-posted stories. 5. Please be fair and courteous when voting and reviewing!
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Taliya
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I'm increasing my tittle count. You should too.
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Post by Taliya on May 3, 2016 0:58:44 GMT
I HAS AN IDEA. *gleeful giggling*
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Post by boogum on May 3, 2016 1:20:50 GMT
I sort of have an idea, but I'm not sure if I will have the time to write it. I can say that, if I do, it will be very much a "guy's story".
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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 May 7, 2016 12:41:58 GMT
Are pairings or slash allowed? I may or may not have remembered reading somewhere about it? or can it be implied? i have an idea in mind and I may write two versions of it (if i have the will and energy to write it) or change my initial plans if there's limitations on such things.
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Post by Mikauzoran on May 8, 2016 21:05:40 GMT
There are only five guidelines. So long as you adhere to the five guidelines specified in the first post, you can write whatever you like.
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Addy01
Senior Member
When you can't write angst to save your life but all your plunnies are angsty
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Post by Addy01 on May 9, 2016 1:48:34 GMT
Thank you so much! i won't have to do much changes then. in my flu-addled state i managed to chunk out 6k words for this comp O.o...maybe i should get sick more often? haha i did make quite a bit of typos and grammatical errors though, so that's a hassle to clean up. and i dozed off towards the end of the write....and the last bit of my writing went away into lala land and i can't get it back!. so that's a bummer oh well. what can you do.
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Post by Mikauzoran on May 9, 2016 2:53:45 GMT
No problem. Haha. Good luck getting it cleaned up and presentable. ^.^
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TinyTantei
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Current emotion: nah.
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Post by TinyTantei on May 9, 2016 21:31:00 GMT
Is this a potential time to flex my hafu headcanons? Unfortunately, yes. Let's see if I can actually finish something, this time, haha.
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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 May 12, 2016 4:43:53 GMT
Just wondering... How many people are planning to submit their fic for this comp? I know it is early, but if there aren't going to be voting/anyone participating, I'll probably extend my fic to more than the 8k word limit...
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Post by boogum on May 12, 2016 4:49:02 GMT
I have no plans to participate at the moment. That said, if there ends up being only one more submission needed to have a vote, I will likely whip up something.
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Cesela
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Post by Cesela on May 12, 2016 11:03:59 GMT
I didn't have any plans on participating due to exams and such. But I was just struck by evil plot bunnies. I might come up with something, but I can't make any promises.
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Post by Mikauzoran on May 12, 2016 11:14:29 GMT
I think if you have ideas for extending the fic, you should go for it and not worry about the contest. The whole purpose of these things is to get people writing and inspire them, so it seems like a shame to stop and limit yourself if you're inspired to take the fic farther.
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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 May 15, 2016 16:34:12 GMT
I'm dropping my Chikage idea and going with something else. If things go well I might post something (yep, evil plunnies are evil! XD)
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neonquincy1217
God
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 7, 2016 9:19:19 GMT
Okays, if everything goes as planned I'll have my very first legit HakuSera fic ever. :">
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Taliya
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I'm increasing my tittle count. You should too.
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Post by Taliya on Jun 7, 2016 15:57:46 GMT
Oh, yay! I was worried that I was going to be the only one to submit a fic for this contest!
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