Less than one week before all rough drafts are due!
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WWYP XIII: Apocalypse Now
- Thread starter Jam Stunna
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Terywj [태리]
Charismatic Maknae~
Looks like I won't be able to make this in time. Oh well! I'll probably finish on my own time and submit it to Creative Minds for feedback and stuff.
Best of luck to the entrants!
Best of luck to the entrants!
tekkie
Smash Master
i've got this so hard, i hope i dont forget if i dont submit on the 31st someone remind me lol
edit: its about a group of unlikely heroes fighting against a virus outbreak that spreads when people touch (kind of like zombies i guess ^^; ) as they try to escape and trying to find a cure in a remote laboratory oh and one of the protaginists is an elf and another is a neko (cat-girl) the rest are humans :D
edit: its about a group of unlikely heroes fighting against a virus outbreak that spreads when people touch (kind of like zombies i guess ^^; ) as they try to escape and trying to find a cure in a remote laboratory oh and one of the protaginists is an elf and another is a neko (cat-girl) the rest are humans :D
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Aria♪
haha Cat-girl + Elf in an Apocalypse story's going to be wierd. I guess it could work, though.
I'm actually getting in some decent progress in my story, and it should be done by the deadline. I'll still be cutting it close word-count-wise, though...
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I'm actually getting in some decent progress in my story, and it should be done by the deadline. I'll still be cutting it close word-count-wise, though...
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DerpDaBerp
Smash Champion
The Phazon Assassin
Smash Champion
I think he's saying it'll be right around 10,000 words.
Gatlin
cactus in the valley that's about to crumble down.
Mmm, wish I hadn't procrastinated so long. Also taking a pretty big risk with mine, hopefully it will remain appropriate and on prompt.
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Aria♪
haha. After Cam's, I think just about anything will be appropriate. 
You better finish yours, though.
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You better finish yours, though.
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tekkie
Smash Master
going in so hard im so pumped for this
DerpDaBerp
Smash Champion
Oh I know lol. I just see 10,000 words as too far off for me
Dammit! I hope I make this. it's coming along at a glacial pace now all of a sudden. Oh well.
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Aria♪
Eff. I'm falling behind on my story. I hope I finish the rough draft in time. :/
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DerpDaBerp
Smash Champion
should have mine up by tomorrow
nvm, tonight
DerpDaBerp
Smash Champion
When we finish our final drafts, do you want us to just edit our rough threads and label them (final)?
If yes, do you lock the threads once that happens?
If yes, do you lock the threads once that happens?
tekkie
Smash Master
is there like a formatting guide somewhere around here?
Yes, once you've made all the changes to your rough draft, just add "FINAL" into the title. We'll wait until the end of the revision phase before we lock all the threads.
Formatting in terms of what?
After checking out his thread/entry, I think he means paragraphs and whatnot.
Tekkie, just put a space between paragraphs. Unfortunately, Word formatting doesn't carry over, so when I (and others) post a story on SWF, I ignore indents and simply put a space between paragraphs.
Also, and this is only my opinion, it'd be good if people didn't put
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Aria♪
yay. 9000 words down, 3000 to go............ wait..................s***.
I'm going to have to seriously cut this thing down. It doesn't matter if the rough draft is over 10000 words, does it? As long as the final draft is under the word limit?
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I'm going to have to seriously cut this thing down. It doesn't matter if the rough draft is over 10000 words, does it? As long as the final draft is under the word limit?
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Correct .
Entries may be submitted up until 11:59 PST! So you still have a few hours!
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Aria♪
11:59 PST? So that would be 2:59 EST? I'll probably get mine up within like 2 hours.
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THE ROUGH DRAFT SUBMISSION PHASE IS CLOSED. NO NEW STORIES WILL BE ALLOWED.
The following stories are open for critiques:
Our One True Freedom by Final63
The Final Judgement by The Phazon Assassin
The Bensch Device by tekkie
Animals by Dark Horse
My Claire by DerpDaBerp
The Dead Flag by Virgilijus
Pumpkin by Goldshadow
Him by MARaTHonman
Title in Progress by camerino1
The following contestants have already commented on another contestant's story. If your name is not on this list, be sure to comment on at least one other story by August 15th!
Goldshadow
Tekkie
Final63
camerino1
MARaTHonman
Dark Horse
The following stories are open for critiques:
Our One True Freedom by Final63
The Final Judgement by The Phazon Assassin
The Bensch Device by tekkie
Animals by Dark Horse
My Claire by DerpDaBerp
The Dead Flag by Virgilijus
Pumpkin by Goldshadow
Him by MARaTHonman
Title in Progress by camerino1
The following contestants have already commented on another contestant's story. If your name is not on this list, be sure to comment on at least one other story by August 15th!
Goldshadow
Tekkie
Final63
camerino1
MARaTHonman
Dark Horse
LT, you should post your story anyway, even if it can't be judged. You've talked about it so much I'm curious to see it.
DerpDaBerp
Smash Champion
So who's the third judge going to be?
Just two this time
I'm going to. It would be a total waste to just abandon it.
Also, I hate to out Virg his rough draft entry is literally the lyrics from the song that is inspiring his story.
If that is acceptable, I would have absolutely no qualms of entering my own 1/4 finished story.
If that is acceptable, I would have absolutely no qualms of entering my own 1/4 finished story.
DerpDaBerp
Smash Champion
......
*googles*
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I feel kind of stupid
*googles*
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I feel kind of stupid
Well, he posted the link right in his thread too...
Man, missed the rough draft deadline. Oh well, maybe next time.
Hence why I said it was a very, very rough draft and heavily influenced. Making the rough draft deadline was warranted as more important than completing the story and getting it close to finalized.
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Aria♪
Pssh. I didn't finish a full draft by the deadline, and I still submitted what I had. Hell, I didn't even finish it until this morning. I probably could have done some crappy job and finished it, but I decided not to.
Speaking of which, my story should be updated with the full version tonight (after I have the time to type up what I've written).
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Speaking of which, my story should be updated with the full version tonight (after I have the time to type up what I've written).
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The first draft is always crap. Always. It is much more important to finish whatever crap you have and get it down and edit to your hearts content in the days after than to not submit at all. ANd that's not just my opinion; it's Hemingway's and I tend to agree with him.
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Aria♪
Most of the time I like to figure out every detail of my story and what works best before I even start writing. I obviously do have to change quite a few things later on, though.
I didn't have time to do that this time, though, which is why my story is just meh in my opinion. :/
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I didn't have time to do that this time, though, which is why my story is just meh in my opinion. :/
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I think this isn't a great way to write. Writing is writing, it's not just pre-planning. I find it very difficult to forge a connection with my characters when I'm lining out their entire existence on a time-line or brainstorm sheet before I even meet them.
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Aria♪
Meh, maybe I'm just weird, because I feel the exact opposite way about it. :/
Oh fail. I procrastinate too much and get distracted by other things. Finished story will be up tomorrow. :V
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Oh fail. I procrastinate too much and get distracted by other things. Finished story will be up tomorrow. :V
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The best story I've written was one where I knew exactly what I was going to write before I started. I got about 1/4 into it, realized it sucked and started over with no plan. The second version was 34 times better than the first.
It was 33 times better and you know it, you liar! 
Although in my experience I find this to be truer for longer works as opposed to short stories, the point still stands. Listen to Virg, the man knows what he's talking about.
Can I still enter a story as a final draft that wasn't judged in rough form? I was just massively inspired by one of the entries.
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