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So this was a neat little story.Iroel posted:Stretched Out Additionally, your culling of quotation marks. It actually works, and works pretty well. It takes strong character voice to establish dialogue where none is denoted and I think you accomplish that. I wouldn't recommend it for everything, but here it serves to your benefit. Iroel posted:Once in his life he witnessed a pyoderma gangrenosum. It was far from harmless. It started as a series of red dots, like bug bites that look itchy. Then it spread in space, a mass of necrotic tissue, swallowing people and houses. The gangrene looked purple, he remembered, and got one of his houses along with his slaves and family. Iroel posted:He cared about one of his slaves and whenever he saw a human he wished he would not have to reincarnate so as not to hold dear any other. Iroel posted:He left the house so not to be amputated like the rest. He hid in a desert fortress, where people go to be forgotten, and lived off of his trade in that enormous bazaar. It seemed to him an interminable time. Iroel posted:She compared the signs on the screen with the writing on a scrap of paper. She didn’t really know what they were supposed to mean, but she barely had anything in life, let alone certainties. The horrid hunched figure asked for three hundred drachma. She didn’t have the money and he didn’t have the time, or so he said. It took her two years and all her family’s savings to come up with that money. How could she come up with the rest? Wasn’t her effort already enough to honor his memory? When that thought struck her, she felt like she had won the money she wouldn’t spend after all. Iroel posted:She never told anyone that she remembered the day when her parents found in the fields the boy that would become her brother. He was bleeding copiously, so much so that even her father could not take pity. Iroel posted:She worked so hard for that money. It was voluntary serfdom, all the way into the colonies, spitting blood and laying bricks for the vanity of other species. She did not only lose two years of her life up there but also ten years traveling. Her hands, rough and broken, did not look anymore like a woman’s hands, so much that when she got back home she fell in love with a clerk for his soft and short fingers. Iroel posted:The clerk was young, lived his life and then got older while barely having met her. Iroel posted:His body was kept with all the others in a freezing cell. They empty out the bodies and dispose of the entrails by incineration and then transport them to the archive. From the archive the bodies are pushed through to the planets and homes where those who loved them pay for the price of transport. If no one claims the body it is just kept there, frozen and on record for posterity. Iroel posted:When he had decided to leave for one of the colonies she met him half of the way between their home and the port. Wouldn’t you stay at least for my sake, she asked her brother. Should I stay and just learn to be indifferent to their pain? I really don’t know. Should I just kiss the hand that breaks my jaw? I really don’t know. And is there any point ever having children? Oh, I don’t know. Iroel posted:He left and he never called, nor visited or came back. It was like if he were dead until he died. All in all this was a pretty good effort from a guy who doesn't do sci-fi. You trip over your words at times and play with the information a little too liberally, but your use of the tone and the limitations of your own craft do you a service. I would like to read more stories that played with the format as you have done here.
