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The new DCC Challenge is open for voting. Thank you so much everyone who submitted or gave suggestions on how to spice up and improve the contest. I really appreciate everyone's comments, help and submissions.
I, however, am a loser and did not manage to make my own challenge deadline. *facepalm* I tried no less that four different story ideas, none of which ever got off the ground. I finally hit on a good solid idea that I thought I could follow through with far too late to make the deadline.
I hate it when that happens. I can't tell if it was the mood I was in, or if the story ideas needed some work. Does that ever happen to any of you - where you think you've got a solid idea and then a few paragraphs or pages into it, you realize that it's just not working?
I, however, am a loser and did not manage to make my own challenge deadline. *facepalm* I tried no less that four different story ideas, none of which ever got off the ground. I finally hit on a good solid idea that I thought I could follow through with far too late to make the deadline.
I hate it when that happens. I can't tell if it was the mood I was in, or if the story ideas needed some work. Does that ever happen to any of you - where you think you've got a solid idea and then a few paragraphs or pages into it, you realize that it's just not working?
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I can't find anything good to say about the entries so far, but suspect I'm just in a mood. I think I'm going to eat some cake, grab some coffee and try to come back to it.
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I've been playing with the idea that athena suggested, which is splitting the DCC into two contests, one for art and one for fiction - to maybe give the art people more time to work on their stuff (and hopefully get the number of art submissions up).
Not sure yet though.
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:( Would've loved to join the competition, but assignments. Sigh...
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Die college die!
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But in those latter cases, chances are that three years later, you'll find a home for that idea in an altered state and dressed up completely differently than your original intention. Sometimes the Girls In the Basement need that much time to send up something workable, or only time will give you the perspective and skillset to make the idea workable.
Producing quality writing "on spec" as it were is a talent that takes a lot of practice to get good at. Some writers like to turn up their noses at "work for hire" work, but it takes talent and skill to produce to someone else's specifications, and in time constraints that are often too short for a decent writing and revision process.
Fiction writing is a strange and slightly mental state in which to exist. Whoever it was, they were right when they said, "you don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps." :D
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After working on various dueling circle challenges, I definitely have respect for on demand writing and work for hire stuff. Hell, the DCC's are pretty broad, writing something with super specific requirements that aren't yours would defitely take skill and discipline.
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But then after a few paragraphs, I couldn't figure out how to get what I wanted down on paper or pixels or whatever. >.>
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It was a really pleasant surprise to see your name on my info page today, I don't know how you found my journal but I'm so glad you did. I just friended you back, of course :) It's so nice to hear from you here, and I hope to read more from you.
*beams*
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(Btw... I think your icons are beautiful!)
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And thank you! Making icons is a new hobby for me now, at least until I get bored at some point ^^
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I think this is going to take a bit to sort out, but thanks for the heads up.