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Flyerant posted:Thank you! Thanks for that, and you're right, I probably should have thought it through a bit more, spent more time on it. The superhussein thing I probably shouldn't have posted, being political, I guess. It's just how I view people on either side of political spectrum and how they see each other in extremes. And I'm a massive LOTR nerd, very upset with amazon cause Galadriel wasn't a warrior queen girlboss dammit and I need to shut up about it. But I read it again with what you said in mind and Yeah, I could easily make it Ogres in fairyland etc. I'm lazy, Took bible names too. I shall take this to heart and endeavour to write something that isn't based on my own twisted perceptions.
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Jun 16, 2023 04:51
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Made a new account just for writing to give me a bit of buy-in/be less self-conscious about what I write, and just signed up for my first T-dome 
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silmarillionaire posted:Made a new account just for writing to give me a bit of buy-in/be less self-conscious about what I write, and just signed up for my first T-dome Welcome, mysterious new writer!
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Jun 16, 2023 08:05
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Sitting Here posted:Welcome, mysterious new writer! Thank you! Got home from work and had a look at my initial, incomplete 775 words after a night's sleep and  This is fun though, even if it's hard. Edit: gave it a couple hours re-writing/polish and feeling less bad. Is there a good site that'll convert rich text to BB code so I don't have to redo italics and stuff manually? silmarillionaire fucked around with this message at 12:03 on Jun 16, 2023 |
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Jun 16, 2023 09:22
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I use https://any2bb.com/
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Jun 16, 2023 15:09
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Flyerant posted:Thank you! just a heads up, only stuff posted in the main TD thread will get added or logged in the archive, so if you want "credit" for these crits you'll need to repost them there if you don't care about that kind of thing then proceed about your business
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Very excited for the pending bummerdome brawl entries. I've never been so stoked to be sad.
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Jun 16, 2023 19:07
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silmarillionaire posted:Made a new account just for writing to give me a bit of buy-in/be less self-conscious about what I write, and just signed up for my first T-dome Awesome forums name!  If anyone is scared of Thunderdome, don’t be. I’ve entered on and off since it started and it’s a good way to improve your writing. In fact, one of my stories that won Thunderdome was published in a MAJOR speculative fiction mag! Thunderdome used to be pretty unrestrained but it was always (or at least usually) for humor’s sake. Most important: if a story doesn’t get showered with praise as much as you think it should it doesn’t mean it’s a bad story. It’s good to experience how varied feedback is on everything. Nothing is universally acclaimed. But more importantly, good stories are rejected ALL the time for reasons that have nothing to do with the merit of the work. Maybe they bought something similar already, maybe they’ve seen too much of a certain thing, maybe they selected other pieces that work better together, maybe it was down to a coin toss and yours lost to something just as good, maybe they don’t have the space within a reasonable amount of time… etc etc etc. In summary: 
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Thank you! There's a fair few snippets of inner monologue so doing it by hand was looking like a chore. Doctor Zero posted:Awesome forums name! Credit where credit's due, I found this one in the CSPAM username ideas thread. Every now and then I trawl that one and stick 'em in an Evernote note. Mostly for pub quiz team name ideas  (Come say "hi" if you're ever up against R. Guiliani, Attorney at LOL or Mavis Beacon Teaches Twerking.)I think the last time I looked in on Thunderdome was some years ago, and remember it felt like the kayfabe wasn't really kayfabe in a lot of cases. Looking at it more recently, it's much more on my wavelength (and perhaps I've changed in the meantime as well). I was reading the last couple pages of the writing advice thread and this is basically me: Leng posted:I've never been that person who's like, "I have so many stories to tell, they're just busting to get out into the world". I have the exact opposite problem, where I enjoy writing and creating but I never know what to write about. I think the only piece of fiction I've written since teenage homework assignments was an ironic flash fanfic for a thread on SA a very long time ago. But I have always loved to read, and I love to write and edit; I try and do a bit of journaling every day, and writing emails to friends who are similarly minded/my partner.
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Jun 17, 2023 08:47
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I've conned a friend into joining SA just for Thunderdome. Hopefully they sign up for the next prompt
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Jun 19, 2023 20:00
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Excellent! I've been working on convincing a couple of people, but no joy so far.
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Jun 19, 2023 21:33
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have you told them how really cool and handsome we all are
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Jun 19, 2023 22:04
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MockingQuantum posted:have you told them how really cool and handsome we all are Yes I told them they'd fit right in
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Jun 19, 2023 22:14
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Chernobyl Princess posted:Yes I told them they'd fit right in boy are they going to be surprised
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Anyone down for swapping critiques on thunderdome pieces BEFORE they are posted? I'll have mine ready hopefully by Friday night: 1,000 words.
