Yes! That was an excellent piece by the way... definitely an inspiration for the contest as well.
I think people should have another look at 'constructing the invisible' -
damn good story!
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Yes! That was an excellent piece by the way... definitely an inspiration for the contest as well.
I think people should have another look at 'constructing the invisible' -
damn good story!
Thank you for remembering it and digging up the link. There were some great stories that came out of that competition; I expect quite a few submissions for this fourth contest. Hope you're well stocked in your vice of choice and can set a few days aside for reading :)
Oh man, yeah there's a LOT of reading already... i imagine there will be a ton of last minute entries as well... i have to start taking notes to remember what's what!
Anyways, I hope you find the time to make an entry this time around too :)
I will definitely be entering; I'm in the midst of revisions right now :)
Over on The Writers Block, some of the folks that run contests will make a spreadsheet with links of all the contest entries to keep them all in one place, then you can add your notes/thoughts to each entry in another column, mark which ones were 'funny as hell' or 'best tone' etc to match your prize categories. Then you can separate all those 'good' ones out as contenders as you go along so you can choose from them in your final pass through to select your winners.
Once you start getting dozens of entries it's hard to remember the first story you read once you get to your 50th, I'd imagine, so a spreadsheet to keep track does help.
Maybe you already do something similar anyway though :)