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Story: I believe your story is about an unhappy department store employee who is headed into her seventh, and final, performance review. At the outset we don't know that she has already taken a new job, and you fail to take advantage of the obvious fun of having her manipulate her reviewer or otherwise intentionally bomb her own review. Perhaps you see some other motivation, but having her play it straight leaves the whole thing feeling very uninspired. Prompt: Choosing to focus on meaningful dialog when the prompt was for someone to discuss something unimportant sounds like an intentional (and playful) contradiction. Overall, however, the dialog feels flat. The characters don't each project a distinct voice, and the questions and responses are empty. Perhaps it is somewhat authentic dialog, but it's also rather boring dialog. Mechanics: This here is where your efforts come up shortest. The story reads like a first draft--as though this was the first time you told yourself the story, and you just cleaned it up and posted it here for us to read. First drafts should be set aside and the story retold (rewritten) for the benefit of your audience. Every time you retell a story you get better at it. Capntastic posted:Performance Review Seven My edits probably expose my presumptions as much as anything else. I think you had the germ of a good idea here, but really needed to develop it further before unleashing it on the 'dome.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 06:22 |
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Stream of consciousness is always difficult to criticize from a stylistic point of view, the idea is that after all it's how the person thinks, without any censorship, and you can't tell them how they are supposed to formulate their thoughts. Yet I believe that often in the arts when one strives for naturalness, like for example in dialogues, it is often better to go the other way around and err on the side of artificiality. Like many other techniques stream of consciousness is basically a trick, a little sleigh of hand, that you play on the reader. You make him read a highly artificial piece of prose and meanwhile you give him here and there the signals saying "look, it's just like our interior monologue". For how I understand it stream of consciousness is all about being in control of the prose: you try to keep the flow going smoothly, put in there as much information as you can while you leave here and there your cues (the sudden memory, the monologue style, the present tense, the imitation of a private language withe its jargon and unexplained references, etc). Also one must not forget that SC is mostly an instrument that has a very particular function and it's difficult to be used in all settings. So much that most writers try to use it in a hybrid way, by punctuating the flow of thoughts with more standard forms of narrative, like for example Proust or Ellis. SC it was mostly born to deal with the uneventful and highly intellectualized life of the modern man. That's why the idea of sword and sorcery story + SC was so hilarious and enjoyable, but it's also where the biggest problems emerge. Let's read the story: Bad Seafood posted:
I like this initial part. The best detail is the reference Kuraket, it's impactful and the protagonist's response (such a waste) shows the sardonic smile with which he is facing the situation. In fact his mischievous character is so obvious that I don't think you need the final "heh". quote:He’s a strong one that one strong eyes strong will won’t break I don’t think they’ll work him to death before they work him to submission. Cuts his feet on the rocks and the glass in the sand but won’t say a word course I wouldn’t either but I’m used to it. Stands a greater animal than all of us like a general or a son or a sun’s blinding hot drat this heat won’t they rest? There’s those teeth again that laugh cold as ice that man Slaglander all of them cold as ice in their blood. This is a very artful part. When I was talking about the little signals before I was talking about this. There is this free association going on from an homophony (son/sun) and then the metonymy (sun hot heat) and then you reverse this imagery in the opposite (ice) and you end up with a sudden memory (the lost son) disjointed from the rest of the narrative and the main character talking to himself(don't think). After a passage like this you would have a lot of leeway to turn back to more normal forms of narrative, to anchor your story, without anyone noticing anything. For example you could start a paragraph with "I look around..." and give a description of the setting. Or "I remember when..." and maybe tell the story of how he was captured. quote:I can’t leave him like this I can’t leave him I can’t. This is the part I have the most problems with. It's terribly confusing and I believe that it could be made less so without losing neither the style nor the action. The onomatopoeia and the little oddities (like taittakeittakeit) seem to be put there to give a sense of realism, or perceiving exactly what he thinks, but in reality they only estrange the reader. In a sense you have overreached, trying to do something that was way beyond the power of the instrument you were using. quote:He’s looking to me look to me they all look to me what do I look like I don’t understand I can’t understand his speech foreign nonsense least he’s grateful now he turns towards the sun not the way we came must have business down that way lost his sword took a new one and a horse waste not want not I suppose. Here you get in control once again. I liked the first sentence and again the one about the simile of the goddess. It's where you feel the most the personality of your character and his worldview. It is for these strong expressions of personality that one reads stream of consciousness. There is a whole life contained in that "free again slaved again what a cycle", the image it paints is much more vivid than a "heh" or a "wha-umphf!"
