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| Word count: 813 As much as I like blogging, and I don’t, I would like to just be able to say this whole contest was beyond fun. This is not going to be allowed though by the people running the said contest. I would be telling the truth when I said I enjoyed the experience. I try not to get into contests that are so involved and take up so much time but I was drawn into it just by the premise. Faries and the fantasy world are a strong pull for me. When you are told you are going to visit six fantasy worlds and you are shown artwork that is beyond beautiful you are pulled into the clutches of the writers. The worlds all have a theme and your endeavors need to revolve around the theme. You are given hints on what you need to tell the world about. There were pictures or words for each world, you have to write a blog. Have I mentioned yet, that I do not like blogging? You also need to write a story that falls in line with the suggestions given. To finish off each area you need to do six reviews in the genres given. I think I’ve made myself clear on how I feel about blogging. Luckily I have “kissed the blarney” stone many times over my writing career. I also know you do not use contractions because using two words instead of the shortened word helps whatever looming word count there is. Several of my blogs came real close to the established count of seven-hundred-and fifty words. (writing out numbers also helps.) The storytelling was not an issue. I have a knack for turning a suggested genre such as horror (not anywhere close to a like) into one such as science fiction or fantasy which I love. No definite word count markers were given, but the stories all had to qualify as short stories. Many literary directions classify short stories as starting with a minimum of fifteen-hundred words. Luckily Writing dot Com, will let you do a thousand and still fall within the parameters of what they consider proper. I always try for at least a thousand plus. Now sometimes my muses take over and allow the characters to just keep trudging forward and I get more. I would rather have a minimum number of words than a maximum. Those darn muses can get carried away sometimes when they are yelling in my head to keep typing. Reviews are no problem to me at all. I actually enjoy doing them. Over the years I have set up a system which works for me. I start off by letting the writer know how I feel about the story and add any suggestTions. I then give a line-by-line review, showing clerical errors in red and suggested changes in blue. When I rate the review, I very seldom go under four stars, because the way I look at it, they should get at least that many just for putting in the effort to write. A piece has to have absolutely no mistakes or very few mistakes but an outstanding take on the genre, to get five stars. One thing this contest did do was to get me reading tales from genres I normally stay away from both in reading and writing. I am not a fan of horror/scary, normally I think because so many writers think you have to add killing, and blood into a story to make it horror. Not my kind of visions I want to add to my brain. I am not much to reading religious stories. This is not because I have an adversion to them, and have anything against the genre, it is just because I am not interested in other peoples opinions which they tend to try and jam down you throat. “Read what I wrote. If you do not agree with me there must be something wrong with your thinking.” Granted they are not all like that, but so many are. Over the past few months, I have tried to broaden my horizons by delving into several of the genres I don’t visit often. I would do this contest again, after a short rest. The only suggestion I have is to lower the word count necessary to complete the blogs, of course. Myself and the other adventures were given two months to complete the total contest. I agree this is an adequate amount of time. Although I finished three weeks early, there were a couple of writers who finished before me. Most of my tie was taken up in the blogging section. Have I mentioned I do not like blogging? If there is anyone out there who likes a challenge, the contest could be finished even now before the July thirty-first deadline. You may not get much sleep but you could do it. ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** |
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This is a lovely share with some wise advice at the end. And it fits the prompt well! Thanks for sharing your experience.
