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Hidden 9 yrs ago Post by RomanAria
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@Dark Wind Yes, art is an option for entries. All contestants may submit both a written work and an artwork.

Also for the "finding an image and telling a story about it" that could be a way to do it; what I had more in mind when I suggested the theme was character vingettes of sorts. Like, show us your character's daily life; focus on one specific relationship and show just that relationship through the character's thoughts. It doesn't have to be a complete story; we just want to see, well, a snapshot of your chosen character, or chosen setting. Just one facet of who/what they are.
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As per always, whatever your interpretation of "snapshot" is, we count it. I suppose if you wanted to write a hockey story about a guy with a wicked-fast shooting motion he calls 'snapshot,' we'd count that too. "Image into story" is an old favorite of mine, personally, so I certainly wouldn't argue with that!
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A serious question...

Would a fantasy or futuristic setting count for the "Snapshot in Time" thing if we try to paint a proper picture (with words or real paint), or should we focus on real-world history?
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I'm going to write about a platypus named Petey.


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A serious question...

Would a fantasy or futuristic setting count for the "Snapshot in Time" thing if we try to paint a proper picture (with words or real paint), or should we focus on real-world history?


Sure why not. It was conceived as 'period piece,' which is traditionally past history -- but if you do a good enough job fleshing out the setting, why not future? It's a tall order though. Someone writes anything Victorian and you'll have a hill to climb for that award. But if you wanna try it, go for it!

Art-wise the ball is more in Roman's court. But I imagine the same principles apply.
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I might make an attempt at this one, but I can't make guarantees. February was a lighter month for me, but i'm doing a bit more in March.

Still, this seems like a good place to exorcise some of the inspiration built up for recent reading, so energy might overcome time.
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Still, this seems like a good place to exorcise some of the inspiration


inb4 he's writing about the Spanish Inquisition purging demons from peasants
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@Dark Wind Yes, art is an option for entries. All contestants may submit both a written work and an artwork.

Also for the "finding an image and telling a story about it" that could be a way to do it; what I had more in mind when I suggested the theme was character vingettes of sorts. Like, show us your character's daily life; focus on one specific relationship and show just that relationship through the character's thoughts. It doesn't have to be a complete story; we just want to see, well, a snapshot of your chosen character, or chosen setting. Just one facet of who/what they are.


This clarifies it for me and now I have an idea for my submission. I had to look up the word vignette first though
I assume expository writing is in this case acceptable.
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@WiseDragonGirl Of course it is. I look forward to reading your entry.
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What is Objective Midnight?
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@CountDracula When the clock is 12 in the middle of the day the day after in the capital of Sweden, apparently.
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@CountDracula Well, I say that, but "Objective Midnight" pretty much just means, "if your entry is in before I wake up on April 1st (in gmt-7) then it's accepted."

Unlike the person who runs the other contest, we don't go by the exact time it was uploaded. Just get it in sometime on march 31st your time and it'll be good.

Edit: Oooor go by what PlatinumSkink says
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@RomanAria Okay, thanks :)
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Well, looks like I will end up entering this. Sat down to write last night and knocked out the majority of my idea in about an hour. I guess writing shit set in modern times has been bogging me down, needed to roll back the clock a bit.
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Writing in past tense or present tense? Hmm, decisions, decisions, decisions.
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I can't decide between C Y B E R P U N K or two dudes who just found out their house got bombed.
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@Keyguyperson Combine them.
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What Skink said, @Keyguyperson
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Guys, the purple isn't really THAAAT bad, is it?...


Its the minecraft we are more worried about... What are you? a fourteen year old girl?
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Space cowboys, anyone?

Lol, jk. Jk.

Maybe.
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