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Summer 2012 Short Story Workshop Is ON!

25 Aug 2012 22:19 #28285 by sgfan05
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Didn't get mine done, sorry to say. Going to have to write something though to make up for it.
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25 Aug 2012 22:30 - 25 Aug 2012 22:33 #28286 by njae
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sgfan05 wrote: Didn't get mine done, sorry to say. Going to have to write something though to make up for it.


You've still got a few days to go. The Deadline is on Aug 30th.


Putting the finishing touches on mine as well.
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26 Aug 2012 02:33 #28294 by CavemanNinjaJoe
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Just submitted mine. Hope you enjoy it, everybody! :)
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26 Aug 2012 09:46 #28298 by d_k_c
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I dont get it.......1000 words? or 1000 word minimum...or....what? I have a story, but its more like 3000 words,,,not that ive counted :dry:
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26 Aug 2012 09:51 #28299 by njae
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1000 words maximum, it's the shortstory workshop after all. Keeping it short is the difficult part here.

The normal length workshop will most like follow soon afterwards with topic probably being the SWMU
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26 Aug 2012 17:08 #28302 by JKIJ
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How strict are we being with the word limit? I've got my story down to 1015 words and am beginning to have difficulty finding more to cut. If I have to I'm sure I can manage to, though.
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26 Aug 2012 18:16 #28305 by Woodclaw
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JKIJ wrote: How strict are we being with the word limit? I've got my story down to 1015 words and am beginning to have difficulty finding more to cut. If I have to I'm sure I can manage to, though.


I think that 1015 is still acceptable.
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26 Aug 2012 20:09 #28309 by JKIJ
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The word count will probably change since I think I'll do a bit more rewriting before I submit the story, taking out a bit of action to put a bit more feeling into it. Having read it again I definitely think that's needed, and I'll try to get the editing done so it comes in at 1000 or less.
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26 Aug 2012 21:48 #28310 by inactive
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I think that anything in the range of 1000-1100 is fine, but I'm a wooly-headed liberal.

- GeekSeven
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27 Aug 2012 22:19 #28321 by sgfan05
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njae wrote:

sgfan05 wrote: Didn't get mine done, sorry to say. Going to have to write something though to make up for it.


You've still got a few days to go. The Deadline is on Aug 30th.

Putting the finishing touches on mine as well.


Ended up not liking my idea and found it hard to come up with a new one. I do want to start try and write some SW stories..just haven't quite worked out what yet. Thanks for the encouragement though.
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30 Aug 2012 16:41 - 30 Aug 2012 16:43 #28356 by lfan
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Mine's submitted.....1000 words exactly! C'mon....you gotta try and pare it down to 1000.....my first attempt was 1164 and I simply just took out a paragraph here and there, shortened sentences, took out adjectives and got it down. The 1000 word limit is what makes it so challenging.....

ElF
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30 Aug 2012 18:19 #28358 by Woodclaw
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I submitted mine a couple of days ago (hopefully it worked the site just went back online) and was 1003.
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30 Aug 2012 21:08 #28359 by JKIJ
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I've tried to submit my story but I'm not sure it worked. It's exactly 1000 words long.

I used the content submission submit a story section, selected the category as Storybank - SWM Workshop 'Summer - Short' and put the story in the box, but when I select any of the add options nothing seems to happen. Am I doing something wrong?
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30 Aug 2012 22:02 - 30 Aug 2012 22:05 #28360 by njae
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JKIJ wrote: I've tried to submit my story but I'm not sure it worked. It's exactly 1000 words long.

I used the content submission submit a story section, selected the category as Storybank - SWM Workshop 'Summer - Short' and put the story in the box, but when I select any of the add options nothing seems to happen. Am I doing something wrong?


There's some kind of bug that crawls out every now and then that makes the add option unusable. I had the same problem and had to submit via backend, if anybody has the same problem, PM me, I'll make sure it gets posted then.

Righ now there are six entries: Rip Harden, Caveman Ninja Joe, G7, Anon, Lfan and myself. With JKIJs story it will be 7.

PS: If anybody wants to have tags for their story, a PM to me will suffice for that.
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30 Aug 2012 22:07 #28361 by DustyBottums
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Oh, boy. After a month of thinking about it, I just NOW had an idea....ugh. I'm going to try to get it in before 9 pm.
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30 Aug 2012 22:10 #28362 by njae
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DustyBottums wrote: Oh, boy. After a month of thinking about it, I just NOW had an idea....ugh. I'm going to try to get it in before 9 pm.


You've still got more than 24 hrs, so it's perfectly feasible.
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30 Aug 2012 22:54 #28363 by Woodclaw
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DustyBottums wrote: Oh, boy. After a month of thinking about it, I just NOW had an idea....ugh. I'm going to try to get it in before 9 pm.


Nice to see you around again Dusty.
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31 Aug 2012 03:53 #28368 by DustyBottums
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Thanks! Wish I had more time for our little hobby.
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31 Aug 2012 04:45 #28369 by JpHr3
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The submission screen does not progress, I can't upload my story :(
What are the alternatives to submit our short stories?
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31 Aug 2012 06:29 #28370 by njae
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DustyBottums and JpHr3s stories are now submitted, with a little luck we may actually enter the double digits.
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03 Sep 2012 03:06 #28407 by www1969
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I just want to thank everybody for their stories. Finally got a chance to read them today. Let me tell you, I REALLY appreciate the short form, and I really enjoyed the variety represented in the selections. So often in our genre stories can get a little repetitive, and here are nine (and maybe more?) terrific and different takes on a very specific starting point.

I hope we have more short-story workshops like this in the future. Thanks to everybody.
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