Writing Discussion II

[Ameriganastan]

I can say from personal experience that writing erotic fiction is also the quickest way to get people to read what you write. Make of that what you will

Not the kind of readers I'd want, quite frankly.

[Osnil Returns]

I can say from personal experience that writing erotic fiction is also the quickest way to get people to read what you write. Make of that what you will

Not the kind of readers I'd want, quite frankly.

Me neither.

[The Grene Knyght]

Someone should reboot the NS short story competition, just sayin'.

(I'd consider doing it but if I did it I'd do it as a flashfic competition out of laziness)

[The first Galactic Republic]

Someone should reboot the NS short story competition, just sayin'.

(I'd consider doing it but if I did it I'd do it as a flashfic competition out of laziness)

Maybe we could do a summer version?

[USS Monitor]

Someone should reboot the NS short story competition, just sayin'.

(I'd consider doing it but if I did it I'd do it as a flashfic competition out of laziness)

You're welcome to do a flashfic contest if you want to try that.

I currently have enough to do with RL and mod stuff, so I don't want to make any additional commitments like running a new short story contest.

[Lady Scylla]

I can say from personal experience that writing erotic fiction is also the quickest way to get people to read what you write. Make of that what you will

Can make a lot of money off of erotica as well.

[Lady Scylla]

Someone should reboot the NS short story competition, just sayin'.

(I'd consider doing it but if I did it I'd do it as a flashfic competition out of laziness)

Maybe we could do a summer version?

As long as we don't end up with the drama from the poetry competition. Volunteering to be a judge for that was a massive mistake.

[USS Monitor]

Maybe we could do a summer version?

As long as we don't end up with the drama from the poetry competition. Volunteering to be a judge for that was a massive mistake.

I really don't know why the poetry one had so much drama. Every contest is a little different because people come and go and their moods change, but it seemed like it was going well, and then all of a sudden it wasn't.

[Ameriganastan]

I'd be up for a story competition.

[Lady Scylla]

As long as we don't end up with the drama from the poetry competition. Volunteering to be a judge for that was a massive mistake.

I really don't know why the poetry one had so much drama. Every contest is a little different because people come and go and their moods change, but it seemed like it was going well, and then all of a sudden it wasn't.

I'm not sure what happened. An argument started about the method of critiquing and then it just exploded from there. Ruined the mood for me, so I didn't bother.

[Lady Scylla]

I'd be up for a story competition.

Once upon a time, there was an Ameri. The End.

[Ameriganastan]

I'd be up for a story competition.

Once upon a time, there was an Ameri. The End.

I am capable of writing stuff longer than that. I just did it yesterday.

[Lady Scylla]

Once upon a time, there was an Ameri. The End.

I am capable of writing stuff longer than that. I just did it yesterday.

I use my thread here to experiment a bit with my writing and explore things

[Ameriganastan]

I am capable of writing stuff longer than that. I just did it yesterday.

I use my thread here to experiment a bit with my writing and explore things

...I just use Tumblr and DeviantArt.

[Lady Scylla]

I use my thread here to experiment a bit with my writing and explore things

...I just use Tumblr and DeviantArt.

Well, this is for the RP side of what I do on NS. Tis a maintenance thread for short stories relating to my FT nation.

[The Grene Knyght]

Would anyone else be interested in judging a flash fiction competition with me? I'd probably put the deadline at the end of may, maybe june, and have a soft limit of 400 words or so. The reason I'd do flash fiction is i think the length of the stories tends to turn people off judging (no one wants to judge 20 stories of they're all 2k words lol). The last few competitions didn't go too well from judges dropping out.

[The first Galactic Republic]

Would anyone else be interested in judging a flash fiction competition with me? I'd probably put the deadline at the end of may, maybe june, and have a soft limit of 400 words or so. The reason I'd do flash fiction is i think the length of the stories tends to turn people off judging (no one wants to judge 20 stories of they're all 2k words lol). The last few competitions didn't go too well from judges dropping out.

I'd be interested, though mainly because I like the idea of a contest. If we suddenly get a lot more people wanting to be judges then I can step down.