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 06:55 |
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Bad Seafood posted:
I want to thank you about your in depth analysis. I feel that you read it extremely way, understanding most of its mechanics, while at the same time being able to point to some of its shortcomings. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I don't usually write this way. I always tended to avoid experimentation for more typical forms of expression. Only lately I'm trying to play around mostly because I realized I was writing always the same story. But it might interest you what my main inspirations were. The structure was inspired by Wittgenstein's Tractatus. My opening sentence is also a nod to his declarative style. The idea was of making a sort of fractal structure where the main story is told in the first three paragraphs (each told from the point of view of one of the characters: the peddler, the sister and the dead brother) and the rest it's just an in depth explanation mostly dealing with their past. In fact 3.2 is not the return of the (adopted) brother, who is dead and at best can be sent home as a squished paste, but how he decided to leave his planet and how his sister tried to stop him. I'll work to make that clearer. The voice instead was inspired by Master's Spoon River Anthology which I advise you to read since the parts you liked the best are where I managed to get the closest to it. And, geeky admission, I really liked the heart mechanism in dishonored, so I guess that was a part of it too. Thank you again!
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 07:14 |
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oh my god is this the loving carebear-dome? See, I let you fuckers have a single inch, and you take over the world with this poo poo.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 07:27 |
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To make it clear to the less observant among us: 1) Shut the gently caress up with the please and thank yous for crits. 2) Stop defending your piece against a crit. Spend that time reciprocating and editing. 3) The Thunderdome is the place where poo poo actually gets accomplished, no matter how meager. It's work time folks.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 07:35 |
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Crit pairs seem to work out here really well. Handjobs and discussion about said pairings and crits go here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3527097 Use it, idiots. Next on the table, who is up for small skype groups to critique work for real? Let's make some small gangs and get this cookin' fire on hot. Believe me, it's worth it. For now, I guess it's a Thunderdome thing, so it's just us birds. Maybe we can expand later. Someone who wants to volunteer and has time to update it now and then: make a post and maintain it for the time being taking names for those interested. The rest of you sorry lot, sign up and make an actual commitment to better yourself in your hobby/desired career.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 08:18 |
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Let's do this, yo.Martello posted:triple post of triple poems about triple goddesses for this week's submission cuz I'm a badass Note: while I haven't read any poetry in years, I have attempted writing it. (So what? It was an exercise.) And my standard was to try to make every word of it meaningful, and this doesn't look like it adheres to the same approach. To finish, I must say I came away feeling less icky than when I began. Also, I'd loving appreciate some more punctuation. -------- Was that vile enough?
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 08:32 |
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Just wanted to pop in and share an almost-success story from the Thunderdome. Just got a rejection from Stupefying Stories for "The Leatherettes."Bruce Bethke posted:Thanks for giving us the opportunity to consider this one. After reading and discussing it, we've decided it's not right for us at this time. Good luck placing it elsewhere. I doubt I can place that story anywhere else, so I guess I'll try again in April, since I've been invited to re-sub.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 08:35 |
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They're loving morons for not taking that story. That is all.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 08:38 |
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Bite my banger, bonerman. I will take my words and shove them clean up your urethra until you piss blood and poetry. Bottle it, babyman; it'll be the sweetest thing that ever comes out of you. quote:Prompt: narrative poetry about unimportant things Overall I like it. I'm not sure how well it fits 'narrative' though. There's a thing that happens but there's not really a plot as such. Your really big issue is the little technical poetry stuff; correct use of punctuation and linebreaks. It's less "each piece of punctuation has a strict grammatical function" than "each piece of punctuation slows the line down THIS MUCH EXACTLY". The technical prose use it still important but you're allowed to say 'close enough' if it sounds good. This is terribly unprofessional advice but everyone does it.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 08:45 |
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Ya'll are all talk, but the albatross done already put something up in the crit thread.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 08:50 |
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I was busy creating daily poetry 2013. If you're a real man, post in there. From what I've seen, this thread is a bunch of men who talk a lot of big poo poo but tuck their cock between their legs and float off at the merest hint of daisies and love. HARDEN THE gently caress UP AND EMBRACE BEAUTY IN THE LITTLE PLACES. (the thread title aint even a joke all poetry these days is about dicks anyway and I bet y'all know a lot about dicks)
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 09:07 |
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case in point 1. Why patriots are a bit nuts in the head Patriots are a bit nuts in the head because they wear red white and blue tinted spectacles (red for blood, white for glory and blue ... for a boy) and are in effervescent danger of losing their lives. Lives are good for you. When you are alive you can eat and drink a lot and go out with girls (sometimes if you are lucky you can even go to bed with them) But you can't do this if you have your belly shot away and your seeds spread out over some corner of a foreign field to facilitate in later years the growing of oats by some peasant yobbo when you are posthumous it is cold and dark and that is why patriots are a bit nuts in the head - Roger McGough
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 09:08 |
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Also while we're on the subject, we really need to get around to Thunderdome 2.0. The thread is massive and the OP wasn't build for something that got quite so big. Do we want to leave it to Martello/Stuporstar/Bonerbaby or should this week's winner have the honour?
