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Due to lack of interest in the competition, and the deadline only being three days away, I've decided to extend the competition until after the Christmas holidays. This is because I really want to see the group getting involved and I have had it pointed out that the run up to Christmas is very busy when it comes to school work. Therefore I will throw the deadline even further and set it for the 15th of February. This should avoid the pressure of January exams as well.
Clichés are split into three main groups. You have:
- Situational clichés
o Beneath the moonlight
o It was a dark and stormy night
- Character clichés
o A Scotsman with bright orange hair and a kilt
o Overprotective father
- Linguistic clichés
o “Dull as ditchwater”
o “I nearly had a heart attack!”
The contest rules run as follows.
- Dig down into the random recesses of literature and pull out some of the most annoying clichés that you can find.
- You need a minimum of ten clichés to enter this competition, include a list of the clichés in their original forms in the Artist’s description box.
- Nearly any form of literature will be accepted, everything but fan-fiction. I want to see original works for this competition.
- Show a clear narrative. Throwing a list of ten clichés together will not get you anywhere, since the reason the clichés need to be listed in original form afterwards, will be so that I can see what you have used. Twist them out of proportion; show me clichés in a way that is completely unique.
- “As thick as a plank of wood!” – “With the mental capacity of a great oak!”
- This is a competition designed to show me your skills as story-tellers. Really throw yourselves into the piece and show me what you have got.
- A maximum of 3,000 words and only one entry per member.
- DEADLINE: 15th February 2012
Prizes
- 1st Place:
- 2 critiques on a piece of work of your choice.
- A copy of 'Can I Change Your Mind' by Lindsay Camp
- Feature on the 'Writing and Works' blog
- Feature on the 'MotifInk' website
- 2nd Place
- 1 Critique on a piece of work of your choice
- Feature on the 'Motif Ink' website
- 3rd Place
- Feature on the 'Motif Ink' website
{send me a note if you would like to offer any further prizes}
Clichés are split into three main groups. You have:
- Situational clichés
o Beneath the moonlight
o It was a dark and stormy night
- Character clichés
o A Scotsman with bright orange hair and a kilt
o Overprotective father
- Linguistic clichés
o “Dull as ditchwater”
o “I nearly had a heart attack!”
The contest rules run as follows.
- Dig down into the random recesses of literature and pull out some of the most annoying clichés that you can find.
- You need a minimum of ten clichés to enter this competition, include a list of the clichés in their original forms in the Artist’s description box.
- Nearly any form of literature will be accepted, everything but fan-fiction. I want to see original works for this competition.
- Show a clear narrative. Throwing a list of ten clichés together will not get you anywhere, since the reason the clichés need to be listed in original form afterwards, will be so that I can see what you have used. Twist them out of proportion; show me clichés in a way that is completely unique.
- “As thick as a plank of wood!” – “With the mental capacity of a great oak!”
- This is a competition designed to show me your skills as story-tellers. Really throw yourselves into the piece and show me what you have got.
- A maximum of 3,000 words and only one entry per member.
- DEADLINE: 15th February 2012
Prizes
- 1st Place:
- 2 critiques on a piece of work of your choice.
- A copy of 'Can I Change Your Mind' by Lindsay Camp
- Feature on the 'Writing and Works' blog
- Feature on the 'MotifInk' website
- 2nd Place
- 1 Critique on a piece of work of your choice
- Feature on the 'Motif Ink' website
- 3rd Place
- Feature on the 'Motif Ink' website
{send me a note if you would like to offer any further prizes}
Change in management [IMPORTANT]
Fellow artists,
As of eleven days ago, I have become the Founder and sole administrator of this group. The previous founder has not given me a reason for her sudden departure, but I feel it is safe to assume that she did not want to just delete this group because of her own inability or unwillingness to keep running it. I can absolutely understand this motion.
That leaves me with a group to run and with it a big problem: this group has over 500 members and, even though not all of you are very active, it is mathematically improbable that I can handle running this group alone. In the past few months, submissions have been handled mainly by m
Fifty Word Flash - June Prompt
So it's been a while since we ran one of these prompts but it's back and hopefully so am I! We're still recruiting new admins so if you would like to help out here at the group then head over to the Looking For Admins journal and see what might suit you.
This Month's Prompt:
'Timing'
Guidelines
- Jot down your fifty words in the comments below. [Word counts must come in between forty-five and fifty-five words. No more no less.]
- Titles are not included in the word-count, but they also do not factor into the judging. We're looking at the response itself.
- Use the prompt as it appears in your entry.
- This is open to all, you don't need t
Looking For Admins
Good Morning!
I've not been around much over the last few months and for that I apologise. I'm in the middle of buying a house, studying for an accounting qualification, writing my novel and working full time and running a blog. With all that going on I haven't been able to spend much time over here at DA.
So I'm looking for members to take over some positions in the group. Really we need:
- 2 poetry admins [ responsible for accepting poetry to the folders. I would like it if they could leave a little comment on each piece as well. I would also like the poetry admins to run a monthly journal post with their top five picks from the months s
Fifty Word Flash - October Prompt
This Month's Prompt
"That careful smile"
Guidelines
- Jot down your fifty words in the comments below. [Word counts must come in between forty-five and fifty-five words. No more no less.]
- Titles are not included in the word-count, but they also do not factor into the judging. We're looking at the response itself.
- Use the prompt as it appears in your entry.
- This is open to all, you don't need to be a member of the group to participate, only a member of DA!
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd will be featured at the end of the month. (As long as I get enough entries to fill those slots.)
- Have fun with the prompt! The more creative the better!
GOOD L
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Not so mush lack of interest on my side but more a school project that must be finished in 2 weeks and we started 4 weeks ago... it takes all my time I'm writing you this just before I go to sleep.
yours sincerely,
~Me
yours sincerely,
~Me