Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 Please use this thread for any discussion or questions about this writing challenge.
Salak Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 Have added this to the Members Area community news... Interesting topic, I must say. What era would the civil war be in; what starts it, who's on what side... Dare I ask; which Federation?
Guest Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 Well now! Here's an interesting topic to sink some literary teeth into...
James T. Kolk Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 It has such all-encompassing implications... One word comes to mind: Inconceivable!
Guest Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Marine Captain Llewelyn Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.You've heard of Plato? Aristotle? Socrates?...Morons.
ethan Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 It's Plutarch, Herodotus, Homer and Thucydides that are the greats.
Salak Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 (edited) Correct me if I'm wrong, but you just listed off writers & poets Ethan (I had to translate Homer & Virgil from Latin to English as part of my GCSEs!), while Llewelyn listed philosophers...Why are we talking Classics? Edited November 22, 2008 by Salak
ethan Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 Because they're Classics! I know they were writers, but it doesn't make them any less great where would we be without a bit of randomness? And on the writing challenge board, isn't it inspirational writers we should look to?
James T. Kolk Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 I know I'm in here for the inspiration... ::scribbles down notes and runs off to a secret place to write his story::
Toni Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 I"m glad I didn't read this thread before I wrote mine. I think I may have chickened out. But I got inspired to write it before the holiday rush struck me.
Guest Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 HUGE topic this time, my problem has been trying to work out where to focus my attention. but potentially you could write something really quite epic with a topic like this.
Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 Grumble, grumble, Christmas, grumble, grumble, not enough time...
James T. Kolk Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 (edited) Jhenny, Jhenny, Jhenny... I got it done... All it takes is determination and great characters to propell the story... Not sure I had that second bit, but I did get it done.P.S. What do you think Toni, are we gonna have any more competition? Or is Christmas gonna leave us lonely? Edited December 13, 2008 by Lt. Jack Kolk
Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 I've got determination, thanks very much. AND great characters in fact, so... wait, I need a story, too?
Salak Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 *grumble grumble* Award nominations, SOFTA pieces, OOC stuff, RL problems (hence LOA)... Nothing from me this time.And no, not even trying to put an entry together.
Sakorra Jefferson Reed Posted December 14, 2008 Posted December 14, 2008 Drat. I'm getting near the end, but I'm already well over 3000 words! That means I have to start killing some of my babies, and I hate killing my babies. Anyone else have this problem?* For anyone who doesn't know, that is just writer speak for cutting some beautiful, lovely words out of my story. I'm really not sadistic. At least when it comes to babies.
Toni Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 Grumble, grumble, Christmas, grumble, grumble, not enough time...Bah Hum bug! Whatcha grumbling about, Jhen. You have a few more days to shop.
Guest Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 Did the last of it today - amazed i didn't kill someone. i don't like crowds at the best of times...
James T. Kolk Posted December 22, 2008 Posted December 22, 2008 Psst... Jhen, you forgot the little "This Entry is Finished" Arrow on your story...
Guest Posted December 22, 2008 Posted December 22, 2008 aha, i just noticed that exact same thing on my own.pity i didn't notice it earlier as i can't edit it now.oops.
Marine Captain Llewelyn Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) Feedback: The Cost of the Greater Good by Lieutenant (Jg) Iolo Madoc LlewelynWow... Just... Wow... Our current mission deals with a civil war on a planet, so this topic is a fitting one for my character and personal thoughts. You gave me some good, devious ideas, that had I not been mid-mission, would have made a good thought process. I especially liked the way that you developed the story, telling it from the point of two brothers, a most used thought in civil war stories. One area that I struggled with was the formatting of the story - it was a bit mushed together, but that is more a cosmetic thing than a stylistic thing at all. Essentially, what really did it for me was the humanity of the two characters; you could really understand and believe their point of view and that they thought it was the right. That's something that just about any story dealing with a Civil War follows: I am right, you are wrong.Fantastic story!Thanks for the kind words. Working within the constraints of 3000 words its hard sometimes to make it all fit together nicely, but as a descendent of a family that was ripped apart by the American Civil War, and the aftermath during reconstruction, for me it boiled down to that very basic personal cost issue. Of course I've always wanted to explore the possibility that maybe the Needs of the Many doctrine, which is in essence purely democratic, had terrible costs for those in the minority within the Federation. I thought it was dramatic as well that the Starfleet marines now are a recognized and supported element within the UFOP, and therefore could be used in the story. What is so dramatic about the inclusion of the Marine element to the story is the idea that the Marines are Always Faithful. The idea of Marines fighting Marines in a civil war is ultimately tragic, and frought with mental and emotional gymnastics, and that was one thing I wanted to bring across. The thing that brought it all together was imagining what the exchange between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee must have been like at Appamattox. Both men had served in the Mexican American War, with distinction, and both were West Pointers. Additionally, both had been doing their best to kill old friends and relatives up until that moment. I'm glad you liked the story. Edited December 30, 2008 by Iolo Madoc Llewelyn
Toni Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Congratulations Lewelyn, great job. You too Reed. Both were terrific stories.
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