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 09:14 |
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More Tallow is working on it.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 09:24 |
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I want you all to know that I have judged you, harshly. I'm currently waiting on the other judges to confirm who is the worst of the worst, and who is the least-worst. Please continue to amuse yourselves for now, because I'm too busy being awesome to entertain you.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 16:26 |
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I'm gonna start by saying that I don't like theme or the 2nd-person future, but that's what you picked as a challenge to yourself so I'll have to deal with it I guess. I legit don't like this story at all. supermikhail posted:I spent an inordinate amount of time on this thing. should have spent more or none at all I just can't do the 2nd-person future. It takes any impact out of the story because this broad who exists for no reason I can see is telling the reader it's gonna happen instead of it happening in front of the reader's eyes. Maybe there's a good way to do 2nd-person future tense, but I doubt it, and it certainly isn't this. I'd recommend not doing it again. It seems like you want this to be some grandiose event that's been predicted and the townspeople or whoever want it to happen and blah blah blah but you never told me why. That and do something with the suburban/concrete out-of-place descriptors.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 17:51 |
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Awww. And you almost got it. I really don't write for other people, it seems. So, while it may not appear of much significance to others, for me the theme of homosexual romance has so far been, so to say, moot. I guess I know where it is with me now that I've sneaked homosexual romance in under the guise of children's literature.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 19:07 |
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supermikhail posted:Awww. And you almost got it. I really don't write for other people, it seems. This is more of the stuff that was pissing people off in the fiction advice thread. You come off pompous as gently caress, when you can just leave out the "I don't write for other people" horseshit and take the crit on the chin. I mean, clearly you're far superior to the rest of us slags since we can't understand the finer nuances of your super-edgy under-the-radar gay romance kidlit. quote:So, while it may not appear of much significance to others, for me the theme of homosexual romance has so far been, so to say, moot. quote:I guess I know where it is with me now that I've sneaked homosexual romance in under the guise of children's literature. I really don't get this either. I feel like you missed the point of my critique (much like I missed the point that it was about two dudes and "queen" is like Freddie Mercury not Madbh) and are just blathering about something completely different. The problem isn't that it's homosexual romance "sneaked in" or whatever bullshit - the problem is that it's badly done gay romance that no kid would ever want to read, and no adult either. For everyone - don't respond to crits in this thread anymore. If you wanna thank the guy who crit you, do it via PM. It should go without saying anyway. If you want to argue with him, either shut up forever or take it to PM. If you really must get more feedback or don't understand what your crit partner is saying and want feedback from others, go to Fiction Farm 2013 or make a new thread. Or take it to PM. Or shut up forever. All of those are fine choices. supermikhail's response is a great example of how not to do it.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 21:19 |
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Thunderdome 2013 OP is coming soon. The winner of this week will wait until I post it to make the rules post. PM me if I haven't posted it yet to remind me.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 21:19 |
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Both of my fellow judges, Hidden Gecko and Erik Shawn Banana-Hammock, seem to be MIA, therefore I am going to give them until after I eat and shower to respond to my PMs of Judgement, after which I will just judge this bitch all by myself. Stand by.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 02:03 |
