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Should we start a short story competition here on ST? -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jan 1 '14, 20:05

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can it involve lots of women & alcohol? -- nm - Tryion Lannister Jan 1, 20:29 1
- well, it would probably be best to avoid fanfic, if that's what you mean ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:34
"For sale: baby shoes, lightly used (see photo)." nm - Dignan Jan 1, 20:22
i'm in, if we're talking the next few weeks. i have some time before semester starts. and we can come up w/ a prompt ... - i'm finally the New Year's Baby ! Jan 1, 20:17 9
- Yeah, I'm thinking like a three-week timeframe, 400-800 words, but it's all negotiable -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:19 8
  - well, i have a couple of ideas, the framework of which is borrowed from NPR "3 minute fiction" ... - i'm finally the New Year's Baby ! Jan 1, 20:26
  - Can I submit my next newsletter column...they generally run 500-750 words ;) - Meg Jan 1, 20:26
  - I think that word count is considerably low. -- nm - Qale Jan 1, 20:25 5
    - well, we are talking a short term thing ... unless enough interested folks want to do, say, 7500 - 10k words max in a 3 week period.... - i'm finally the New Year's Baby ! Jan 1, 20:27
    - See my post below for why I had that target in mind, you're welcome to suggest something more befitting that idea. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:27 3
      - I like your idea. I'm just considering that my last movie review was 515 words. -- nm - Qale Jan 1, 20:42 2
        
        Yeah, many of my blog posts end up in that range too ... hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:48 1
        
        There's a certain skill to working something into a shorter format. It takes a special kind of editing. I generally do a great deal of cutting before - Meg Jan 1, 20:51
I mean, who would be in? Short in this case would be something like 400-800 words ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:10 8
- That's incredibly short. That's shorter than most David posts. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 1, 20:50
- In, but need a writing prompt. -- nm - colin Jan 1, 20:14 5
  - Like a genre idea, or a deadline, or a constant reminder? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:15 4
    - Ah, I see, more of a subject hint/inspiration. Hrm. What I'm thinking is, once we're done with the competition, we can vote on a winner and then... - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:26 3
      - ST? published? ???? :) - i'm finally the New Year's Baby ! Jan 1, 20:28 2
        
        quite. I was just thinking of one of those self-pub things. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:32 1
        
        yeah ... there are a number of websites we can go thru ... - i'm finally the New Year's Baby ! Jan 1, 20:38
- Sure -- nm - JaxSean Jan 1, 20:13

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