Reply With QuoteYeah, he told me in Skype. I'm Central so I'm used to it being midnight by now.Originally Posted by Jorick
He's fine, a bit over an hour left. The deadline is midnight PST. It's 10:41 PM PST currently.
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Yeah, he told me in Skype. I'm Central so I'm used to it being midnight by now.
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It didn't appear to me that anybody actually answered your question here (what with you having won advanced and all), but here's what I've been doing:
Try writing a particular style.
Many of the things I write aren't written as much for the story elements as they are for the perspective or medium. I find a lot of pleasure in the challenge that this provides, and very few of my stories written like this are ever very long. They average somewhere between 800-1500 words, because that's all I need to get the medium to leave the impact that I want. I find that it's harder to write at length when I'm writing in a manner that is unfamiliar. Third person? I could write like that all damn day. The more you write a certain way, the easier it is to repeat that process later and add length as your skills improve. Or you're ridiculously talented and I'm jealous. One of those two
Some prompts:
- First person
- Second person
- Writing about the protagonist from the first person perspective of a side character (or perhaps even the antagonist? I might have to try this sometime...)
- First person with no meta-writing or "filler thoughts"
- Third person, over the shoulder of a side character/antagonist
- Second person, viewing the protagonist
I find that these are more effective the more they are mixed and matched with settings and character types that you are also unfamiliar with. Unfortunately I haven't read your work, so I can't really offer any suggestions for the remaining two variables
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Anyhow, best of luck to everyone! I'm hoping I come around as more of a challenge this month
Sent mine in at the last minute.
The White Army and the Black Baron;
Are trying to force us back to the Tsar.
I don't think that Reilyx answered this well enough, so I'll answer. I believe that this might be the cause of those extremely massive entries that's being discussed. I find that the best way to limit anything I write is to set a plot line. If I don't know where my post is going, chances are it'll be a blabbering mess that might not ever end. To actually set a plot line helps me pace myself.
Try writing a character personality that you're not used to. That has always shortened anything I write significantly, mostly because I'm not sure what to do. With enough practice on that type of character, move on to a different one. You have to keep trying something new, or else what you're used to will just get longer and longer until everyone's upset and will refuse to read it.
What Reilyx said is good advice, but I find that it doesn't shorten what I write as much as it's a fight for me to keep writing like that. I still write the same length, I just slip and go back the the way I'm used to writing so many times that it end up in disappointment. Although, trying different writing styles and techniques can improve anything you write.
Reilyx is just weird that likes to stick out and write differently from everyone else, and enjoys reading stuff that's written differently. He would probably tell me the same thing he told you if I ever bothered to ask him for advice.
I wish you luck on your entry! Maybe I'll end up voting for it? I'm really nervous now. So many people entered, and I screwed up on my entry, so badly. I need to be more careful and reread my entry before I submit it next time.
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Heh, I'm very interested to all the other entries now. With a theme as open as this one I'm expecting the stories to go all over the place
Also:
I'm sorta the same, in that I love to think outside the box when it comes to components and whatnot. I don't know whether that's a good or a bad thing though.
On the topic of being different; is it normal that I find it far easier to write tragedy/sad stories than comedy/funny, happy stories?
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Did you know we have a Writer of the Month contest? Come join it.
WOTM #26: Evil Wins is open and accepting entries through June 4th.
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