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"In Competition"

Tomorrow (Saturday) I go into competition.

Writing against the clock. I get sent a topic and word count, and then have 36 hours to provide a story, the best receiving a prize of £50, and two runners up prizes of £25.

I'm looking forward to it, but really, it's fallen during a difficult weekend. My wife is working in the morning, and in the evening on Saturday, so I'll only have the middle of the day to do it, during which time Man Utd play Newcastle, a match I didn't really want to miss.

On Monday it's my brothers birthday, and I have to get him a present at some point, so this will put a dent in Sunday, and I'll have to give the FA Cup semi's a miss too.

I'll probably end up having to work through Saturday night to get it right.

Once the competition is over, I might just post it here for you to read. Perhaps I'll put it online during the day, and ask for suggestions!

Can't wait for the topic now though, and to get started. Just twenty two hours and twenty five minutes...

Take a look at my story too please Meka, when you have a little time free. When does the competition close and is there a website where all the entries will be displayed?

Tribute wrote:
> Mr. Meka, could you please cast a critical eye over my work, 'he', I
> could use a writer I respects opinion on it.
>
> Please, any contructive criticisms.
>
> Any at all?

I'm on my way out now after finally getting mine done, but I give it a look either tomorrow, or when I'm back at work on Tuesday.

I'll stick my own first draft and final, up later in the week too.

Mr. Meka, could you please cast a critical eye over my work, 'he', I could use a writer I respects opinion on it.

Please, any contructive criticisms.

Any at all?

V2 is a much improved story, now 1153.

I'll post both once the compo is over, just so that you can see the changes!

Best of luck mate, I know you'll do greatly.

Mines now covered in green pen, and I wish I'd double spaced it.

Just making the necessary changes, which will push it close to the word limit, but another rewrite should fix that. Hopefully!

I've been laughing at that since I read it about 10 minutes ago.

Now you've started me again you fool.

And 1/2 an hour at the warning on a cigarette packet? I wonder what you'd do if you saw a Canadian one, they have diagrams and everything!

Starlight wrote:
> I'd write about a mirror with arms and legs that goes around
> reflecting the sun into peoples eyes. And then goes home and tell his
> mates how rock hard he is.

Either I am drunk from Freekee soda or that was funniest thing I read in a long time.

Dunno why.

I once laughed at the warning on a cigarette packet for 1/2 an hour.

Yes.

225 words isn't really a lot when you look at it on paper.
Hopefully not strict then.
I absolutely hate when you have something that is only a couple of hundred words over a limit, I find it hard to reduce it.

Good luck, both of you.

Mines 1225 words. I just emailed Sue about seeing how strict the word count is. I really hope it's not very strict.