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Spring 2017 workshop announcement
Here we have the latest workshop there has been a tonne of input from members as to what it should involve and I would like to thank all who gave their views. DKC and I had a chat a few nights and finalised the theme of the workshop.
DKC loved the ideas of Lfan and theone9 and have combined it to produce what in my mind is one of the most innovative workshops that we have ever undertaken.
The idea is for each writer to receive a pm from me with a list of ten (10) items and one (1) power, your story must use at least seven (7) of the items listed and the power listed must be used, but the use of other powers is of course welcomed but you must use listed power as your primary power.
If you want to write a story please reply to this thread and I'll pm you, your list, at the end of the writing period I’ll publish the table with all the lists so that you can see what other writers have had to work with.
This workshop is complex so the writing period will be extended to 3 months, so the starting date will be Sunday the 26th of February and the ending date will be Sunday 28th May 2017.
The prize is a kindly donated supergirl costume from Sarge395, you will need to finalise the shipping with Sarge395 and you will also get to choose the next long workshop theme.
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*crosses fingers* Hope i get super ventruliquism, hope i get super ventruliquism*
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plenty more lists left for anyone else.
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Will writers be allowed to "swap" items?
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argonaut wrote: Will writers be allowed to "swap" items?
No, the list is for you and you alone.
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ace191 wrote: The 10 items are the same for everyone, right? Only the super power is different, correct? I was hoping for super intuition but I didn't get it.
See below.
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All the best to the writers - looking forward to the results!
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I see that Fats is busy drafting lists....although I love the enthusiasm....I have a feeling we'll only get a quarter of those participants that opted in. Its hard enough to write a quality story as it is....nevermind, using a select brand of words, topics and powers.
I don't know if Fats is repeating his words or powers, but if you Opt In.....Please participate. It'd be a shame if someone get superstrength, or a number of great powers and then decides not to participate.
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Sorry about that!
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brantley wrote: Even if I weren't really busy working on my own stuff, I'd have given this idea a pass. It seems too arbitrary, like mandating that a novel have scenes set in a list of cities around the country or the world.
Sorry about that!
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Except this is a workshop, Brantley. Think of it as an exercise to see if a good story can be created around these points without seemingly to be created around those points. That's how I would judge them, anyway.
I think workshops are a good way to generate some new stories and to have a little competitive fun at the same time. When I was new to writing, these kind of workshops would have been very useful for me. They build skills that can be used on more significant works.
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