Elftown Prose Contest - Fairy tales

2006-02-24 [Shika Lane]: i see...

2006-02-24 [Skydancer]: sure, help yourself. :)

2006-02-24 [Cliché]: Sweet.

2006-02-24 [Paul Doyle]: I've yet to win one of these Elftown contests (maybe because my stuff is not really mainstream ET? :P) but heck, they are fun to enter, and it's great to see everyone participating, putting effort into their work and perhaps sticking around to say hello to other entrants. People who enter these contests with the sole purpose of collecting badges really ought to get a hobby. :P

2006-02-24 [shotokan_gal]: Lots of comments o_O . Well [Shika Lane] to answer your queries / complaints - under a spell check done by both myself and [Melocrie] your story came roughly 100 words over the limit, which we couldn't allow. We can't remove some stories for not following the rules and not others - that is what would be unfair. As for monitering the stories as they came in, we (or certainly I) tried that as much as possible at first, but we have lives too, and with quite a few works in progress being submitted it started becomming a bit of a waste of time. As technically all writers could edit their stories up to the deadline.

2006-02-24 [shotokan_gal]: Also, I believe all rules were made explicitely clear at the beginning of the contest, so sorry but 'one tiny error' breaks them as much as a larger one. If you choose not to enter prose contests in the future, that is of course your prerogative. Of course if anyone has a problem with the way some rules are written, it helps if they speak up so things can be made clearer in future. Without feedback on these things we wouldn't know (note that this isn't the same as disputing why a rule exists - if you do that you will be informed why we considered it necessary).

2006-02-24 [David the Good]: Just to let you know [Shika Lane] most artists myself included don't create things for other people to deem beautiful but more for self indulgence and self want. Its not about competition.

2006-02-24 [wilwarina]: i couldn't agree more. I made this story just for fun. And I DID have fun. The other thing is if it goes further in the contest. Everything can be used as experience :)))

2006-02-24 [Dark Side of the Moon]: Here here! I've been wondering about something though: is it alright to submit this Elfwood's Wyvern area? I don't know that I would be allowed since the beginning paragraphs were written by someone else.

2006-02-24 [Skydancer]: Just whip up a new beginning.. :D

2006-02-24 [Dark Side of the Moon]: *smacks self on forehead* Of course! Thank God someone else is thinking right now, my mind is far away right now. Thanks [Skydancer]!

2006-02-24 [shotokan_gal]: Hmm I don't know actually. The opening was written by [Melocrie], so she'd have to give permission of course (unless you change the opening as Skydancer suggested). But as the art section allows artist collaberations I don't see why the writing wouldn't (as long as the correct links etc were put in the description - I know they're quite strict about that). But I don't actually have a wyverns shelf so I don't know the full rules to it, so don't want anyone taking anything I say as complete truth without checking it out.

2006-02-24 [Dark Side of the Moon]: Absolutely agree. I'll be checking the rules for Elfwood before I even try to submit there. And I will definitely change the opening and perhaps add more to it if I decide to send it to Elfwood. Thanks for your comments/suggestions!! Cheerio!

2006-02-25 [Shika Lane]: i wasnt the one that said i liked competing i said i didnt like competing and i do it for the creative flow this competition was just a chance thing for me. as for getting credit for it, i like people to say that my work is good coz i have a lack of confidence so unfortunatly reasurance is needed

2006-02-25 [I stabbith ye]: Ok everybody *butts in* I think we are all getting a bit carried away...the whole point of this section is to discuss the wonderful stories ^_^

2006-02-25 [shotokan_gal]: The competing thing - everyone has their own reasons why they enter a competition, so lets not get onto why they're competative or not. As for people telling you your work is good - just because it didn't fit within the rules, this wasn't us saying 'your work is crap, leave our contest', it was because of the word count. If you want feeback, post a link to the story in your bio (you're allowed to use it for more than just this contest), have your friends look at it... etc etc. That can be done completely independantly of the contest.

2006-02-25 [I stabbith ye]: Ahem...*points to previous comment* we are now moving on from this subject to compliment each others stories

2006-02-25 [shotokan_gal]: :P Your comment wasn't posted when I was writing mine. And I'm one of the contest moderators, so was trying to point out to [Shika Lane] that she shouldn't take being removed from this contest so personally. Feel free to comment on eachothers stories, but I'm certainly not at the point of deleting comments here yet, they've stayed reasonably civil so far.

2006-02-25 [I stabbith ye]: *Taps foot* We are still not moving on from the topic...I shall do it *jumps up and down* I think the story Funtosee, the Dwarf had a complete awwness factor, written well of course, as artsie always does ;) but I do believe that it matches the fairtale genre perfectly ^_^

2006-02-25 [Shika Lane]: of course they're civil, even when angry or upset i try not to be too unpleasant or nasty. yes [I stabbith ye] *joins you in jumping* we can happily move on from the topic now if you would like

2006-02-25 [Elisha Kelly]: }:] I want to rant... as it is me [Shika Lane] has pointed a finger at... *glares at [Shika Lane], so I shall be content with that one glare, and move on.