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Once upon a time...
Topic Started: Jul 13 2012, 11:15 PM (950 Views)
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there was a wall. And on that wall were various words. These words were used to combine into a story. Yet, this story is not written yet. This is the job of the fellow participants. I urge you to use the words on this wall to create your own story (please keep it under 500 words at the most). The best story wins a prize. Enter the story wall!

Try to use every word if you can, however these words must be used to create a LOGICAL story. You don't have to use every word, though it is recommended.

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Edited by thecostumedanceparty, Jul 13 2012, 11:37 PM.
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Nice! I was thinking of starting a writing contest, and also trying to come up with more connecting wall spin-offs, so you've killed two birds with one stone here :P .

I'll have to enter this. Hopefully, the writers will appreciate this one!
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I love this idea so much :D !!

I'll certainly have a go at this (though I'm going off soon, so I'll probably do it tomorrow).
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Glad you like the idea. I wasn't sure if you would or not.

Actually, my real motive with this is to try to get others involved with walls who weren't necessarily intrigued by the typical walls, but either way works.
Edited by thecostumedanceparty, Jul 13 2012, 11:24 PM.
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Quick question:

By logical, do you mean I can't use talking animals? Would it be preferable if I stuck to writing human characters?
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Jul 13 2012, 11:30 PM
Quick question:

By logical, do you mean I can't use talking animals? Would it be preferable if I stuck to writing human characters?
No, talking animals is fine. I allow fantasy and fiction, but even in those genres logical parameters are involved in some way.

Like for example, say you had some animals who could talk like humans, but other animals acted like everyday animals that couldn't talk like humans. I might consider this illogical unless there was a specific reason that certain animals talked and others didn't.
Edited by thecostumedanceparty, Jul 13 2012, 11:39 PM.
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Here's my first entry. It's probably the worst story I've ever written (I normally write dialogue, but I thought that might not work for this contest), and the plot changes too quickly for my liking...TWICE...

Hopefully I can get a better one later. It's spoilered for size. Any problems with it, and I'll be happy to make some changes. I managed to use all the words, but most of them were in one segment.

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Edited by Pyrite, Jul 15 2012, 12:29 AM.
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Jul 14 2012, 10:39 PM
Here's my first entry. It's probably the worst story I've ever written (I normally write dialogue, but I thought that might not work for this contest), and the plot changes too quickly for my liking...TWICE...

Hopefully I can get a better one later. It's spoilered for size. Any problems with it, and I'll be happy to make some changes. I managed to use all the words, but most of them were in one segment.

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Not bad. My only main suggestion would be to change the beginning a bit so you can either make the internet part related to the ice cream part or make it something different. Other than that, I like it. I know it's not an easy thing to write and this is the first time hosting this contests, so yeah... I would suggest just trying to change the beginning a bit.

Also to other entries, please use the spoiler tags. It's a lot easier.

I will post my own just for fun as an example as well. You can have three entries at most, but I'll only take your best one.
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Ah, OK. Thanks :) !

I agree, I wasn't very happy with the first segment, either.

I'll certainly have a go writing a second one.
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Okay, here's my crazy entry as an example:

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Please indicate in bold the words you used.

I hope I didn't confuse everyone with the whole "logic" statement. All I meant was that the story should have a beginning, middle, and end. I will take into account that it is only 500 words, so just do your best (I'd avoid describing and instead just tell the story). If you really like it, you can expand on it later.
Edited by thecostumedanceparty, Jul 15 2012, 12:17 AM.
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Update: Submissions due 7/31/12. This gives people a lot of time to complete this.
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I think I might give this a go. Seems like fun.
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Well, I have started my entry, but it's really no better than what an 11-year-old would write. I'm currently wondering whether to try and improve it, or to release it as a shamelessly terrible story :P .

Well, I'll need to revise it anyway, because it doesn't really have a proper beginning, middle and end as it is now.
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My second entry mainly features this character narrating her own story :P . I'm still working on it, though (but I don't think it's very good).

But considering the deadline's the end of the month, I'll give myself plenty of time to improve it.
Edited by Pyrite, Jul 17 2012, 02:25 PM.
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Well, let's face it. They're never going to be very good :P . They probably won't be as bad as mine, though.
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Well, this is my first time hosting this type of contest. If these rules don't work out, we can reestablish them for next time, but the really only way to find out is by participating. A winner will still come from somewhere. And you mention "they might never be good" which could or could not be true. However, in either case, if they are all good or all bad, at least the quality of each will make the competition not only worthwhile, but hard to distinguish a winner.

I myself am pretty good at evaluating writing, so I will give input if wanted.
Edited by thecostumedanceparty, Jul 17 2012, 02:43 PM.
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What I meant really was that our writing is so constrained that we can't expect to be able to write to our usual standard here.

Not that that's a complaint. It's actually an interesting challenge.
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Jul 17 2012, 02:49 PM
What I meant really was that our writing is so constrained that we can't expect to be able to write to our usual standard here.

Not that that's a complaint. It's actually an interesting challenge.
Yeah, that's the intention here.

I'm also willing to make the community vote on the winner so it's not just my opinion.
Edited by thecostumedanceparty, Jul 17 2012, 09:54 PM.
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I'll give a ribbon to whoever knocks the socks off me with a great constrained story using all these words (and voted on by the community).
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I'll have to get my other entries together for this.
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Me too. Make sure I don't forget!
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Just about 3 more days left.
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Think I'd better bump this. I've got a second entry, which I need to re-read a couple of times, and I need to change a couple of names (because three of the characters are from my "Cape the Porcupine" series, and two of them are spoilered).

My (pretty rubbish) first entry is the only entry so far, and I'm sure there's better writers than me on this forum :P .
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Jul 30 2012, 09:33 PM
Think I'd better bump this. I've got a second entry, which I need to re-read a couple of times, and I need to change a couple of names (because three of the characters are from my "Cape the Porcupine" series, and two of them are spoilered).

My (pretty rubbish) first entry is the only entry so far, and I'm sure there's better writers than me on this forum :P .
Well, right now you are the winner.
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OK. Here's my second entry, which I think is vastly superior to my first, but I think you guys might not like it so much. It does include two as of yet unrevealed "Cape the Porcupine" characters, so their names have been altered (specifically, Yao-niang and Leah are not the real names of the characters in the story). They're not brilliant replacement names (I vastly prefer their actual names) but I don't want to be doing spoilers.

So, here's the story, which is pretty weird:

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That is strange, but an interesting entry. One more day to do this. Winner will be announced 8/1/12.
Edited by thecostumedanceparty, Jul 31 2012, 10:32 AM.
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Well, I'll get my entry posted tomorrow. It won't be any better than yours, though :P .
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I don't know about that...

I keep finding it hard to fit the word "goo" in :P .
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After you have read this story, you should have some idea of why I don't write regularly. It is absolutely terrible, and I strongly urge you never to read it again in your life, as repeated exposure to such garbage may result in unpleasant complications.

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CJ
Jul 31 2012, 10:23 PM
After you have read this story, you should have some idea of why I don't write regularly. It is absolutely terrible, and I strongly urge you never to read it again in your life, as repeated exposure to such garbage may result in unpleasant complications.

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Nice one!

Personally, I'd rather have the community vote. I feel biased whichever way I pick. Of course, there is still time for more entries.
Edited by thecostumedanceparty, Aug 1 2012, 12:41 AM.
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