Story Contest

Fladian

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Don't complain, Kem. I've had a similar problem over and over again. I've tried to write too, a while back, but nothing decent came out. After a long time, the only thing what could be considerd decent was 'Ahoy Mate' (if I recall right), which was in my opinion, quite... bad. Besides that, all others broke down after a few sentences.

I'm filling up my agenda as I am typing this, and it looks like I could get quite busy for the next two weeks. Meaning, the progress I'll make in two weeks will be minimum. Especially considering that coming tuesday, I can expect a phonecall from my homeroom teacher saying that I failed this year. This could mean that I am suddenly very motivated to continue writing, but the chances are higher that I crumble to dust and won't be able to write for a little while, despite knowing that I still might have one more test. Emotionally, I am not too strong, and I can't lie to my body in that way, unfortunately. Therefore, it could have a big boost to my writing skills, but I think it will work backwards instead. In other words, it looks like I have two weeks in total to write, though it depends a bit on my job and how I feel after the 29 of April. Seeing that I am going with a few people who are originally from a 'rivaling' city, I might not end up unharmed. But even if I leave it in one piece (which is not my intention eitherway) I still got two other problems. 1, how do I get home, and 2, how do I feel when I get home? :p My intention is not to sleep for two days straight... though I don't think that might cause much of a problem, considering that I don't want to sleep because of a party is a different story. Such things drain energy after all. On the other hand, it might be a nice story... :p

Seeing the fact that I woke up only half an hour ago, I won't go writing now, but I will try to continue a little later today.

For the people who want to submit their story now... I personally suggest to avoid doing so, unless there is no other way. Not only do you still have a month to write, but that also means you have all the time in the world to check it and possibly improve it. Considering that I can fill half a page with just three people saying four different sentences of no longer than four words each... well...

The little details come at the spur of the moment.[/b]
That counts for me too. As Fiction Factor said, "let the story live on itself", which is exactly what should be done, from time to time. Though the bigger events from my stories are (when serious) usually thought out quite well. Though I have a habit to put myself to some difficult tasks, but that's probably what I like about writing.

I usualy dont have 1 main character that fills the whole story. [/b]
That same counts for me... I tend to have more than one, but the reader usually sees them as a support-character with a larger role. Take a look at If, and only if to see a good example of what I mean. Though that story is mostly focused on the character development of characters.

I change perspective almost every paragraph, i hate it when i read a story from one view. Thats why school books mostly suck.[/b]
That depends how big your paragraphs are. It's not bad to do so when you type the way I do, but... well, if the paragraphs are quite short it either becomes extremely annoying and really fast as well, or it just gets dull.
I've read a story twice that changed the perspective every paragraphs. The story was nothing special, just about two people in one room (brother and sister) and how they thought of each other. In that case, it was great to do so. It clearly explored a lot of humor of the story. The other story I've read that used the same way was... uh... pretty bad. I tend to see the story sometimes on several sites. Though the concept is okay, the potential is completely removed by doing what you said.

And i dont do what undead does but i do have to admit that i already came up with the end of the story. i just didnt write it down.[/b]
You always need something to strive for, after all, so that is not too surprising.
 
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Fladian

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Oh yeah. "Well I never, this is getting better and better." :p

Right. I've editted the main post heavily. Not only have I updated the new people who've joined the contest, I also gave some background information about those people.
I'm off to change it even more. ^^
 

Escurial

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Oh yeah. "Well I never, this is getting better and better." :p

Right. I've editted the main post heavily. Not only have I updated the new people who've joined the contest, I also gave some background information about those people.
I'm off to change it even more. ^^
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Lol. thanks for the credit fladian :p
Ill finish that story one day :p

I got a whole week without school. so my storycontest story will be finished this week.
 

Fladian

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You're welcome, Escurial. I'm just trying my best to be as neutral as possible. That also involves picking out all positive things about it and ignore the negative things so people will read it. Quite hard to do with one of them though.

Congratulations with your week off, Escurial. I still got a week, and then I got a week off, but I think I'm gonna ask to continue working that week. Escurial, you're from Holland, if I'm not mistaking. You don't happen to be from Amsterdam, would you?
 

Escurial

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nah. im no criminal :p Hihi bad joke.

Im from utrecht. I got a week off the week after next week too....

BTW Vess arnt you going to write some more?
 

Fladian

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Criminal? Why would I think that? I don't have such a bad impression about you... yet... :p

Utrecht. Bah, too far away. :p The week off after the next? Dear mother of all purple stripes! I only got one week off... and I need at least one day off extra too. I don't think I'll get back in one piece after 'Koninginnedag.' :p

If he is, I'm sure he'll contact either Undead or myself.
 

Escurial

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Yea Koninginnendag is going to be great. Im going to this cafe owned by a few friends of mine and we are going to do some SINGSTAR!!!
Then we go home and play poker till its morning again.

Its our annual ritual of drinking and playing cards :p
 

Fladian

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Well, have fun. I'm planning to go to Amsterdam, if I got enough money to get back as well. :p

Anyway, continue that in the 'let's rant' thread if you want to.
 

Undead_Lives

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Flad, I think I've said this before, but....repetition for emphasis.
You have too much time on your hands :p
I also can't believe that you have read every story here...but I guess that's ok since I've read most.
Also, you forgot to add a few of yours, but the one that comes to mind is Thet-Nirio.
 

Fladian

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I don't have all that much time on my hands, I just happen to be bored yesterday. To say that I have too much free time is not something I like to hear as I am working my ass off lately and come home broken and exhausted. I'm just about to reach my limit.

Most stories are quite old and I've read them a while ago. Not too hard to do. Besides, I don't comment on everything I've read.

I know I missed a few stories. But it was not my intention to add more than two stories to the list of what people wrote. 'If, and only if', is the best I've made and 'Rick wake up' had the best comments, so I used them both. Thet-Nirio is a decent story, but it is only a fragment of the big If, and only if and therefore not really worth mentioning.

An old classmate asked me to send her a story soon. She'll be leaving towards London soon and wanted to see if she could understand something done by an amateur (me) before getting into the real stuff. The idea is fine, though I am wondering what to send. I was thinking of making something new for her, if that is the case, then it will be posted here some time soon too. The quality won't be too good because I'll do it in a short amount of time, but it should be reasonable. If I can't get anything decent, I'll probably send her 'Rick wake up.' Or should I send If, and only if? :p
 

Fladian

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Yeah, well, I'm late again today. It's really draining me... and pissing me off.

Sending If, and only if might not be the best idea. After all, it has more grammar mistakes than my average story.
 
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SkriK

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Hmm, thought it was supposed to be a surprise about what the storyline contains. But very well.

It's a teenage lovestory about a guy named Andrew Mits; 16 years old and lives with his dad and two sisters.
His maingoal in life is to become a movie director. The story begins two days after the summer semester begun. It's titles "An Autumn Crush" at least for now.

I haven't gotten far yet but i will, got a few exams coming up the following 2 weeks, after those are finished i'll get to writing. If more info about the story is needed, just tell.
 
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