[Trotskylvania]

I've been finding that the tedium of everyday is the hardest thing for me to write. Maybe it's my desire for economy, but I find it difficult to put a character in a normal everyday situation. I'm writing a scene which introduces the antagonist, a young naval intelligence officer returning the homeworld for a new assignment, which will see here drawn into a conspiracy she suspects exists but doesn't know for sure.

The scene seemed simple enough. She's returned home to find herself changed, and home changed too, and not for the better. She is meeting an old friend at a cafe, and they have it out about their now radically diverged world views. He's gone full bohemian and given up on all of the the deeply held beliefs they had once shared about justice and responsibility.

It's just going so frightfully slow, putting one word after the other. And I'm not sure why. Last week I blazed through several chapters that should, on face, be more complicate endeavours.

[Anywhere Else But Here]

I've been finding that the tedium of everyday is the hardest thing for me to write. Maybe it's my desire for economy, but I find it difficult to put a character in a normal everyday situation. I'm writing a scene which introduces the antagonist, a young naval intelligence officer returning the homeworld for a new assignment, which will see here drawn into a conspiracy she suspects exists but doesn't know for sure.

The scene seemed simple enough. She's returned home to find herself changed, and home changed too, and not for the better. She is meeting an old friend at a cafe, and they have it out about their now radically diverged world views. He's gone full bohemian and given up on all of the the deeply held beliefs they had once shared about justice and responsibility.

It's just going so frightfully slow, putting one word after the other. And I'm not sure why. Last week I blazed through several chapters that should, on face, be more complicate endeavours.

Is it possible you're just burned out from last week?

[Trotskylvania]

I've been finding that the tedium of everyday is the hardest thing for me to write. Maybe it's my desire for economy, but I find it difficult to put a character in a normal everyday situation. I'm writing a scene which introduces the antagonist, a young naval intelligence officer returning the homeworld for a new assignment, which will see here drawn into a conspiracy she suspects exists but doesn't know for sure.

The scene seemed simple enough. She's returned home to find herself changed, and home changed too, and not for the better. She is meeting an old friend at a cafe, and they have it out about their now radically diverged world views. He's gone full bohemian and given up on all of the the deeply held beliefs they had once shared about justice and responsibility.

It's just going so frightfully slow, putting one word after the other. And I'm not sure why. Last week I blazed through several chapters that should, on face, be more complicate endeavours.

Is it possible you're just burned out from last week?

Could be. But when I shift to other projects it doesn't seem as tedious.

[Lady Scylla]

Would anyone else be interested in judging a flash fiction competition with me? I'd probably put the deadline at the end of may, maybe june, and have a soft limit of 400 words or so. The reason I'd do flash fiction is i think the length of the stories tends to turn people off judging (no one wants to judge 20 stories of they're all 2k words lol). The last few competitions didn't go too well from judges dropping out.

I'd be interested, as a writer, this time around.

[Lady Scylla]

I've been finding that the tedium of everyday is the hardest thing for me to write. Maybe it's my desire for economy, but I find it difficult to put a character in a normal everyday situation. I'm writing a scene which introduces the antagonist, a young naval intelligence officer returning the homeworld for a new assignment, which will see here drawn into a conspiracy she suspects exists but doesn't know for sure.

The scene seemed simple enough. She's returned home to find herself changed, and home changed too, and not for the better. She is meeting an old friend at a cafe, and they have it out about their now radically diverged world views. He's gone full bohemian and given up on all of the the deeply held beliefs they had once shared about justice and responsibility.

It's just going so frightfully slow, putting one word after the other. And I'm not sure why. Last week I blazed through several chapters that should, on face, be more complicate endeavours.

I try to think about what I'd do. After all, your characters are always an extension of you to a point, and putting yourself in their clothing can help. There's no harm in skipping detail -- focus on the unique parts of the scene, it may help relieve some of the stress.

[USS Monitor]

Is it possible you're just burned out from last week?

Could be. But when I shift to other projects it doesn't seem as tedious.

It's normal for some parts of the story to come faster than others.

[Lady Scylla]

Could be. But when I shift to other projects it doesn't seem as tedious.

It's normal for some parts of the story to come faster than others.

I remember reading about an author that wrote ideas like that on notecards, and then moved them around to develop a plot.

[USS Monitor]

It's normal for some parts of the story to come faster than others.

I remember reading about an author that wrote ideas like that on notecards, and then moved them around to develop a plot.

That sounds odd.