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This was hard for me because I've never wrtten horror before. And to be perfectly frank I'm not sure I have now. I thought that the resolution I came to was a scary one so, maybe.

At 11/1/09 11:59 PM, EternitySpent wrote: Posted my story.

Yeah. That's how I do.

It appears that 7 of us tried to submit our stories at exactly 11:59, so everything is a bit of a jumble.

I assume that Gum will delete our entries and we'll submit them later in order, to lessen the confusion, but for now here is a link to my story in its entirety:

Story.

Great contest, yet again! :D

At 11/2/09 12:09 AM, RapeMuffin wrote: It appears that 7 of us tried to submit our stories at exactly 11:59, so everything is a bit of a jumble.

I assume that Gum will delete our entries and we'll submit them later in order, to lessen the confusion, but for now here is a link to my story in its entirety:

Story.

Great contest, yet again! :D

I lmao'd at that. And I like how you needed an alt to post your story in 5 parts in the contest thread. ;)
A great contest, I can't wait to see how it goes.

You know, when I submit, I get the four or five empty new post forms up in advance and just copy paste my story as a whole and post post post. I find that to be the quickest way.

GOOD LUCK ALL YOU GUYS!

At 11/2/09 01:03 AM, WritersBlock wrote: I lmao'd at that. And I like how you needed an alt to post your story in 5 parts in the contest thread. ;)

That's the fastest I've ever made a yahoo email account in my life lol.

And now I have an alt account, for my alt account. Go me.

At 11/2/09 01:42 AM, RapeMuffin wrote:

At 11/2/09 01:03 AM, WritersBlock wrote: I lmao'd at that. And I like how you needed an alt to post your story in 5 parts in the contest thread. ;)

That's the fastest I've ever made a yahoo email account in my life lol.

And now I have an alt account, for my alt account. Go me.

Well, now you're prepared for the next time you'll need to quintuple post. Like the next time you leave your story until 11:59PM on the first of the next month.

At 11/2/09 01:47 AM, WritersBlock wrote:

At 11/2/09 01:42 AM, RapeMuffin wrote:

At 11/2/09 01:03 AM, WritersBlock wrote: I lmao'd at that. And I like how you needed an alt to post your story in 5 parts in the contest thread. ;)

That's the fastest I've ever made a yahoo email account in my life lol.

And now I have an alt account, for my alt account. Go me.

Well, now you're prepared for the next time you'll need to quintuple post. Like the next time you leave your story until 11:59PM on the first of the next month.

You know me too well...

And I usually finish writing my stories long before the deadline, but I keep putting off my proofreading. And then I keep finding things I want to change. Then change back. Then change again. Until it's 11:59p.

At 11/2/09 01:49 AM, RapeMuffin wrote:

At 11/2/09 01:47 AM, WritersBlock wrote:

At 11/2/09 01:42 AM, RapeMuffin wrote:

At 11/2/09 01:03 AM, WritersBlock wrote: I lmao'd at that. And I like how you needed an alt to post your story in 5 parts in the contest thread. ;)

That's the fastest I've ever made a yahoo email account in my life lol.

And now I have an alt account, for my alt account. Go me.

Well, now you're prepared for the next time you'll need to quintuple post. Like the next time you leave your story until 11:59PM on the first of the next month.

You know me too well...

And I usually finish writing my stories long before the deadline, but I keep putting off my proofreading. And then I keep finding things I want to change. Then change back. Then change again. Until it's 11:59p.

I'm starting to get into the process of doing a couple of things now, to print out my work as I go along, and to read it aloud. Not necessarily in that order, but if you've got a half-written paper in your hands, you can circle what's not working and then go on your computer and fix it. Reading your work aloud can help a lot. I do it a lot when I'm revising my own work. I'll go through and go through and go through and see what sounds nice and what doesn't. Sometimes I get clunky sentences, but I'm often too lazy to do anything about it. You should see my room and my desk though, they're littered with pages upon pages of loose manuscripts of different stories in different levels of completion.

I am not a judge this round...but I do know how people appreciate feedback:

Heathwillkillyou- Dakarian Abyss
I have to admit that I was a little thrown by the rhymes in the line. It seemed sometimes that you were more focused with rhyming the words than with developing your story. I was also distracted by the rhymes. The problem was that I would read the story and follow the plot line, but the rhymes would interrupt and I would lose the flow of the story. In all honesty, I have an idea of what went on, but even now I remain confused.

Magik-Waffle- Jeriko
I liked this story and the twist that you presented at the end. It was constantly moving and there never seemed to be a dull moment. At first I was confused by how she would know who she was by the end of the story, but then the speaker never defined them. The definition came from the character himself so he could easily be mistaken. Sorry I am responding in vague sentences but I don't want to give anything away for those who have not read your story.

Just two for now...but I'll do more later.

:)

Like an idiot I forgot to include the title. Its Highwind Insanity if you care to know. xD

Does anyone know where they'd post the winners? I tried looking for a judging thread but couldn't find it.

At 11/2/09 04:11 PM, pkfan2004 wrote: Does anyone know where they'd post the winners? I tried looking for a judging thread but couldn't find it.

Judging these contests is like watching old people fuck, its long and painful and you want it to be over as quick as possible but it just keeps going and going.

But unlike watching old people fucking, gum will tell you when its done and post the thread link in this thread.

