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Screaming Idiot posted:I have to say, this week's been really impressive. Lots of imaginative gods, clever twists on traditional ideas, and a great range of tone. I managed to finish my story, but I couldn't get to work to post it in time -- just as well, because I didn't do any of my ideas justice at all. Hit me with it. I am lazy so I am not offering to pass it forward.
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Every time I think of my sub I hate it more. I'm trying for complex plots and keep milling trash.
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contagonist posted:Every time I think of my sub I hate it more. I'm trying for complex plots and keep milling trash. I sacrificed a lot of backstory and action for the word count so I'm not as happy with mine as I was at 1800 words. I feel like I had to end it too abruptly.
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Most of us are sympathetic to these problems deep down in our black hearts, but one, this isn't the place to talk about them (that would be Fiction Advice), and two, do you really want to tell the judges your story blows instead of letting them decide that for themselves?
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If judges are at all reading this and are influenced by it, my story is amazing.
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Kaishai posted:Most of us are sympathetic to these problems deep down in our black hearts, but one, this isn't the place to talk about them (that would be Fiction Advice), and two, do you really want to tell the judges your story blows instead of letting them decide that for themselves? If it blows they are going to notice without me telling them. I'll be banished to the aboend bunker.
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newtestleper posted:I would love one for this weeks story, thanks. I'll pass it on and do an in depth crit for one of the newbies. If none of them ask I'll just choose one at random. Hammer Bro. posted:I could go for one of those, actually. I tried a thing, and I don't think it worked out how I thought it did, but I'm still recovering from The Fever so I'd appreciate (and take seriously) any critiques for next time I try. Megazver posted:Hit me with it. Gotcha, fellas. IdiotCrits will be forthcoming in the next couple of days, providing work is merciful. And sure, I'll post my story. It's nowhere near what I wanted it to be in the end, but at least it's finished. EDIT: Okay, I have a problem -- I can't find the loving thing and I gotta go back to work. I'll post it when I find it. Sorry. Screaming Idiot fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Feb 24, 2015 |
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Megazver posted:If judges are at all reading this and are influenced by it, my story is amazing. Hey, did any of you folks notice how amazing Megazver's story was? I mean, there's amazing, and then there's amazing and Megazver's was truly and absolutely amazing. Love -A. Judge Just kidding. I used the Writocracy Judgement Mode because it's a really good idea and sounds bad rear end so I don't know who I gave my solitary 10 our of 10 to and won't until I get home and finish drinking Chocolate Martinis. Results should be up within 11 hours, and possibly up after 6. Assuming I can still type at that point. No promises, little godlings.
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Screaming Idiot posted:I can't find the loving thing and I gotta go back to work. I'll post it when I find it. Sorry. lol e: sebmojo fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Feb 24, 2015 |
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Let's keep the crit chain letter going! Crits for crits! 1) 2) unclaimed Bennycrit Benny the Snake fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Feb 24, 2015 |
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Benny the Snake posted:Let's keep the crit chain letter going! Crits for crits! Rip me a new one Benny.
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contagonist posted:Rip me a new one Benny.
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sebmojo posted:[white noise image macro] If I wanted to weasel out, I'd just say "Decided not to post this week" or something to that effect -- it's not like I toxxed myself. I wasn't satisfied with my story, but I still worked my rear end off on it and I'm genuinely annoyed I can't let a fresh pair of eyes take a look at it to tell me where I went wrong.
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Screaming Idiot posted:If I wanted to weasel out, I'd just say "Decided not to post this week" or something to that effect -- it's not like I toxxed myself. I wasn't satisfied with my story, but I still worked my rear end off on it and I'm genuinely annoyed I can't let a fresh pair of eyes take a look at it to tell me where I went wrong. If you find it and post it, I'll crit it for you.
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:If you find it and post it, I'll crit it for you. Thank you! I'd really appreciate it, GP! I like the gimmick I used with it -- one story told through three differing perspectives -- but I remember the last few times I tried gimmicks and how they bombed.
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Screaming Idiot posted:Thank you! I'd really appreciate it, GP! I like the gimmick I used with it -- one story told through three differing perspectives -- but I remember the last few times I tried gimmicks and how they bombed. i can see it in my heart and it is beautiful
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Fumblemouse posted:
PSYCH!! Judge confab continues. More news as it comes to hand.
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Benny the Snake posted:Which week? And one crit left! Gods week.
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gods strong
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Djeser posted:gods strong Someone punish him.
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Fumblemouse posted:PSYCH!! oh god the tension is killi-
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contagonist posted:Someone punish him. Djeser speaks truth he has drunk the sacred mixture and his words have the fire of heaven
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I have passed my thoughts along to Fumble, who is presumably having a beautifully sunny New Zealand morning ruined by the prospect of how terrible you all are. I will attend to crits as and when I can, so optimistically by this weekend. There may be a bit of sweaty, fleshy, judgy rough and tumble between us before we have a total verdict, but by a reasonable time for you Amerigoons.
