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Seems the only thing we really have going here is the SSC and the occasional random story posted in the hope of either £30 vouchers or a little feedback.
Is there any chance of a 'hands up' from anyone seriously interested in writing something a little longer? Could I be so bold as to propose some of you try writing something longer than a 1,000 word short story? How about an ongoing story posted in 1,000 word episodes?
I've done this sort of thing on the forums before, and tends to go down well if you have the balls to write to a bigger picture.
Thoughts welcome.
Is there any chance of a 'hands up' from anyone seriously interested in writing something a little longer? Could I be so bold as to propose some of you try writing something longer than a 1,000 word short story? How about an ongoing story posted in 1,000 word episodes?
I've done this sort of thing on the forums before, and tends to go down well if you have the balls to write to a bigger picture.
Thoughts welcome.
Flower wrote:
> Even some of the SSC enteries i don't bother reading, unless the
> comments suggest that it is a really good story...
That can lead to something very bad.
I wrote a story, called Deja vu, which involved me copying and pasting to get the Deja vu effect.
JFH posted:
Nice copying and pasting.
9/10.
For some reason that I can't understand, alot of people didn't like me, and one of these people, I think he had Frankenstien in his name, so I'll call him that, read the comment and thought I had copied this off of another site.
A shouting match began, then he admitted it was his fault, and for some reason said it was my fault somehow as well.
I didn't like Frankenstien.......
> Even some of the SSC enteries i don't bother reading, unless the
> comments suggest that it is a really good story...
That can lead to something very bad.
I wrote a story, called Deja vu, which involved me copying and pasting to get the Deja vu effect.
JFH posted:
Nice copying and pasting.
9/10.
For some reason that I can't understand, alot of people didn't like me, and one of these people, I think he had Frankenstien in his name, so I'll call him that, read the comment and thought I had copied this off of another site.
A shouting match began, then he admitted it was his fault, and for some reason said it was my fault somehow as well.
I didn't like Frankenstien.......
I've browsed there a few times in the past - read some stuff. I'll check it out again. Thanks.
Might be worth your while signing up to something like http://www.writewords.org.uk
All writers, all looking to get, or have been published. All willing to read and comment on your work.
All writers, all looking to get, or have been published. All willing to read and comment on your work.
Everpain wrote:
> You looking to get published?
If I can get it to a high enough level as a whole, then I will try.
> You looking to get published?
If I can get it to a high enough level as a whole, then I will try.
Even some of the SSC enteries i don't bother reading, unless the comments suggest that it is a really good story...
Yeah, unless it has very good paragraphs or looks very funny/interesting alot of people (including me) just can't be bothered.
You looking to get published?
The trouble with long competition entries is that they require a significant amount of attention to read them.
The trouble with long competition entries is that they require a significant amount of attention to read them.
I do write longer fiction (currently trying to round-off a 80,000 word novel - I'm terrible at endings!) ... I'm not sure I'd want to post anything on a grand scale here myself, although I would be interested in reading longer stuff by others. Perhaps future SSCs could ask for higher wordcount entries?
Seems the only thing we really have going here is the SSC and the occasional random story posted in the hope of either £30 vouchers or a little feedback.
Is there any chance of a 'hands up' from anyone seriously interested in writing something a little longer? Could I be so bold as to propose some of you try writing something longer than a 1,000 word short story? How about an ongoing story posted in 1,000 word episodes?
I've done this sort of thing on the forums before, and tends to go down well if you have the balls to write to a bigger picture.
Thoughts welcome.
Is there any chance of a 'hands up' from anyone seriously interested in writing something a little longer? Could I be so bold as to propose some of you try writing something longer than a 1,000 word short story? How about an ongoing story posted in 1,000 word episodes?
I've done this sort of thing on the forums before, and tends to go down well if you have the balls to write to a bigger picture.
Thoughts welcome.