Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 Please use this thread for any discussion or questions about this writing challenge.
Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf Posted March 6, 2008 Author Posted March 6, 2008 I'm actually on time for once. Crazy, huh?
Guest Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 Golden Path huh? well this could be a very varied round!And kudos to the Admiral for his timing. Considering you're patching the website and forums back together I'm doubly impressed!
Salak Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 (edited) If I think of something (and I just got a vague idea what the title might mean) to enter, I might actually make the deadline this time... ...well, we can hope. EDIT: Oh, and kudos to the Admiral too, yup! EDIT2: *stumbles across Dunes' Golden Path on Wikipedia trying to find out the equivelant of Path in Latin and/or Ancient Greek* ...I'll guess that'd be where the challenge title idea came from? I'll read/watch Dune at some point, I've still only played one of the computer games. [Emperor: Battle for Dune if anyone's curious] Edited March 6, 2008 by Salak
Delinda Sharee Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 I think I have a workable idea. I just hope it does not stray too far from the topic. But there is only one way to find out, right?I look forward to reading what everyone else comes up with.
Guest Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 The topic's so broad i don't think you can stray off it!
Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf Posted March 8, 2008 Author Posted March 8, 2008 If I think of something (and I just got a vague idea what the title might mean) to enter, I might actually make the deadline this time... ...well, we can hope. EDIT: Oh, and kudos to the Admiral too, yup! EDIT2: *stumbles across Dunes' Golden Path on Wikipedia trying to find out the equivelant of Path in Latin and/or Ancient Greek* ...I'll guess that'd be where the challenge title idea came from? I'll read/watch Dune at some point, I've still only played one of the computer games. [Emperor: Battle for Dune if anyone's curious]Actually no, not the inspiration The challenge winner who's choosing the next challenge's theme gets to pick from about five. To get those five, I just free-associate, group similar themes, and then separate them into challenge rounds. (i.e.- a set of "objects" for one round, a set of "X or Y" for another round, etc.) "The Golden Path" was (apparently) the most interesting of the themes I presented to Falcon, which all started with "The..." I don't want to give away too much more, though, because the other themes might show up in the future. So it doesn't really "mean" anything. Don't try to put too much thought into the background of the theme -- you'll lose the spirit of the challenge that way
Salak Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Duly noted. Not having read dune or anything, I didn't even skim the Golden Path article. I'm thinking more Nebulae and sunrises at the sec After all, the Latin for Gold (Aureus) translates literally as "Shining Dawn"
Toni Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 I wasn't sure which of the new buttons to use, but I used the one that indicated an arrow. If that is not the correct one for a completed manuscript, would someone let me know?Thanks in advance.
+ Clase Drene Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 It looks about right Tonibut what does the post Icon do in this thread if used Ahhh that is what it does...
Bar Zukiza Posted April 2, 2008 Posted April 2, 2008 I hope I'm not to late, I've thought of a decent plot that might enthrall ya'll. Ima have a crack at this, though, with names like toni turner, Im still an under dog
Toni Posted April 2, 2008 Posted April 2, 2008 Names like Toni Turner should not bother you. She is just a writer, and so are you. Besides, you don't look like a under dog. Your picture on your posts looks down right "catty." *lol* I can't wait to read your story.
Salak Posted April 2, 2008 Posted April 2, 2008 Hope to get some work done on an entry on the Train on Friday, maybe again on the train back on Monday... in between having my head buried in Astronomy Now and National Geographic magazines Might actually finish my entry before the deadline for once?
James T. Kolk Posted April 2, 2008 Posted April 2, 2008 I myself and having an unusually difficult time this round. I have the skeleton of an idea, but I just can't seem to get it fleshed out... I'll keep trying and hopefully get it done by the deadline.
Toni Posted April 2, 2008 Posted April 2, 2008 I was in a writing mood with the challenge was posted on the March 5, and got mine out by the 13th, but then I shoot from the hip and never do outlines. I choose a basic title, and then let the words take the story where it wants to go. May sound crude to many, but then I don't have a formal education past high school and it was the way I taught myself to do it.
Guest Posted April 2, 2008 Posted April 2, 2008 (edited) Might actually finish my entry before the deadline for once? Salak in 'actually submitting story' shocker.i've got an idea, started writing it a while ago and seem to have tailed off. i'll put some time aside this week, see if i can get something finished.toni - sounds like a great way to write to me! I sometimes need to jot down some extra details (character names and suchlike) before i can get going, otherwise i tend to keep ideas bouncing around in my head but it's not utill i actually start writing that they come together. Edited April 2, 2008 by Jhen Thelev
James T. Kolk Posted April 3, 2008 Posted April 3, 2008 Rough idea in the head, then sit down writing? Sounds about right to me. Although, oddly my very first Writing Contest entry did actually have a written outline first. But I swear that was a fluke. No, the "skeleton" this time is just in my head. Unfortunately he's staying there. Grrr. I'll scare him out one of these days.
Salak Posted April 3, 2008 Posted April 3, 2008 (edited) I tend to get the outline in my head, commit it to paper so I don't forget it, then add to it with other ideas. The final story comes out of that melting pot.Or with sims, I write pretty much the first thing into my head, with the "Vulcanise" checker running in my head as I do so. It's led to a few... non-fluid reading bits of description recently though. Edited April 3, 2008 by Salak
Toni Posted April 3, 2008 Posted April 3, 2008 Jhen Thelev Posted Today, 04:10 PM toni - sounds like a great way to write to me! I sometimes need to jot down some extra details (character names and suchlike) before i can get going, otherwise i tend to keep ideas bouncing around in my head but it's not utill i actually start writing that they come together.I don't choose the final name's for the characters until the story is completed. This gives me the option of writing "Ann" but if she turns out to be a Brandy, then I can change it easily. It's like the Klingon story I wrote last year that won. The story started out as to be about Terrans, but the Klingon characters evovle in the writing. I don't set anything in stone.
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