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Originally posted by whaaa
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by masqua
I'm definetly up for that.
Also I think putting in a character minimum will help make the stories more thought out and overall will increase the quality.
Agreed, but not so high as to be intimidating and discourage new people from entering.
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Originally posted by whaaa
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by masqua
I'm definetly up for that.
Also I think putting in a character minimum will help make the stories more thought out and overall will increase the quality.
Agreed, but not so high as to be intimidating and discourage new people from entering.
Certainly, but I don't think that 2500 or 5000 is too big. I mean come on, we get 10K characters maximum per post, so a quarter or half of that is a good expectation IMO.
~Keeper
Originally posted by masqua
Fictional story from the perspective of something other than a human?
Why not? The scope of the topic should be all inclusive.
...from drama to comedy.
That too.
*As a side note, I've been contemplating requesting Writer's status so that I could participate in the Collaborative Writing subjects... perhaps a future request will be headed your way!
I'll be looking for it. BTW... if you enter a story in the upcoming contest, you'd get the status anyways.
Originally posted by masqua
You know... that's not a bad idea.
How would we set it up? A fictional story with a wide range of topics, as in global consequences to the entire planet all the way across to personal stories about individuals losing their livelihood?
No REALLY short stories, though, unless judges want to have to choose between hundreds of entries.
Which brings me to another point... we'd need volunteer judges from the membership who cannot enter the contest.
Originally posted by JR MacBeth
reply to post by masqua
Hi Masqua, looks like you've got the answers. Is there at least some "latitude" concerning profanity, when it comes to fiction?
Obviously, keeping profanity down in any civil discourse makes perfect sense. But when it comes to fiction, it seems like one might expect a small break.
Probably the best thing is to just read some of what is considered "acceptable". Any stories I could be directed to, that might help inspire me on this issue? Perhaps others are doing a good job already, and are still managing to stay within the T&C.
An example that comes to mind is a Galactica-style substitution, such as "frake". But, that could probably be considered an attempt to circumvent.
Originally posted by Aliensun
I was looking for info on submissions, (lengths, etc.) and now I want to know what the "!" and "X" meant and what (HHWC) or whatever it was that prefaced and ended some titles. I'be been on other forums, mostly the ET/UFO place an' we ain't got that kinda stuff there. Permission? Why would you need permission? What is required to give to get permission? Can you be denied permission? Then what?