Blazing Readers & Wordy Writers discussion

Have any thoughts or comments on the entry's for this months or any other month's competition?

A and Skyril, your stories were . . . amazing! Everything flowed nicely and it was neat and tidy! Loved it.

C'mon people! Post those stories! : )

Woo hoo! I'm super excited to read yours Winter!

Sounds like fun! : )

Winter wrote: "It's pretty good so far. It has a really snarky narrator though"

I love snarky ;]

i'm glad it sounded interesting, i hope to read some other interesting stories as well

Same here! :D
Deadline's tomorrow people!

I hope most of you will be able to write something for our Decemeber competition (yes, and we will have one :D). The themes should be lots of fun for you!

I can't find the Dec. themes for this group. Where are they?

In the polls you can vote for the one this month. ^.^ It hasn't been decided yet.

Ugh, I've got NO ideas for this month's competition. :-/

Okay, so maybe I already asked this (I don't remember if it was for this group or YBW), but is there a word min/max for this competition?

Hmmm. Yes, there is. The word limit is 1000 - 6000 words. :D I want to keep them not too long and not too short.
You could write about some characters you have made up, or are currently writing about, and add in a little short story.

Lorien Rhys wrote: "Hmmm. Yes, there is. The word limit is 1000 - 6000 words. :D I want to keep them not too long and not too short.
You could write about some characters you have made up, or are currently writing abo..."

Ooh, I thought about that at first. Kind of like you did with Winter's Place. I figured I could start getting into the heads of Mirabella and Sabina, my two mermaids, but then I kind of came up short with underwater Christmas ideas...so, I sort of just started writing to see what happened. Well, now I've got nearly 3000 words and I'm not sure how I feel about them. It needs a little editing before I submit it and it's definitely one of the weirdest things I think I've ever written, but...I don't know, maybe it's not so bad? We'll see, I guess. I'm just glad to finally have something to contribute! XD Course, I still can't come up with a good title to save my life!!! I should hire a professional title-comer-upper-wither.

Whew...okay, I posted. I'm cringing, but I posted.

Why would you be cringing? You're stories have been terrific! :D

Because this one feels different...I don't know. It just doesn't feel up to par...

I'll read it as soon as I post my entry! :D Not sure when I'm going to write it out. . .

Ooh! I'm excited to see yours! Is anyone else posting?

I'm not sure. . . I hope that more people post but that seems unlikely.

Well, I hope so. It'd be nice to read other entries.

Is there a word limit for the fan fiction theme entires? :)

Oh yes! I forgot to add that but I'll do that now! 1000 - 6000 words is the limit. ^.^

Awesome, thank you!

Oh Banks! That entry you submitted is wonderful! Please tell me there's more! ^.^

Part Two is coming up. This one is posing a little more difficulty, though.

Yay! I shall pray that you do well! ^.^

Lorien Rhys wrote: "Yay! I shall pray that you do well! ^.^"

TRYING!!! *perspires*

Not my best work at all, but here goes:

I might post more than one entry for the monthly this time. Is that alright?

Wow, Banks, that was awesome! I haven't read Lorien's original story, but your fanfiction was SO WELL-written, and I already feel intrigued and attached to the characters

Huh, I'll have to read yours later, Michi. For some reason the link won't work on my phone.

Michi wrote: "I might post more than one entry for the monthly this time. Is that alright?"

Is the other entry going to relate to the one you already posted?

Skyril wrote: "Wow, Banks, that was awesome! I haven't read Lorien's original story, but your fanfiction was SO WELL-written, and I already feel intrigued and attached to the characters"

. . . Which is why I wrote it, because I was attached to the characters too!!! Thanks, Skyril!

@skyrim Take your time. :) That is odd though. Do uou have trouble accessing tumblr?

@Lorien both? I would like to write one like a fast forward of the story I wrote and another that is completely unrelated.

You can only post one entry as a whole for the writing competition. And you would have write them so they were relating. You can't post two or more entries which have nothing to do with one another either. : )

So, I'm reading through the monthly entries for April, and I was wondering if I could request an edited version of Zandraga's story...? I don't mean that to sound harsh or rude, but I stopped reading after the third curse word.

I noticed after the fact that I have curses in my story as well. I'm not sure how many. If it bothers you guys, please let me know and I'll edit.

I'll go back and edit mine. I honestly do it without realizing and I apologize.

I think that this month has some of the best entries I've seen! Good job everyone, bringing out your best! And I have no chance X)

I know! We've never had this much participation!! I'm trying to read through the entries now so I will have time to get through them all before the voting. Oh! And I think I finally decided what I'm going to post as my entry, so I'll have to do that too.

Amanda Setasha wrote: "I'll go back and edit mine. I honestly do it without realizing and I apologize."

Thanks for being so flexible! I know we have a lot of younger members who would appreciate it as well.

Personally, I don't mind made up swear words or the implication of swear words, or even the occasional "real" swear word, but at a certain point, I feel like it shows a lack of creativity and vocabulary. There shouldn't be so many that they become an eyesore, if you know what I mean. I do not mean this in any way to insult any of the writers here. I'm just opening the floor up for discussion.

Thank you Amanda. I'll talk to Zandraga about readjusting his entry.

Well, I just finished reading Skyril's Message in a Bottle. I must say I am absolutely blown away! Goosebumps and speechless and tears and smiles! That was an amazing story Skyril!!! You drew me in and I don't think I drew breath through most of it. The imagery and story and characters were all...just beautiful. Breathtaking entry!!!!!

Congrats Skyril!!! Wow, that was a really close one (so many people got 2 votes it was crazy!)
What noooo totally didn't stay up to see results
Nope

I did see the votes...

Thank you so much, Coralie <3 And thank you to those who voted for me!
I'm sorry I didn't vote on the poll this time... Some stuff going on for me in real life, but I was really pleasantly surprised yesterday when I saw the announcement. It was a really nice time to get some good news.
Thank you all for the congrats <3

The story grew from a prompt I read one time that was something like, "If you wrote a message in a bottle, what would it say? What would the person who picked it up think?"
... I'm paraphrasing, but something like that. First I thought about it literally, but I had the prompt jangling around in the back of my mind for a few days, and then bam! this short story happened. It just goes to show what a hopeless romantic I can be ~rolls eyes at self~

Skyril wrote: "Thank you so much, Coralie <3 And thank you to those who voted for me!
I'm sorry I didn't vote on the poll this time... Some stuff going on for me in real life, but I was really pleasantly surprise..."

I'm totally and forever a hopeless romantic!! XD I really like the idea of that prompt. I may have to see if I can come up with anything for it. Thanks for the idea! And, I hope you're feeling better. I'm so sorry to hear about your cat. :-/ I know I'd miss mine if anything happened to her.

@Masi Awww, thank you!!! I don't know why I only just saw this >.> That seriously means a lot to me, and I'm glad you think so! :D

In reply to Trey on the May writing competition: I actually didn't see it at first, but I think I could actually write a long story out of that! Thank you Trey, cause I wouldn't have thought of it myself ^·^

*passes out because those are the highest words of praise I have ever gotten* Masi, I literally have no words to thank you for that! Thank you sooo much!!!!!! :D People saying that my work is good is literally what inspires me to write more! So thank you!!!

VGA wrote: "@Masi Awww, thank you!!! I don't know why I only just saw this >.> That seriously means a lot to me, and I'm glad you think so! :D

In reply to Trey on the May writing competition: I actually didn'..."

No problem! I honestly read the entire story and was visualizing how you could turn this into a much larger project. Can't wait to read!