Stories Contest

If I understand what Josh has offered, there are two separate contests.

First, there is the short story contest to be judged by voting by all members of Worldsims. That's the one with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so forth prizes.

Second, there is a separate contest to be judged by administrators and moderators. That's the one with the 30 chapters (a book.) That one also has the prize for promoting the library. That contest is a much tougher competition because writing 30 chapters between now and June 15 is no cake walk.

I believe that this:

means a NEW story of 30 chapters, and not one that's already been started. So my story The First Desire, Mirelly's Penn Vale Saga, and SBW's Veronaville, are not in the running.

Go for it, Muffin. And where's Person123? She can write fast, too. And Vega? Anyone who can write in two languages is obviously very talented.

 

30 chapters before June 15? And my story doesn't count? I was cool with it when I thought it was just a one-page post. But just because I started my story before some arbitrary date I can't enter?

Not sure that's fair, y'all.

I think Josh had better clarify.

 

You know what, I think I'm going to enter the long story contest too!

Just one quick question: will the long stories be posted in the Short Story section of the library or a different one?

 

That's great. And the deadline for that one is August 31, so you have all summer to work on it.

I think we should save the short story section for the short story contest. So when you decide what type of story it is (romance or humor or something else) then put it in that category. We'll know which one it is because you'll have a link to it in the contest thread. Mirelly wrote instructions about posting stories in the library (here), but I'll be happy to help, too.

 

*LOL* thanks Lynet and Josh! :biggrins:

 

I'm a bit concerned about the deadline for the novel comptetition. 15 weeks seems a tight schedule to bash out 30 chapters ... I'm sure I would be unwilling to read far into a first draft of a novel. It is true that there are some authors who churn out novels in weeks rather than months, but they are the exception, not the rule and such yarns are rarely more than formulaic mush. Even getting down to novella country, thirty 500 word chapterettes, is pushing the limits.

Maybe I just set high standards. My own stories lurch and hop forward like a learner driver struggling with clutch and gas pedals because I set myself high standards (ones I never reach in my own estimation). My muse is still out on the short story idea because I find the short story an even more intimindating monster than the novel. I WILL be there, though.

 

Too true. I have a one-post-length short story in mind which I've started writing. It's not particularly clever, so I have no doubt that Muffin or Vega will beat me easily.

I haven't thought about anything else, except the usual list of summer chores--family and employer social obligations. (Don't you just hate those company picnics?)

Hmmm, do sims play volley ball?

However, it might be that other members and lurkers have already written a huge amount that they've been hesitant to upload anywhere yet. In other words, it's just gathering dust in their word processor. If so, maybe they'll see this contest as an opportunity to publish a sim novel.

I wonder how fast Muffin can write 30 chapters. That's 2 chapters a week. I don't know how long they need to be.

 

I know it's going to be a bit stressy.. but I think I might be able to do it, if I really put my mind to it.. I'm just going to wait and see how my short story goes first and then I might or might not enter the 30 chaps. competition. (I've started to work on the 30 chaps. but I'm finding it rather hard to make it into a sim story - I like writing real life stories a lot too - so at the moment it's kind of a mixture between real life and sim world..)

But I'm starting to get a bit hesitant on the 30 chapters, I must admit... I have a pretty good idea about the story but I haven't thought of an end yet. :worried: *thinks hard*

And I'm wondering if anybody's actually going to be bothered to read 30 chapters, 'cause it is a bit much and can get tiering. Nobody's going to be reading that in a day.. You'd just get bored half way through it, wouldn't you? Well, I would anyway.

 

Yeah, that's true.. But still. :ducks:

 

i'm confused do the story has to be about sims and the game? i mean i'm writing a story with sims about magic, do i have to write something just about sims life to enter the contest?

 

I went back to look at my original posts for Ironsides and Andromeda Rose. I looked at the date of the first chapter and the last (THE END) chapter and calculated that each of them took 118 days, or between 16 and 17 weeks, to write.

:crazy: :nosleep: :faint:

They are both very, very long stories.

Sure, I was obsessed and neglected everything else in my life. And I didn't have school homework, exams, and children needing attention. I also have an undemanding job and a husband who doesn't mind if I spend hours in front of my computer.

I must say, however, that a large chunk of those 118 days was spent on building castles and taking pictures of battles, and not on the actual writing.

 

Sounds good, Vega. We're expected to be imaginative about our sims--put words in their mouths, meaning into their behavior, magic into their lives.

Keep going. I can't wait to read your story.

 

i'm getting afraid that no one will like my story LOL

i write a lot yesterday i'm doing my best, it is almost finished, but now comes the hardest part, translate it to english, it will be a chalenge for me

 

Wow, I feel so ashamed. I stopped reading Harry Potter halfway through book 2. I figured that the movies were faster.

 

Maybe, but the books are better.

I think the stories should be 15 - 20 chapters.

 

Same here. That seems more reasonable to me. :snooty: :silly: :rambo: