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Competition: Variations on a theme 4 (World Cup)

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    #92
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    Stupid life! :mad: Unless it's sex and drugs and travel life as opposed to work and drain-cleaning life.

    It actually is the former sex, drugs (alcohol is a drug) and travel life, so I can't really complain... ;)


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    #93
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,253 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Meanwhile VOAT version 5 is being discussed here for the time being. An official thread on it will go up, probably on Friday. In the meantime, use either this thread or the one linked above for ideas.


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    #94
    The Mad Hatter
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    I'd actually love another one-hour flashfic competition - really enjoyed writing that one.


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    #95
    pickarooney
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    Right, what kind of time frame and word count are people suggesting for the Bad Romance contest?

    Should we be looking at full stories or just a few paragrpahs of awful literature?


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    #96
    Mr E
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    Carte blanche, pickarooney. Let people do what they want around the theme. Just set an upper word limit, set the theme, and maybe include the piece I quoted on that other thread as a possible example of a style to aim for.

    Not sure about the "Bad Romance" title though.... you could end up getting some dark spousal abuse stories.... the fun side of it needs to be emphasised.


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    #97
    Oryx
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    Just put in a clause that misery lit will be disqualified. :)


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    #98
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,253 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Oryx wrote: »
    Just put in a clause that misery lit will be disqualified. :)

    No way, badly-written domestic violence could be hilarious. Couldn't it? No?
    /hits backspace repeatedly

    Anyone else got a sig idea? Something that gets across the notion of bad-for-the-sake-of-bad-but-funny.


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    #99
    Mr E
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    http://www.mamohanraj.com/Amusing/romance.html


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    #100
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,253 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I had forgotten about this line (which I just snipped from my book):
    Wise words could not lighten the depressing anti-climax of their stillborn adventure. While their missed carriage made its slow way up the line to Aguas Calientes they turned to face the other direction.

    I'm a natural!


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