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Results post: episode 133: Twilight of the Idols The holy man, emaciated after months in the sacred desert, gives up once and for all. Forsaken. The heavens part and the results appear, descending on marshmallow clouds of yellow and pink, written on slabs of chocloate. The holy man is torn - should he satiate the raging hunger that gnaws at him with this sweet, sweet relief. Or should he follow his more spiritual urgings, that brought him here to the desert in the first place, and learn that which the gods have deigned to share? Luckily for you, you hordes of clamouring dome believers - he decides to read. Then eat - he's not an idiot. And the slabs sayeth: --- So - this was a lot of stylisticially similar stories, making picking them apart a little harder than normal. But with the energy derived from the blood sacrifices of the faithful, we did and here's what we found. By unanimous agreement - the worst story was The Unkindness, by Bompacho. I lost three years worth of punctuation training just by reading it. But, just as every larger-than-life myth contains a tiny grain of truth, the story did have slivers of promise in its ideas, just terrible, terrible execution. The band of demons who joined in when Bompacho went down to Georgia should feel equally wracked with guilt for their efforts. Nom-Nom Nutri-Bar Presents! Mightily Forward Thrust Heroics! Episode 12: Trouble on Moonsat Gamma. by PHIZ KALIFA - we don't know what you were thinking, but never have that thought again. IdiotHellFucker69 - by Nubile Hillock - you desparately needed another joke in this piece, but no - the same one - over and over - infinitehellfucker But evil must be balanced by good if the wheel is yet to turn. Those who not only didn't disgrace themselves but earned the favour of the thunderthrone with the mythologising were: The Thing Beneath The Waves - By Grizzled Patriarch had everything I wanted from a myth, an epic sense of poetry Unrung - By Sebmojo caught Jeza's eye, well rounded and memorable. And the victor and first in the Eyes of the Gods.... Out of Reach by Ironic Twist. I cede the throne to you. --- The holy man ate holy chocolate and was sated at last. Judgement had come and it had lots of nutty bits and wasn't dairy milk. quote:In the distance a Raven's cawed sounded like laughter. Fumblemouse fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Feb 24, 2015 |
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Fuckin' finally Twist!
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Wow, what a tw-- what a twi--- pfchchchchch... WHAT A TWIST get it prompt
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Bompancho posted:An Unkindness 1500 Words - In with SurreptitiousMuffin's The Monkey. You have an assignment: to learn how to use goddamn commas. It isn’t obvious at first glance, but the above is rife with little bolded commas and periods. I’m not confident that I properly fixed everything, but it’s better. One thing I didn’t bother messing with is your quotation grammar, but again, that’s mostly the parts dealing with commas. Not only that, but there are egregious spelling errors in there. You submitted this story early and it’s really rude to not so much as give your own words a proper edit for readability. Fix this, or nobody will want to do nice things for you. The story itself isn't terrible, just lukewarm. What makes it most unsatisfying is that there’s no reason for Ma’indo to be such a dick. Yeah, gods have fun loving around with mortals and all of that, but at no point am I lead to believe that this big crow has any reason to screw over a guy doing him a huge favor. You’re going for a “be careful what you wish for” sort of ending, but what I’m getting out of it is “if your wife dies, don’t be such a pansy about it.” Half of your descriptions are almost good. I felt like I knew what you were going for but then your pacing or sentence structure undermined everything.
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Fumblemouse posted:Out of Reach by Ironic Twist. I cede the throne to you. you did good, kid you did good now prompt us the hell up
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feel like i've slipped into bizarro thunderdome where Twist won
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PROMPT WILL BE HERE IN 1 HOUR IN THE MEANTIME HAVE THIS:
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Pete Zah posted:You have an assignment: to learn how to use goddamn commas. It isn’t obvious at first glance, but the above is rife with little bolded commas and periods. I’m not confident that I properly fixed everything, but it’s better. One thing I didn’t bother messing with is your quotation grammar, but again, that’s mostly the parts dealing with commas. Not only that, but there are egregious spelling errors in there. You submitted this story early and it’s really rude to not so much as give your own words a proper edit for readability. Fix this, or nobody will want to do nice things for you. Thanks man, I wrote the story too long then rushed my editing and chopped a lot to get it up on time. Next one will be better I promise.
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Screaming Idiot posted:I wrote something, I swear! I really did! HOW DARE YOU INSINUATE OTHERWISE?
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THUNDERDOME CXXXIV: Run Domer Run Oooooooooohhh boy. This has been a long time coming. There’s a new personal trainer on the Thunderthrone, and he’s gonna make all of you sweat blood, you doughy, anemic, noodle-armed, knock-kneed fuckdicks. Your wordcount this week is 1200 words. For the first and last 100 words of your story, your protagonist must be in motion. What I mean by “in motion”: running, biking, walking, swimming, falling, flying, you get the picture. Physically moving their bodies. What I don’t mean by “in motion”: sitting in a seat on a moving car or train or plane or dragon, moving in a dream or hallucination. Do whatever you want with the (1000 or less) words in the middle as long as the end result is a god damned story. Also, I’m giving a theme to this prompt in order to salvage any feeble hope of you making GBS threads out good stories this week. The theme is: Justice/Revenge. No fanfiction, nonfiction, or erotica. Have fun, you pukes. Sign-up deadline: 11:59 EST, Friday, February 27 Submission Deadline: 11:59 EST, Sunday, March 1 Running This Joint: Ironic Twist LOU BEGAS MUSTACHE Jitzu_the_Monk Running Out Of Time: Capntastic sebmojo newtestleper Grizzled Patriarch Broenheim Auraboks Wangless Wonder Bompacho PHIZ KALIFA Benny Profane Fuschia tude leekster contagionist hotsoupdinner Djeser Hugoon Chavez ZeBourgeoisie Entenzahn A Classy Ghost Screaming Idiot Savagely_Random God Over Djinn crabrock kurona_bright Fumblemouse Tyrannosaurus Ironic Twist fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Mar 1, 2015 |
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in also, anyone who I've promised a crit to in the past and haven't provided one, link me your story and i'll do it. here's a to do it by end of submissions.
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