[WCT - The Writing Competition Thread [Short Story Results]]

Seriously? You're averaging five characters a word?

Well, you can either find alternate hosting (such as fictionpress.com) and link us to your piece or split it across two posts. The first is preferable because I have limited space at the beginning of the thread to compile all the entries and if yours takes up a whole post and more I could be in trouble. But I'd also take one last look and make sure your piece doesn't read like a master's thesis, because five characters a word sounds troublesome to me.

words: 91

characters w/o spaces: 417 (4.5 cpw)

characters w/ spaces: 511 (5.6 cpw)

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~10 days left to submit... I should get started.

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We are the target audience.

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Check the title and the first post.

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(Little nervous as it's my first competition submission. Lots of editing/revising!)

Don't be nervous. I never edit/revise!

Actually I do it while I write and I know it's a horrible habbit, but I don't give myself time to go back to these things when I finish a first draft. Horray for procrastination!

I've started writing a script for a tv pilot and while that's technically admissable in this freeform edition of the competition, I think it will end up being rediculously long for what we're doing here because of the formatting.

I'll just have to come up with something else later.

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>__>

Go, go, go!

[Zero Punctuation (Hilarious) Game Reviews]

I believe he was also giddy over Bioshock.

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I don't think that there aren't masters of English around anymore, but that more recent writing hasn't had time to be put through any serious filters. Older poetry is pretty much all cream of the crop if people are still talking about it centuries after it was written.

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A few comments I wrote when I read these the first time:

Random Hajile - To You;

It did not sound like shakespeare, although it sounds like you enjoy that style.

This was very fun to read, but the first word that came to my mind was "pretentious".

That said though: I don't like it.

Barnsalot - Night's Bygone Fantasy

Sort of like Random Hajile's problem, except you can't pull it off nearly as well.

Advice: stick to language you are comfortable with

OK people, what's with this trend of trying to sound like you're writing from another time period?

Kholdstare - Semiconductor

<3

[Can this Japanese band become famous in Europe or America?]

Tatu (aka Taty) put out the same album in Russian and English (200 km/h in the wrong lane). I think they ditched the original meaning of the lyrics entirely (maybe? i'm not sure) and tried to make it sound the same. Aurally, the English versions emulate the Russian orginals quite well.

[Can this Japanese band become famous in Europe or America?]

Another Aspect does have the same feel as Evanescence.

I like these guys!

Oh and about translation: since this is music, I would go for sound over meaning.

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This thing always moves so slow that it's hard to stay excited.

[I want to learn how to play Bass Guitar]

Victor Wooten > anyone who's reading this

[I want to learn how to play Bass Guitar]

Start learning to play guitar and then quit because it's too hard.

Seriously though, those Ibanez Soundgears are awesome in their price range.

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pandora's lunchbox

coldcuts and razorwire

fill my face with glee

3/4 dancing down the hall

raining on all who see

when the time arrives

my friends will storm

and the fun will be a siege

drawing on plastique bags

the hours tire

time to set you free~

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I've been very busy playing Ragnarok Online... too busy to write a poem. Yes, that is my excuse.

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Heh, I'll certainly give it the old college try. I've always struggled with the poetry thing, you know? There's a very thin line between art and pretentiousness, and I have a harder time knowing where it is with poetry.

Sounds like you take it too seriously.

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I haven't been paying attention. Does freeform ever garner good results?

[PRC118: Pop Star's Most Brutal Shortcake! (Kirby 64)]

Sorry I forgot all about this, but at least I voted.

[Anime]

seriously like wtf

I guess spoilers are serious business.

[OCR01701 - Kirby & The Amazing Mirror "Kirby's Mystical Mirror"]

I thought "meh, whatever" when I first heard this because I had the volume down low and I was playing a game so I wasn't paying attention, but then Hemophiliac mentioned all the sub going on in this track, so I gave it another listen and thought "hey what is this bass doing here?"

<3

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Why does it take so long to vote & judge?

I understand giving people time to look over the stories carefully & procrastinate, but what's the judging part about? Leeway for the coordinator to not be annoyed by people asking for the results to be posted?

[PRC118: Pop Star's Most Brutal Shortcake! (Kirby 64)]

Failing to enter Starla's OHC & 90m compo recently has gotten me strumming strings again.

Are you guys scared?

You should be.

[Weekend 90 Minute Compo]

I missed the deadline by ~5 minutes and...

I'm not showing my mp3 here it's embarrasing.

[Has anyone ever beaten Zombies Ate My Neighbors?]

I never got past the mall without cheats. It's a fun 2 player game, but it's too hard.