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Competition: Variations on a theme 1 (Kim)

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    #32
    dawvee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 122 ✭✭dawvee


    I didn't worry about that too much. She is just a student, after all. If you've ever watched ER or House you're probably good to go. :D


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    #33
    Spiritoftheseventies
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    I watch scrubs ;)


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    #34
    Pablo_
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭Pablo_


    I have written a story, but the man who falls is another person in the PO, not an elderly man wearing a green jacket. Is this still ok to submit, everything else fits the skeleton ?


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    #35
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    The following exceptions are allowed

    Turquoise or teal jackets (waistcoats and anoraks at a push)
    Slightly older than middle aged man
    Middle aged hermpahrodite


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    #36
    ToasterSparks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 368 ✭✭ToasterSparks


    Lol.

    What I think pickarooney is trying to say is ... anything close to the story outline is fine. I think everyone is more interested in how all us writers interpret the outline, rather than if we stick to the outline 100%. Just write something, try something new, and submit for all of us to read and enjoy.

    Looking forward to seeing all the entries!


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    #37
    dawvee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 122 ✭✭dawvee


    Yeah, I've got mine in now and I'm really curious to see other people's takes on it!


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    #38
    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,091 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    I'd love to have a stab at this.

    The deadline's the 31st, yeah?


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    #39
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Yep, 31st at midnight, Irish time, to be precise but there's one hour less on the 28th because of the clock change. :)


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    #40
    Memnoch
    Registered Users Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭Memnoch


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Yep, 31st at midnight, Irish time, to be precise but there's one hour less on the 28th because of the clock change. :)

    That's me undone then. I'd timed my submission by the hour to be pm'd at 1 minute to midnight. Now there is an hour less you tell me. This is sabotage, purposefully designed to thwart me. There will be consequences... mark my words... someone will pay (usually the Irish tax payer hovering above the poverty line).


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    #41
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    If you fly to Greece you can benefit from an extra two hours due to the time difference or else South Africa - they don't do the clock switcheroo.


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    #42
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Eight entries in now and 23 days left. tick tock.


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    #43
    Insect Overlord
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    The skeleton under this story doesn't suit me, but I'm hoping to get involved if there's ever a repeat of this idea.


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    #44
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Ah now, you had a chance to suggest one on page one :)


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    #45
    Daemos
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    Are multiple entries allowed or is it one entry per poster? :)


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    #46
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    One per poster and no multiple accounts if you please. Remember you can resubmit right up to the closing date if you want to change or rewrite your story.


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    #47
    Antilles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    Hey Pickarooney, how many submissions have you got so far :)

    Just finishing up the outline for mine now!


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    #48
    pickarooney
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    Just 10 for the moment, bit of a drop-off towards the end of last week.


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    #49
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Anyone else want in? Still ten days to submit.


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    #50
    Antilles
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    Mine is a work in progress - expect delivery moments before the cutoff!


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    #51
    ToasterSparks
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    Is anyone else wishing March would hurry the hell up so we can see the submissions?


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    #52
    Mr E
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    I know what you mean, ToasterSparks.... I think the time limit should be no more than a fortnight next time. :)


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    #53
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Good point, but it's hard enough to get word out and submissions in on time.


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    #54
    Komplett: Marc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 546 ✭✭✭Komplett: Marc


    Is it still cool to enter? I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I'll have a lot of time on a train over the weekend to work with and I'd really love to give it a try if at all possible :)


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    #55
    pickarooney
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    Of course. Just get it in by the 31st and you're laughing.


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    #56
    davyjose
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    Forgot about this. :o

    Anyway, I blasted off a draft this morning that I'm fairly happy with, so with a few teaks I should be good to go. Will probably hang on for a few days though, just in case any other ideas are laying in wait. I know this won't really matter, because at nine seconds past midnight on the 1st of April, my mind will come up with an amazing idea of Pulitzer proportions

    BTW:

    How do people feel about the winner of this month's comp picking the "skeleton" for next month's? That should give us a nice spread of ideas over time.

    Yay? Nay?


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    #57
    Oryx
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    @davyjose: Yay. Sounds like a plan. T'wont be moi, naturally. :)


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    #58
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I was thinking of a different competition for next time, but there's no reason we can't run this again. Would there be enough interest to make it a monthly event though?


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    #59
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    pickarooney wrote: »
    I was thinking of a different competition for next time, but there's no reason we can't run this again. Would there be enough interest to make it a monthly event though?
    I like it because it pushes me to write something.. anything! Why dont you try it again and see?


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    #60
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Vee haff vays of makink you write!


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    #61
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    pickarooney wrote: »
    I was thinking of a different competition for next time, but there's no reason we can't run this again.

    Well what have you got in mind?
    pickarooney wrote: »
    Would there be enough interest to make it a monthly event though?

    Were there many submissions?

    Maybe we could run it every couple of months , or on a whim every once in a while. I had great fun writing this, and it was a challenge putting my own spin on something so precise, in so few words. But it had such narrow scope, I'd definitely see it as more than a one off. I'd need to try a few different ideas to hit my niche, I feel.


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