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I bounced ideas back and forth with the girlfriend, and we spawned what ended up being my entry. Looking back, I really wish I had spent more time editing/refining the thing.

Bah.

At 7/2/09 02:31 PM, Coop83 wrote:

At 7/2/09 11:32 AM, bahamalama wrote:

At 7/2/09 05:51 AM, Coop83 wrote: Why did you try to do something different like that, Coop?!

You didn't really try, you pulled off the present tense quite well, which is something I personally always struggle to do.

I'm glad you think so, it's difficult and I wish that I'd tried to do something a little less complicated for the first try at the writing contest.

I really like how your story shows the ups and downs of day-to-day life, before the story suddenly takes a turn and deviates to the main theme, and you can really feel the dread at his discovery.

I'm glad you did - I'll try to get to the stories over the next few days, so I can see just how boned I am :P

Although Chris seems to be a rather common name for the protagonist of these stories.

Meh, I just picked a name at random. Perhaps I'll try something less common for a main protagonist name, like Marmaduke, or something similar.

This was my first go at a writing contest. And yes, marmaduke certainly is an original name. xD

At 7/2/09 12:20 PM, WritersBlock wrote:

At 7/2/09 12:13 PM, TheBlueSpartan wrote: Going to be interesting to see how everything plays through.

I'm no editing man (beyond a look or two), so let's hope the work holds its own.

Haha yeah, I know what you mean. I did no editing whatsoever. I should really fix that.

Yeah, I just barely made the deadline as it is, there was absolutely no editing whatsoever. I actually only skimmed through the final product, I didn't fully read it until I had posted.

At 7/2/09 05:40 AM, Zerok wrote:

At 7/2/09 02:02 AM, WritersBlock wrote: Number of submissions eligible to win: 34/35 (depending on whether RapeMuffin is chopped out or not)

RM's cool, since they got the first entry in at 11:59 I guess. Though had I been around to lock it on the dot it would have sucked, haha.

Thank Christ.

And also - I'll make this blanket offer again: if anyone wants a review of their piece, just PM me and I'll write up some comments while reading. I'm going to be reading through all of the stories in a few days, just for fun, so let me know before then so I can pay extra close attention to your story.

I'm not a well-trained writer by any stretch of the imagination, but I'll still give my opinion to anyone who requests it.

At 7/2/09 10:49 AM, Scarab wrote: My computer doesn't seem to be working at the moment (or monitor, or whatever), and all of my scores and comments so far are slightly inaccessible as a result. This might delay my judging, so your patience would be appreciated!

Crisis partly evaded due to the computer working again briefly, and giving me enough time to salvage my general writing area, which includes my judging stuff. How often I'll be using this computer is a bit debatable, but it's probably not as bad as I thought :)

At 7/2/09 05:05 PM, RapeMuffin wrote: I'm not a well-trained writer by any stretch of the imagination, but I'll still give my opinion to anyone who requests it.

Those comments you sent to me around two contests ago were useful, and I enjoyed reading them. I'm in the same boat: I'll probably be dishing out my comments for this one when the results roll around again.

I never heard from anyone how they liked my story.

Yes, it was crappy and boring, but it was all made up on the spot.

When does the next contest get posted on average?

At 7/2/09 05:31 PM, Dobio wrote: When does the next contest get posted on average?

I think GumOnShoe or someone said to expect it today? Or tomorrow?

Either way, I'm looking forward to seeing what the new theme/requirements are.

At 7/2/09 05:05 PM, RapeMuffin wrote:

I'm not a well-trained writer by any stretch of the imagination, but I'll still give my opinion to anyone who requests it.

I guess I'll take you up on this, I've got nothing to lose, and if you're going to read my story anyway, I may as well take advantage of it.

At 7/2/09 06:19 PM, RapeMuffin wrote:

At 7/2/09 05:31 PM, Dobio wrote: When does the next contest get posted on average?

I think GumOnShoe or someone said to expect it today? Or tomorrow?