....that is an /amazing/ way to clear things up for me. Thanks much.

At 11/2/09 09:09 PM, pkfan2004 wrote: ....that is an /amazing/ way to clear things up for me. Thanks much.

Additionally, some anonymous user took upon himself to create this: www.mwc9.newgrounds.com

Also, you can search mwc9 in the forum search bar at the bottom of the page for a link to all mwc related threads.

At 11/2/09 09:09 PM, pkfan2004 wrote: ....that is an /amazing/ way to clear things up for me. Thanks much.

Also, if you want feedback, you should do what others have done, and that's to critique others.

Kind of a you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours type thing.

i posted my first story ever so i dont know what people are going to think.

At 11/3/09 10:03 PM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote: i posted my first story ever so i dont know what people are going to think.

I'll review it for you. I already read a bit of it but I haven't read the whole thing yet.

At 11/3/09 10:24 PM, BankingOntheEnemy wrote:

At 11/3/09 10:03 PM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote: i posted my first story ever so i dont know what people are going to think.

I'll review it for you. I already read a bit of it but I haven't read the whole thing yet.

Wow dude, that would be fantastic! Are you sure man? Its kind of long hehe.

At 11/3/09 10:03 PM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote: i posted my first story ever so i dont know what people are going to think.

I will give you feedback, be patient. If anyone else wants feedback just ask, I like reiviewing other people's work. I haven't read all of the stories yet... there's so many of them...
If anyone has read mine, tell me what you think of it (even if you think it sucked), I would appreciate that a lot ;)

At 11/4/09 12:14 AM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote:

Wow dude, that would be fantastic! Are you sure man? Its kind of long hehe.

Not a problem. I can probably do that tonight for you.

I wish I could give feedback, but sadly I do not find myself a very creditable reviewer on these stories. I do not have the experience of writing as many of you great legends such as WritersBlock do. However, I do know if I personally enjoy a story or not so I can give some feedback for whoever needs it. Anyone wish for me to give that a shot?

At 11/4/09 07:39 PM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote: I wish I could give feedback, but sadly I do not find myself a very creditable reviewer on these stories. I do not have the experience of writing as many of you great legends such as WritersBlock do. However, I do know if I personally enjoy a story or not so I can give some feedback for whoever needs it. Anyone wish for me to give that a shot?

I think everyone who puts time and effort into a writing piece enjoys hearing what others think about their submission. You don't need to be a great judge, a great writer, or a person like WritersBlock. All you need is the ability to read a story and say something you like and something that could be improved upon. I don't think it's writing experience that makes a good critic. I honestly think it's about giving constructive feedback so that the person has the opportunity to improve his or her writing in the future.

Obviously off topic, but when when can we expect to see the November contest be put up?

At 11/4/09 07:39 PM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote: I wish I could give feedback, but sadly I do not find myself a very creditable reviewer on these stories. I do not have the experience of writing as many of you great legends such as WritersBlock do. However, I do know if I personally enjoy a story or not so I can give some feedback for whoever needs it. Anyone wish for me to give that a shot?

You could read my story and let me know what you think of it. By the way, I'm reading yours right now and I like what I've read so far. I'll give you feedback when I finish reading it.

Ok man great! Ill check yours out as well as the other guys. This is fun.

At 11/5/09 08:32 PM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote: Ok man great! Ill check yours out as well as the other guys. This is fun.

For someone who was suppose to be leaving Newgrounds you sure are taking your sweet time doing so...

Hi Spock :)

At 11/4/09 09:40 PM, boloneyman wrote: Obviously off topic, but when when can we expect to see the November contest be put up?

WritersBlock had a great idea for a contest even though I haven't found the time to respond to him yet. But I'm worried about committing myself to another contest. What we could do, maybe is just have a year end contest and make it extend up till the first of next year since you've already lost a week in Nov.

If people are ok with that, I think I should be able to judge in Jan, you'd have more time to solidify and edit and revise, wink wink. We could see if a longer contest is a good or bad idea.

At 11/5/09 08:47 PM, gumOnShoe wrote: WritersBlock had a great idea for a contest even though I haven't found the time to respond to him yet. But I'm worried about committing myself to another contest. What we could do, maybe is just have a year end contest and make it extend up till the first of next year since you've already lost a week in Nov.

I'm in support of this. Besides, with the holidays, I think a few of us would like some extra time because of IRL activities (GASP, REAL LIFE?).

At 11/5/09 09:20 PM, BrianEtrius wrote: I'm in support of this. Besides, with the holidays, I think a few of us would like some extra time because of IRL activities (GASP, REAL LIFE?).

I know not of this "real life" that you speak of, but I concur. If I may, I suggest we consolidate the December and January Contests.

At 11/5/09 11:21 PM, Redface wrote:

At 11/5/09 09:20 PM, BrianEtrius wrote: I'm in support of this. Besides, with the holidays, I think a few of us would like some extra time because of IRL activities (GASP, REAL LIFE?).

I know not of this "real life" that you speak of, but I concur. If I may, I suggest we consolidate the December and January Contests.

It would actually be Nov & Dec at this point unless you all want a break. I'm fine with that too, but I think some of you probably are looking forward to writing or competing.

We could also maybe just do some sort of workshop or writing exercise instead of a full blown contest. :/