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Post by Mikauzoran on Sept 18, 2016 1:56:18 GMT
Themed Writing Contest #28: Rare Pair Writing: September 18 - Sunday, October 9 Voting: Sunday, October 9 - Saturday, October 15 Theme selector: The Poirot Community
Theme: "Rare Pair" Optional Prompts:
1) Unlikely Friends 2) Romance 3) Interaction between characters who haven't officially met in canon 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: www.poirotcafe.com/board/31/poirot-cafe-contest-entries . 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. (Think suitable for about 14 years old.) 3. No crossovers or spoilers. 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 hope we have a good showing for this one. ^.^; I've been wanting to do it for a long time, and I really hope the theme is well-received. I look forward to seeing what all you guys come up with!
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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 Sept 18, 2016 9:28:04 GMT
Ohhh. Just got bitten by a plunny! *Cackle*
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Post by ichthyophobia on Sept 19, 2016 16:21:29 GMT
Oh hey, I might actually have an idea for this one. I just have to find the motivation to actually write it.
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TinyTantei
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Current emotion: nah.
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Post by TinyTantei on Sept 20, 2016 6:33:30 GMT
I don't think I even have to say what my first thought was.
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Cesela
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Post by Cesela on Sept 20, 2016 18:38:13 GMT
I honestly had no intention of writing for this prompt, I'm fully struggling with my haunted contribution. And romance in general doesn't bite well with me. But then one of Addy's plot bunnies attacked earlier today and I'm already done writing it. Back to struggling with the Haunted one *sighs deeply*
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Post by Mikauzoran on Sept 20, 2016 21:44:54 GMT
It doesn't have to be romance, Cesela. ^.^; If you look in the optional prompts, I intentionally made two out of the three non-romantic character interactions. It's just two or more characters that don't usually show up together. But I'm glad you got something done. Good luck with Haunted!
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Post by sgamer82 on Oct 4, 2016 3:50:52 GMT
I'm probably not going to do this one. Nothing big enough coming to mind other than possibly Yukiko & Yumi, and I can't flesh it out enough. However, if it's not against any rules I thought I'd indulge in a bit of shameless self-promotion and mention a couple rare pair fics I've done before. Obviously, they aren't eligible for the contest, but I figured "Why not share them for the heck of it, anyway?" since they still fit the theme. Parental Advice (Ai & Yusaku) Ayumi and the River Lady (Ayumi & the aforementioned "River Lady", whose identity is a spoiler if you haven't already read it)
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Post by Mikauzoran on Oct 5, 2016 1:06:56 GMT
Since there are two entries and I was the one who suggested this theme, I feel like I have to finish my Hakuba and Akako piece for this. I shall endeavor to do so.
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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 Oct 5, 2016 2:16:17 GMT
Hi Mikau, don't stress too much if you can't complete it. we can just go without the voting this time round again if that's the case, esp since the contest is all about getting all of us to write more.
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Post by Mikauzoran on Oct 5, 2016 2:33:36 GMT
Thanks. And good to see my "bigger picture" rhetoric is becoming entrenched. But I really would like to finish this. It's really not terribly long, and I've got my outline. I just need to sit down and DO IT. I've just been so dreadfully busy since I got my promotion, I haven't really had much time or energy to write with. :/
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Cesela
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Post by Cesela on Oct 5, 2016 9:29:19 GMT
Your work and personal life takes precidence. So dont stress about it! Maybe Ichty or Tiny is working with something too.
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Post by afriana on Oct 7, 2016 9:49:43 GMT
cafe's time is very different to my house
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Post by boogum on Oct 7, 2016 10:15:51 GMT
It is for me as well, afriana. Lucky the forum has a clock that tells you what time "cafe time" is so that you know when things are due, etc.
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Post by Mikauzoran on Oct 9, 2016 0:13:14 GMT
Hi guys. Just a reminder that fics are due tomorrow. I'm mostly reminding myself, though. -.-; I really need to get on this.
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Post by Mikauzoran on Oct 10, 2016 0:12:28 GMT
Ta-dah! I wrote three thousand words between last night and today and finished my entry, so we can have a vote this time. ^.^ The poll's up now.
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