Either way, I'm looking forward to seeing what the new theme/requirements are.

Yeah he said he was going to be posting the new competition tomorrow, which is today. I'll be taking a break from judging that one... these contests are starting to churn out a lot of entries.

Man, I just realised that TacticalShoe never PMed me back to tell me which winner from May he wanted to take.

So, you know, fuck him, I flipped a coin.

I'll be recording and uploading the story Figmentum wrote within the next two weeks.

I'm dealing with funeral arrangements for a neighbor... it sucks... and whatnot. I don't have time to post a new thread and everything so I'll just hint at it and Zerok can post the next thread if he feels like it... I'll send a pm.

Anyways, so you can start planning it, the next one is a musical theme. As in, you'll need to pick a song from the audio portal and attach your piece to it. You should look up things like dynamics if you aren't familiar with music. Tempo, flow, and timing all will matter as well as whether you can fit the mood of the piece you picked. There are no limitations, however, on genre.

So, start thinking about it, if I have time tomorrow night and Zerok hasn't done it yet, I'll post it. I was kind of waiting for more judges and then this popped up. So far, the only confirmed judges are myself, Zerok, and BankingOnTheEnemy

At 7/3/09 12:45 AM, gumOnShoe wrote: I'm dealing with funeral arrangements for a neighbor... it sucks... and whatnot. I don't have time to post a new thread and everything so I'll just hint at it and Zerok can post the next thread if he feels like it... I'll send a pm.

Anyways, so you can start planning it, the next one is a musical theme. As in, you'll need to pick a song from the audio portal and attach your piece to it. You should look up things like dynamics if you aren't familiar with music. Tempo, flow, and timing all will matter as well as whether you can fit the mood of the piece you picked. There are no limitations, however, on genre.

Hmm... interesting theme. This one will be a challenge. I expect to see a lot of interesting writing.

Sorry to hear about your neighbor.

At 7/3/09 01:29 AM, shadow1124 wrote:

At 7/3/09 12:45 AM, gumOnShoe wrote: Anyways, so you can start planning it, the next one is a musical theme. As in, you'll need to pick a song from the audio portal and attach your piece to it. You should look up things like dynamics if you aren't familiar with music. Tempo, flow, and timing all will matter as well as whether you can fit the mood of the piece you picked. There are no limitations, however, on genre.

Hmm... interesting theme. This one will be a challenge. I expect to see a lot of interesting writing.

Yeah, I'm already excited about it. I've done so much planning around my song. Still don't know what I'm going to write about, but I outlined the song pretty well.

][Hardcore 'Til I Die][, by mybrobilo Type: SongGenre: Trance

Check out the creative process too:

Interesting theme. I'm tempted to use Heartbeats but there's also a nice industrial song which may let me get back to my roots a little or to write something darker than usual.

At 7/3/09 12:45 AM, gumOnShoe wrote: Anyways, so you can start planning it, the next one is a musical theme. As in, you'll need to pick a song from the audio portal

I'm either out or making my own song.

Can you do that?

I don't get the music theme or how it works at all.

At 7/3/09 05:54 AM, Ocean wrote: I don't get the music theme or how it works at all.

The music needs to work hand in hand with the story.

At 7/3/09 06:06 AM, Lost-Chances wrote:

At 7/3/09 05:54 AM, Ocean wrote: I don't get the music theme or how it works at all.

The music needs to work hand in hand with the story.

Wow that sounds not fun at all.

Unless you can make the music yourself of course, then in that case it could be fun

It sounds like you're going to have to force yourself to write something instead of just writing because you want too if you're going to submit something.

At 7/3/09 06:10 AM, Sawdust wrote:

At 7/3/09 06:06 AM, Lost-Chances wrote:

At 7/3/09 05:54 AM, Ocean wrote: I don't get the music theme or how it works at all.

The music needs to work hand in hand with the story.

Wow that sounds not fun at all.