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THUNDERDOME JUDGMENT ZONE: WEEK XXII Submissions have been read, judgement has been passed, and in this, the final battle of the Thunderdome's current thread, sebmojo has been crowned king once again. Congratulations to you, sir. Runners up/honourable mentions go to swaziloo, who wrote a really tight piece that was my other top pick, and toanoradian for making a truly valiant effort and producing a pretty nice piece in spite of all the stupid rules we gave him. I would also like to mention Noah, as this week he was a true Thunderdome challenger, writing 3 pieces on top of his Thunderdome entry, and not even bitching a little bit when Hidden Gecko gave him a punishment prompt. Go you. For the most part, you all did pretty good (I GUESS), and I am well pleased with how this prompt turned out. Now, on to the losers Zack_Gochuck gets that dubious honour this week, by unanimous decision for somehow failing to follow both my prompt and his own and submitting a low-effort, barely disguised Twilight parody. Wtf dude? Dishonourable mention goes to Bad Seafood for horrible punctuation neglect that basically made his piece unreadable. Stream of consciousness does not mean that you don't have to use commas, fool. I did make short comments on everybody's submissions as I went through them, so I will post those up shortly unless someone tells me not to.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 04:12 |
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I too have comments. I'll have a paragraph or more for each of you. I will have them up by tomorrow.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 04:17 |
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Fanky Malloons posted:Dishonourable mention goes to Bad Seafood for horrible punctuation neglect that basically made his piece unreadable. Stream of consciousness does not mean that you don't have to use commas, fool. Nevertheless, I accept your judgement. Let it be the albatros 'round my neck, till such time I have fought my way back to the land of the living.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 04:31 |
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By the way, sebmojo, Benagain, and Bad Seafood are your judges for next week. Suck on those eggs and start plotting. Send me your prompt. Mr. Martello, TEAR DOWN THIS THREAD.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 04:36 |
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Fanky Malloons posted:I would also like to mention Noah, as this week he was a true Thunderdome challenger, writing 3 pieces on top of his Thunderdome entry Um, I did that too. Totes 'ffended. Erik Shawn-Bohner posted:Mr. Martello, Tomorrow, I promise.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 04:38 |
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Martello posted:Um, I did that too. Totes 'ffended. Yeah but yours sucked and Noah's was decent, sooooo Mini-crits: Martello: Magical realist free verse Good: imagery, alliteration Less Good: cadence/rhythm, enjambement, spacing Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: You didn't officially make one, but it was a pretty good step outside your usual oeuvre Beezle Bug: First person noir romance Good: voice, descriptive language Less Good: Isn't the protagonist usually supposed to be in the thick of the action in noir? Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: Romance not romantic enough, noir not noir enough supermikhail: Future second person children's lit Good: Pulled off second person really well Less Good: purple dragon, pink unicorn, barf Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: Admirable, though I'm not feeling the actual prompt much here (Ps: learn to accept critiques more graciously kthx) STONE OF MADNESS: Upbeat lite historical romance feat. plovers Good: Characterization, dialogue Less Good: flowery prose (=/= historical), line break etiquette Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: Lite, check. Romance, check. Plovers, check. Historical? Symptomless Coma: Horror with a believably unlikeable protagonist. Good: Neat idea, protagonist isn't a caricature Less Good: Clumsy language and confusing action. Needless wasting of words. Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: Poor execution of a good idea. Horror not horrifying enough, unlikeable protagonist not unlikeable enough. swaziloo: Not-scifi, not-fantasy tween fiction that is self-contained. Good: Pacing, story arc, characters Less Good: Inconsistent voice for the POV (i.e. Kevin) Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: Marvellous. Zack_Gochuck: Teen supernatural semi-erotica romance story. No werewolves, no vampires (per FM) Good: Amusing, obeyed flash rule Less Good: Utter failure to follow both my prompt, and your own. Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: Fail. Twilight parody =/= what you said you were going to do SurreptitiousMuffin: Funny, no fantasy or altered states. Good: Lol dickbong Less Good: I think there was room to make it funnier Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: Barely squeaking by on the altered states clause (by your own admission), but otherwise good Bad Seafood: Steam of consciousness sword and sorcery Good: Gets the action across quite well, despite its flaws Less Good: Stream of consciousness doesn't negate the use of proper punctuation. Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: You sure did the thing you said you would do. Noah: Contemporary lit featuring an albatross (per HiddenGecko). Good: Story arc, creepy birds, illustration! Less Good: Nobody would ever call an albatross "Little Guy", those fuckers are huge. Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: It was inflicted upon you, and you made a noble effort, well done, sir. Benagain: Narrative poetry. Good: Clear narrative, poetic description of a worn-out sofa bed Less Good: Rhythm and punctuation - spacing/pauses need work, have you tried reading this out loud? Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: A valiant effort, which I applaud twinkle cave: Horror. Good: In theory Less Good: Takes way too long to get to the point Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: Not really very horrifying. toanoradian: Dark sensual realistic romantic erotica. With a secretary bird that must not die, and crushing poverty, and a religious crutch (per HG and FM) Good: Setting, sex-scene Less Good: Stupid grammatical errors, weak ending Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: You hit all the marks, including the flash rules, and it wasn't terrible, bravo. Capntastic: A dialogue-driven story Good: Naturalistic dialogue, focus on a small moment rather than a wider story Less Good: She's in clothing, yet the manager moves her to clothing? Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: 100% Sebmojo: Kitchen sink romantic comedy/drama. Good: Characters, dialogue Less Good: You should maybe stick to one POV in such a short story? Adherence to self-inflicted prompt:Verily! Iroel: Sci-fi. In short paragraphs. Good: Interesting presentation, good sci-fi mood Less Good: Not distinguishing between thought, speech, and narration is confusing Adherence to self-inflicted prompt: Very sci-fi. That first paragraph is still pretty long though.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 05:38 |
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Fanky Malloons posted:toanoradian: Umm excuse me none of my prompts are self-inflicted. They're all inflicted upon me by the evil Secretary Bird Supremacists in this thread Also here's my review of STONE OF MADNESS' story. I apologize for being late. Apologies also to the shortness of it, I blame only my lack of experience giving critiques. Also because there's only one big misstep in your story I could find. STONE OF MADNESS posted:A Gift 982 words Wait, do we have laser guns yet? Your story could be in any periods of history. Alice is your typical upper-class girl with typical spoiling father, a stereotype that could still exist today. I couldn't place Giles at anytime either. I knew he's rich enough to own his own house, that he's stronger than Alice, that he's less cheery than her, that he appreciates material wealth more than her, but man, that could be any rags-to-riches businessman in any age. Setting also doesn't help. A beach and a house with doesn't really paint any historical period. From my brief research the use of portmanteau as luggage begins around 17th century (for rich people), the same century for the first sighting of ottoman chairs, first English-language newspaper and the stereotypical 'look' of a fireplace. As there are no parts in the story where further details about their furniture is given, this story can be set from 17th century to current age, and there are tons of difference there. Clearly I'm not going to ask for every prop you use to be historically accurate, but there needs to be some signs of the time your characters are in. That's what interesting about historical fiction; seeing characters live in a different time. This story could be set in the future for all I know. I shall smoke your plot and chill out There's the general feeling of ease in this whole story. Even the mysterious chest, probably the only suspenseful thing in this, had a bit of a subdued effect. I want to know what's inside the chest, but it's not like I really care, y'know? On one hand this fits the prompt and the challenge, but on the other your story lacks tension. There were few moments of 'unease', such as Giles' doubt of his love towards Alice, that hints at something darker, but I didn't feel that those hints affect the mood at all. The calmness affects the romance as well, making it rather understated. But since you're writing upbeat and 'lite', it fits beautifully. Good job! The rest of my review are small complaints. I think 'leer' already implies a wicked expression, so 'leer wickedly' is redundant. Maybe change 'bestiarist' with 'ornithologist'. 'insensate with excitement' is impossible, as 'insensate' means devoid of feelings. 'the one sat upon the other' is after Alice not being able to differentiate Father's things with Giles'. Are you talking about the ottoman chairs? There were moments where there's a response to an action but the action wasn't there. For example, the sentence "and now it seemed preferable to accept Alice's outstretched fingers, instead." Alice didn't offer her fingers and Giles hadn't been shown to use his own fingers. Be careful of your dialogue tags. Read again and make sure any tags that are not 'said' can actually be something that produces a sentence. For example, you can't really squeal a word. Semicolons already connect two sentences as somewhat related, so I think the 'and's after the semicolons can be deleted. Your plovers didn't do much besides appearing. As a newly-converted hater of all birds, I approve. In conclusion, a nice relaxed story with decent characters and dialogue but lacking in historical settings or characters.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 06:59 |
