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Competition: Variations on a theme 9 (Twilight Zone)

pickarooney

This latest instalment of the Variations on a Theme contest is based around seminal sci-fi show The Twilight Zone.

In order to let as many people get in on this as possible, the contest is going to run from today, the 7th of June, until midnight on the 30th June.

Anyone wishing to enter should either post on this thread or PM me and I will PM you back one of the one-sentence synopses of an episode selected at random.

I'll update this with the names of those who are competing as I send out the PMs.

I'll start with those who have expressed interest in the other thread

The word limit is approximately 2000 so 2200 words is fine if your story needs that many to finish it off but 2800 is pushing it a bit.

You may submit and resubmit at any time between the moment you receive your synopsis and the end of the contest by PMing me your story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y

The following contestants have submitted stories:

bluewolf
angelll
Antilles
Das Kitty
hcass
Kinski
Supermensch
Blush_01needacchelp
D-FENS
Arlecchina
--Kaiser--
Oryx
Hrududu
dominiquecruz
storker
meganj
Mr E
indough
Six of One
Duffy the Vampire Slayer
Wantobe
Toasterspark
LordSmeg
crank_1975
Madame K
alchemist33
CaptainNegative

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Kinski

I'm going to have to admit defeat here; been writing off-and-on all day, but not going to be able to get it into a shape I'm happy with before the deadline (at the narrative pace I've settled into, it's going on far too long for one thing.) Sorry!

I am enjoying the premise though, so I'll keep working on it and post the results for feedback at some point.

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hcass wrote: »

I sent mine in 3 PMs. :eek:

okay i sent mine in two there now

Toasterspark

Kinski wrote: »

I'm going to have to admit defeat here; been writing off-and-on all day, but not going to be able to get it into a shape I'm happy with before the deadline (at the narrative pace I've settled into, it's going on far too long for one thing.) Sorry!

I am enjoying the premise though, so I'll keep working on it and post the results for feedback at some point.

You should submit what you have anyway just to see what everyone thinks. Even if it is an unfinished piece.

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Toasterspark wrote: »

I did it, I freaking started the story today and got it done. I'm very pleased with myself.

The quality is questionable, but I'm glad I got something down. I haven't written a thing in months and this was a good kick-start.

i seem to have a routine of picking it up again every 6 months

Toasterspark

I bought some books the other day, I'm gonna have to get back in the zone! This is a great start. Looking forward to the other entries and seeing what everyone comes up with.

[Deleted User]

yeh, cant wait to read em

hopefully pick will put them up tomorrow so plenty of time for readin

Arlecchina

I'm manically trying to get mine finished, but I'm not sure if I'll have anything presentable in three hours. It's like pulling teeth at this point.

Kinski

Toasterspark wrote: »

You should submit what you have anyway just to see what everyone thinks. Even if it is an unfinished piece.

Knowing what I think is sometimes enough! I'm cringing at some of these sentences at the mo; couldn't put them out there.

Daemos

Kinski sent me their template to use but I only logged in and saw it now. Oh well, better luck next time

--Kaiser--

Submitted. Best of luck peoples

Arlecchina

Ten cups of coffee and much gnashing of teeth later, and I've actually submitted. Phew. That was all totally pulled from the seat of my pants, but I'm so glad I did it.

Well done everyone! I'm really looking forward to reading them all.

Toasterspark

Tsch, look at the time, why aren't the entries up yet?! Soooo unprofessional Pickarooney. :P

Das Kitty

Squeaked mine in.

I was too hungover yesterday to work on it.

angelll

Realised at 11.25 that i had only 4 sentences written so whatever grammer mistakes are in it i don't actually care at this stage! That's what i get for playing song pop on fb for 2 hrs instead of writing. (so addictive!) Had a near panic when it wouldn't all fit into one pm and then had to wait 60 secs to send another but think it's all in there!

pickarooney

I think I got 14/27 entries. I'll need to double-check later. These should be up Monday afternoon with a bit of luck. I think it's just under the limit for a single round so there will be no heats or play-offs or round-robin paper rock scissors contests.

Antilles

Wow that's a hell of a dropout rate! Anyone who didn't submit should be named and shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamed.

pickarooney

Antilles wrote: »

Wow that's a hell of a dropout rate! Anyone who didn't submit should be named and shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamed.

First post updated. I wasn't really expecting over ten so it's a decent result. Well, I haven't read any of them yet, but...

Antilles

You got submissions from some very good writers. I'm looking forward to reading this lot!

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tomorrow! aww, dying to read the others!

Toasterspark

Antilles wrote: »

You got submissions from some very good writers. I'm looking forward to reading this lot!

Cream of the crop ex-winners among those entrants that submitted stories. Should be a good read!

Das Kitty

Looking forward to some good reads.

--Kaiser--

Antilles wrote: »

Wow that's a hell of a dropout rate! Anyone who didn't submit should be named and shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamed.

Not at all. I'd rather come 14th than 27th

Toasterspark

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Not at all. I'd rather come 14th than 27th

I mean, technically the no-shows come last, right? So we'll all be placed in the top half no matter what happens!

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Toasterspark wrote: »

I mean, technically the no-shows come last, right? So we'll all be placed in the top half no matter what happens!

everybody's a winner

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pickarooney

I'm putting these up now. Please PM me ASAP if there are any issues with the formatting of your story or if it doesn't appear by early afternoon.

[Deleted User]

looks like them all up now is it

pickarooney

Yeah, just added the poll.

alchemist33

How many votes can we have?

Toasterspark

Just after reading the entries there on my phone (will write a reply and vote later) and they are all of a really high quality, i am seriously impressed by the standard of our forum members! At this rate we'll be able to launch our own short story collection. :P

pickarooney

Story number 9 was missing the second part. If anyone has read it and found it a bit cliffhangery please go back and read on!