Elftown Prose Contest - Fairy tales

2006-02-23 [Skydancer]: A writer has the same criteria as any other artist. You do not put works in progress into art exhibitions or contests, and you do not expect the judges to critique your work as you create it. A finished, to the rules, story is what was stated, and that is what should be expected. It is the responsibility of the entrants to be aware of the deadlines and the rules, not the job of the judges or the operators of a contest or exhibition to keep track of the artists. If you want critiques for your work, then you join a wiki, of which we have many here on ET, that is set up for exactly that, so you can get feedback and comments as your story develops. But that will not make you a successfull writer

2006-02-23 [Elisha Kelly]: here here [Skydancer] :}

2006-02-23 [Skydancer]: Rather it will just make you dependent on outside input for your work, where it should be completely from your own creativity. Proper construction and ability to write is something you get from education, not peer review.

2006-02-23 [Shika Lane]: i think it was unfair my story was finished it followed all the rules but one. it was one little tiny error, i must have miscounted becayuse it was in the word limit when i checked it, i think it's highly unfair when it was just one little thing

2006-02-23 [Skydancer]: Then discuss it directly with the persons holding the contest. Often if you approach people in a reasonable fashion, they will be reasonable with you, but standing in a public space and stating how unfair or improper they are is not likely to get you any respect.

2006-02-23 [Shika Lane]: i dont care about getting respect, thats not the reason i make speeches, i state my opinion the way it is whether people agree with it or not

2006-02-23 [Elisha Kelly]: hint: microsoft word has a word counter... it comes in handy... if not, count the words of each paragraph and write the number next to the paragraph... it is easier than trying to count all the words at once.

2006-02-23 [Shika Lane]: did that, 1900 words it said so what happened i don't know

2006-02-23 [Elisha Kelly]: did you count one lettered and two lettered words?

2006-02-23 [Shika Lane]: i thought i did but theres a lot of one letter words in it, more likly my computers just crap and cant do anything right

2006-02-23 [Elisha Kelly]: shouldn't say things like that... everyone makes mistakes... but there is always next time.

2006-02-23 [Shika Lane]: i'm a very bad loser, one of my worst traits, i won't be entering another prose contest probably my temper wont let me

2006-02-23 [Elisha Kelly]: o.0 i am a fantastic loser... cause I believe the fun lies in competeing...

2006-02-24 [Shika Lane]: i dont like competing for me the fun lies in the creating something beautiful and then getting credit for it so things like this dont come into it

2006-02-24 [Cliché]: The fun was writing it. I don't expect to win, but it was fun to write, and that's all that really matters

2006-02-24 [Skydancer]: I have another version, that is way more fleshed out and complete than this one, and frankly, I entered simply for the poke in the nose to make me write a new work. :)

2006-02-24 [Elisha Kelly]: i just like writing... :} and getting better the more i write

2006-02-24 [Shika Lane]: "poke in the nose" i must say thats an expression i don't hear often

2006-02-24 [Skydancer]: :) I am well known for unusual and obscure expressions. :)

2006-02-24 [Cliché]: I like it. Mind if I use that sometime?

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