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The purpose of this newsletter is to highlight some of the current contests and activities on the site, help educate members on how to host contests and activities, and provide clues to submit quality entries to contests. Write to me if you'd like something in particular covered.
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Crediting Others
This newsletter isn't about writing a thesis or footnotes, but a simpler idea to implement on this site. It's a suggestion for linking others in your items.
For example, you decide to enter Really Cool Contest A and write this fabulously funny story that places second in the competition. You get some nice reviews and the other contestants congratulate you. Then what? Well, a nice idea would be to link the contest at the bottom of your winning entry. (Hey, you're down there adding a word count anyway!) And perhaps a link to the first place contestant's item. Not only does this make you look like a really cool member, it helps guide readers from your awesome story to a site contest and another entry. This keeps readers sending reviews and keeps a fun contest going because people are finding it and entering. It's a win-win thing.
The Updates system would let the other people know you're linking them and you'll know if they post your name as a winner. Mention this contest in your Notebook and send some Fans over. This creates more traffic in your portfolio and theirs, creates more views and hopefully more reviews. While I mention reviews, I might add something else - if you random review, or happen to be just looking through a person's portfolio page and decide to review something, let them know how you got there. Tell them you found them on Random Review or from a link somewhere else. It's always good to know where your traffic is coming from, even if it is from clever choices from the Genres and Keywords area when creating an item - you do fill those out, don't you??? Don't be stuck on the dreaded "Other".
I have an image shop and I'm always flattered when someone links my name or my shop in their image item. It's great advertising and I can see on my Item Statistics that I get visits from links in other member's items. It doesn't always translate into an instant purchase, but it's good to know members have come over and looked around. Hopefully, they bookmarked it and will stop in again. I advertise in Bid Click and get visits from ads, but it's even better when someone links my items for free.  So talk up other members and help people find their contest or activity...the more the merrier!
Write on!
This month's question: How do you help others by linking? Send in your answer below!  Editors love feedback!
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The task is simple: get inspired by the photograph shown on the page and write a short story using this inspiration!
Excerpt: Write anything you want about any pet, a strange/unusual pet, beloved pets, special purpose pets, childhood pet, loving and caring for a pet, losing a pet, a conversation between pets, a pet's attitude "in their own words" ANY TOPIC related to PETS is the only prompt. Short story, essay, poem, drama, humor, heartfelt, silly, delightful, sad, ...you know what to write.
Excerpt: During the month of April, we challenge you to write the best poem possible about Pink Fluffy Unicorns.
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Excerpt: Contest: To write a story or poem omitting a letter. The best story or poem that actually accomplishes leaving out the given letter will win. March's Letter: V March's Genre: Steam Punk
Excerpt: Each month, you are assigned one person to be a secret pal to. During this time you cannot reveal your identity. You will do thoughtful things for your pal, like give reviews (anonymously!!), c-notes, or anything else you can think of. In return, your pal will do thoughtful things for you as well! Isn't that nice?
Excerpt: On Monday, post your goals for the week and I'll send you 1,000 Gift Points. --- Come back on Friday, post your updates on your goals, and I'll send you an additional 1,000 Gift Points!
Excerpt: Your story must contain a setting, at least one (1) character, a conflict and a resolution. --- Here's the hard part - your story must be 300 words or fewer.
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This month's question: How do you help others by linking? Send in your answer below! Editors love feedback!
Last month's question: Do images or quotes inspire you more?
ElizabethHayes-DaughterofIAM  replied: When it comes to photo or quotation prompts, photo prompts inspire me more. Those are my favorite prompts. Not only do I get inspired to write something, I get to look at a beautiful photo. *hint* My favorite photo prompts are nature and cats. 
Jellyfish-on holiday  answered: I would say images inspire me more than quotes as I think they are more open to interpretation. Quotes can be quite biased - and the 'inspirational' ones, in particular, just irritate me! 
the Wordy Jay  sent: Well, I do appreciate good images but I'm more of a "word person" (as you can see from my handle!) so quotes definitely inspire me more.
A good quote makes me think/reflect, whereas a beautiful image lifts my mood.
Nice plug for the official WDC contests, by the way!
Robert Stuart responded: Images do very little for me as far as writing. Images make me want to pull out a sketch pad. Quotes are very important to me. I'm sitting here right now looking at a scratch piece of paper I had in my pocket from work. On it are two quotes I heard somewhere, not sure how or where, but what I have written down is: "A preference for darkness does not mean a fear of the light." and "Everywhere around here is creepy." Quotes and snippets are WAY more important for me. I sit in front of the TV and (yes. really.) radio with a note pad writing things down as I listen and watch. That is where most of my stories come from.
textual said: This months question; Do images or quotes inspire you more? In answer, Yes they do. Quotes like short stories remind one of humanity, and images creation too.
snufflesburne revealed: Both images and quotes inspire me to write. however, images do have a very powerful hold on my inspiration. |
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