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Fanky Malloons posted:Capntastic: The manager doesn't give a gently caress, and she doesn't give a gently caress. The job is of so little importance that she doesn't feel the need to point that out. The idea of her manager saying she'll need to be trained by someone who is (presumably) herself is something of a minor joke I could've made more clear. Swaziloo: I'll crit yours up once the new thread hits.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 08:16 |
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I just want to say that googling Dick Bong is way funnier than it needs to be.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 08:20 |
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Fellow Romans, Friends, The last clap of thunder has fallen upon our blessed dome, and after salting the earth we live on with the blood and tears of the fallen, we must sadly move on to a new thread. There were laughs, cries for vengeance, and lots of people typing while incoherently drunk. We have seen the worst among us become kings, and the mighty have fallen. Let us all recognize that there were great accomplishments in this thread. Words were pounded out, people were published, and we saw that the road to writing success isn't as rocky as we thought--you just gotta put one foot in front of the other. Be proud of yourselves, and be proud of your brothers and sisters in Thunderdome. We're the coolest thread in CC, and we're the best posters because we don't slink into the other threads and whine about lacking inspiration or the gumption to write. We just do it every week for better or worse. That puts each and every one of you far ahead of the rest. With that said, the sun is setting on this monumental thread. The eyes are growing weary, and our old bird is getting ready to die. But have no fear, for it will be reborn. It will be fresh, there will be new blood, and we shall up the ante on the prompts to make for a more challenging experience. Until that time tomorrow though, let's have some fun, and...
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 08:40 |
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Fun? So are we, like, allowed to make fun of the judges? cuz i got some fat jokes
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 08:58 |
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Thank you Thunderdome for reminding me that I am capable of writing for real and not as some theoretical action that can only happen on the astral plane as a convergence between "inspiration" and "motivation".
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 09:00 |
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toanoradian posted:Fun? So are we, like, allowed to make fun of the judges? Go hog wild. (and vote five if you haven't on this thread)
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 09:04 |
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gently caress tha police https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowSGxim_O8
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 09:09 |
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Capntastic posted:Thank you Thunderdome for reminding me that I am capable of writing for real and not as some theoretical action that can only happen on the astral plane as a convergence between "inspiration" and "motivation". Kayfabe is over for the time until the next thread. It's a huge joy to have you here. You're one of my favorites. I absolutely love that you keep coming back. Some people can survive over and over, but they don't have the loving guts you do. Keep working hard. Edit: Teach some of the crybaby newbies what this whole sleight of hand is about.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 09:13 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF1XtBcS7E0 Is there a link for the new thread yet?
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 09:13 |
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Thank you, Thunderdome, for single-handedly changing my opinion on the worth of Creative Convention regarding writing and fiction.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 09:16 |
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STONE OF MADNESS posted:
You'll see when it is because this one will get closed. Let's concentrate on making GBS threads this one up as hard as we can until Marty wakes up.
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