Competition: Variations on a theme 6 (The Box)

pickarooney

7 entries before the deadline, one after and three no-shows.

angelll

Oryx wrote: »

How many entries did you get, pickarooney?

Angell I used to use that excuse at school. It never worked

Looks like it hasn't worked now either,lol. Ah well,gl all that did enter.

Antilles

pickarooney wrote: »

Like at Cannes?

If you miss the deadline at Cannes and still want to show your film, they ask you "Like in VoAT?"

True story.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

I think the deadline should be the deadline. It makes it more fun trying to write something at the last minute.
I missed out this time because I didn't have my finger on the pulse, but I'd definitely always prefer a set in stone deadline...

Antilles

So picka when can we expect to see those six amazing stories?

Antilles

There's been a bit of a gap between the deadline and putting the entries up.

Am I am the only one thinking that pickarooney has flown to Hollywood and is currently pitching our stories to the major studios as his own work?

/genius!

pickarooney

Finally home after a 48 hour delay, four cancellations, a change of airport, a change of destination, a 5 hour wait on the tarmac and a delayed train. If I ever go back to London, I know what'll be in my box.




A nice, soft pillow.

Oryx

Our next story can be about the pitfalls of international travel. Youd win.

Antilles

pickarooney wrote: »

Finally home after a 48 hour delay, [coming home from Hollywood] four cancellations [after a studio said they'd buy my box story], a change of airport, a change of destination, a 5 hour wait on the tarmac and a delayed train. If I ever go back to LondonHollywood, I know what'll be in my box.

Insect Overlord

I still don't know if I'm going to be in this competition.
Pickarooney really is the master of suspense!

Phantasos

Insect Overlord wrote: »

I still don't know if I'm going to be in this competition.
Pickarooney really is the master of suspense!

I heard he sold your story to the Hollywood Execs. :P

dawvee

Phantasos wrote: »

I heard he sold your story to the Hollywood Execs. :P

I read in Variety that Uwe Boll is slated to direct.

Antilles

Oryx

I want that as a teeshirt

Phantasos

I would watch that movie!

pickarooney

OK, the thread is finally up, stickied on top. Bad news for the latebies, I did not accept anything after the deadline for reasons of fairness. Feel free to get revenge by posting your stories in a separate thread and feeding off the thanks you generate.

Oryx

Just as a fyi, the one about shrunken jenny seems to be posted incorrectly, its the same text twice.

Insect Overlord

Just saw the OP for the voting thread. The following stood out:

pickarooney wrote: »

Unfortunately this did not mean that entries submitted after the deadline without a really really good excuse were accepted. I received two entries in the last five minutes and it would be unfair on those who rushed theirs for the deadline to allow late entries.

I spent all day every day in the build-up to the deadline studying for my M.A. exams, which began last Saturday. Perhaps I should have made my excuses known last Tuesday evening, and it makes no difference at all now, but I did have a genuine reason for not getting my story done on time.

Best of luck to the 7 who are involved in this competition.

pickarooney

Do CapNeg, angell and MrE have completed stories. If so we could always have a 4-way run-off or in a neat twist add the stories to the thread a few days later.

Mr E

I took the foot off the gas last week when you put the foot down about latecomers. I haven't finished it (I'm at about 750 words), but could work on it tonight.

Phantasos

Voted!

Great diversity of stories. Really good fun to read them all. Well done everyone!

Wantobe

Didn't enter this time either, I wrote 1200 words before realised I had no ending and no hope of an ending! Then I had a great idea when it was too late...:rolleyes:

I have another idea, though- how about another VOAT with a simple theme of a Christmas story- to be in by Christmas eve, then we have some Christmas stories to read over the holidays?

And BTW, no vested interest- I don't have a dusty christmas story hidden in a drawer somewhere that I'm longing to pull out, but I was just reading a book of Irish christmas short stories and they were so evocative that I thought it might be a good idea.

Antilles

Oh great idea, Wantobe!

Theme: "A Christmas Story"
Length: 1500 words
Due: Midnight, 24th December 2010 (i.e. as soon as its Christmas, you're too late!)

Oryx

Only problem with that is who is gonna post em up on Christmas day? Ill be sozzled on cooking sherry.

Antilles

Hrm good point

Maybe move it back a day or two then?

Wantobe

I too plan to be mildly sozzled on Christmas eve , so not the greatest idea. Maybe we could just have a thread for christmas stories, upload them whenever you want, ideally by Christmas eve, no voting, just some feedback on each others stories and that way Pickarooney will be able to join in too?

Antilles

It will be like our Christmas gift to pickarooney then

angelll

pickarooney wrote: »

Do CapNeg, angell and MrE have completed stories. If so we could always have a 4-way run-off or in a neat twist add the stories to the thread a few days later.

Eh i haven't actually seeing as you wouldn't let me in post deadline *sob*
Should i write one???

Blush_01

I'd be willing to offer my services as Pickarooney / Aoibheann's stand in for the Christmas story, as long as nobody would mind me throwing my hat into the ring too... I may even be able to get the thread posted before going to bed on Christmas Eve (usually between 4 and 5am... depends on how long the ham takes to cook).

Only if everyone's ok with that and such.

Antilles

You can't contribute a story if you are organising the competition. If you do, then there'll be no way of telling if you read other people's story before writing your own.

Not that I'm suggesting you'd do that at all, but the separation of organisation and participation is important to maintain.