Unless you can make the music yourself of course, then in that case it could be fun

It sounds like you're going to have to force yourself to write something instead of just writing because you want too if you're going to submit something.

The way I see it is you should think of your own plot, a basic jist of what you want to write, and find a song that works with it.

-Hospital-, by Waterflame Type: SongGenre: Drum N Bass

^ First thing I thought of. I'll definitely write a psychological horror piece for this contest. It'll be fun. Ha ha ha ha.

At 7/3/09 06:18 AM, WritersBlock wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/9 8517
^ First thing I thought of. I'll definitely write a psychological horror piece for this contest. It'll be fun. Ha ha ha ha.

Damn, you too? A duel it is.

I think there's more room for creativity than you might think with the musical theme. gum briefly mentioned some of the technical aspects of music, and if you can really show those in your entry, then I think you'd be on the road to something good. However, on a more abstract scale you might just want to look up different ways of describing the sense of hearing and how that might make people feel. It probably wouldn't be wise to dismiss the other senses though, but one can be emphasised if you get me. The great thing about the audio portal is that there's enough variety for this to be workable, in my opinion.

My advice partially comes as a result of my old writing teacher. He taught me a lot about the basics, but it didn't stop me from joking that if you took a bottle of vodka into class with you and took a shot every time he said "five senses", you probably wouldn't make it out in one piece.

There will be better chances for questions on it in a bit probably. Like WritersBlock, I probably won't be judging this time around (and I believe gum hinted at volunteers possibly helping out!) so what I think about it might be different to what the judges have in mind. Let's see how it turns out anyway.

At 7/3/09 12:45 AM, gumOnShoe wrote: I'm dealing with funeral arrangements for a neighbor... it sucks... and whatnot.

Sorry to hear about that. It's more important than these things either way, so hopefully things will work out okay there. Anyway, I'm sure the basic outline of the next theme is appreciated.

Does it absolutely HAVE to be a song from the portal?

At 7/3/09 07:07 AM, Ocean wrote: Does it absolutely HAVE to be a song from the portal?

Oh yes.

At 7/3/09 07:07 AM, Ocean wrote: Does it absolutely HAVE to be a song from the portal?

Yes. Does this mean you'll put in an effort this time? As it's two months in a row now I've given you a 0/10.

At 7/3/09 07:18 AM, WritersBlock wrote:

At 7/3/09 07:07 AM, Ocean wrote: Does it absolutely HAVE to be a song from the portal?

Yes. Does this mean you'll put in an effort this time? As it's two months in a row now I've given you a 0/10.

I'LL BE BASING IT OFF OF ONE OF DAVIDZX'S HIT SONGS.
Teehee.

I would audaciously volunteer to judge the next month's contest, but honestly, the new theme intimidates me so much that I don't know if I'd be able to even submit an entry, let alone judge. I'm still trying to figure out if I'm qualified enough.

At 7/3/09 12:45 AM, gumOnShoe wrote: So, start thinking about it, if I have time tomorrow night and Zerok hasn't done it yet,

I probably won't, I'm in the middle of a life defining process right now and won't be out of the whirlwind until... 2011? Haha.

At 7/3/09 03:52 PM, Zerok wrote:

At 7/3/09 12:45 AM, gumOnShoe wrote: So, start thinking about it, if I have time tomorrow night and Zerok hasn't done it yet,

I probably won't, I'm in the middle of a life defining process right now and won't be out of the whirlwind until... 2011? Haha.

ZEROK HAS FOUND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IN A GEOCACHE AND HE MUST NOW DELIVER IT TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL BEFORE 2012

At 7/3/09 03:52 PM, Zerok wrote:

At 7/3/09 12:45 AM, gumOnShoe wrote: So, start thinking about it, if I have time tomorrow night and Zerok hasn't done it yet,

I probably won't, I'm in the middle of a life defining process right now and won't be out of the whirlwind until... 2011? Haha.

Now he has to find someone else to head the thing.

Which conveniently, on that note, I'm happy to judge if judges are needed.