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Jun 23, 2023 07:28
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My crits are as worthless as my stories, back 2 back losses coming, probably.
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Jun 23, 2023 08:21
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Fat Jesus posted:My crits are as worthless as my stories, back 2 back losses coming, probably. Always remember the simple acronym ACAW(UTJ"TS"OPI): All Crits Are Worthwhile (Unless They're Just "This Sucks" Or Personal Insults)
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Fat Jesus posted:My crits are as worthless as my stories, back 2 back losses coming, probably. I know it's a little late for this week, but if I could offer some advice: I noticed that you've posted your stories fairly early in the week, presumably fairly soon after you've finished writing them. I would suggest waiting until closer to deadline to submit, since I've always found it valuable to sit with a piece for a little while and come back to it with fresh eyes. Sometimes on rereading you notice things that you didn't in the moment, or you find ways that you could improve. You may also want to take people up on pre-entry crit swaps like the one mentioned above, since both giving and receiving feedback will help you improve your craft. And like Anti said, don't worry too much about your crits "not being useful." All feedback is good feedback! Also if you have Discord, I would encourage you (and anyone entering/thinking about entering TD) to join the server, since there's usually people willing to give early feedback and general advice, or even expand on crits if you feel like you need more help. Link is here: https://discord.gg/ZcgckY9d Also, if you're reading this post in the future and the link is expired, feel free to ask for a new one in this thread, or to PM me. 
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curlingiron posted:I know it's a little late for this week, but if I could offer some advice: I noticed that you've posted your stories fairly early in the week, presumably fairly soon after you've finished writing them. I would suggest waiting until closer to deadline to submit, since I've always found it valuable to sit with a piece for a little while and come back to it with fresh eyes. Sometimes on rereading you notice things that you didn't in the moment, or you find ways that you could improve. You may also want to take people up on pre-entry crit swaps like the one mentioned above, since both giving and receiving feedback will help you improve your craft. And like Anti said, don't worry too much about your crits "not being useful." All feedback is good feedback! I know it's a bit early and I'd do better to wait, but I'm not going to be around much this weekend. I wasn't going to join in but thought what the hell, write something, post it, it doesn't matter really. I think I'm getting a bit better and I'll certainly spend more time going over whatever i come up with next week. I'll check the discord thing though I've never used it so thanks. I do have a question or two.
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Jun 24, 2023 01:43
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The only qualification you need to crit is the ability to read
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Obliterati posted:The only qualification you need to crit is the ability to read And maybe not even that.
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Here's what I ask my beta readers to do. It may help you would-be critters out there. 1. Summarize the story as they understand it. 2. Tell me if there was anything that confused, annoyed, or upset them in a bad way, or that they couldn't suspend their disbelief over. That's probably something I need to fix in the revision. 3. Tell me if there's anything they really enjoyed. Then I know to keep doing more of it.
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Jun 25, 2023 18:24
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Another classic - less common in short fiction but if it's relevant mention it - the exact moment you lost interest, stopped reading, closed the page.
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I've written over half the length of the story for the goblin prompt, but it's all garbage, so I need to completely start over. I picked a scene for the story that doesn't have any action, so all the characters are standing around in an empty void and bleating words at each other. So now I need to come up with a better idea that actually has some action and stuff for the characters to do so they're not doing the talking heads thing. Ah well. Such is writing.
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Yeah, sometimes it takes a draft to realize what you're doing. God knows I've submitted some TD stories and then realized I really hadn't found my story until the end and it could have used a second run. Good luck with the rewriting!
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Fat Jesus posted:I know it's a bit early and I'd do better to wait, but I'm not going to be around much this weekend. I wasn't going to join in but thought what the hell, write something, post it, it doesn't matter really. I think I'm getting a bit better and I'll certainly spend more time going over whatever i come up with next week. I'll check the discord thing though I've never used it so thanks. I do have a question or two. I'd actually love to see an edited version of the "ancient gods loving with each other's prophets" story, it's a funny concept that could really have legs!
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Chernobyl Princess posted:I'd actually love to see an edited version of the "ancient gods loving with each other's prophets" story, it's a funny concept that could really have legs! I've put that away til I come up with a few more things, I'm sorry I posted what i now realise is nothing but a draft, and felt a bit bad people wasted their time giving it crits, I gotta start making an effort here. Doing my third rewrite of the goblin story rn. Question! How much should I worry the reader doesn't know a singular thing about irish / celt mythology? I can't really fit another 1000 words explaining the Tuatha Dé Danann, Fomorians and such but I think it's all kinda obvious. I've already made this mistake, but blah I'll assume people have imaginations.
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Fat Jesus posted:I've put that away til I come up with a few more things, I'm sorry I posted what i now realise is nothing but a draft, and felt a bit bad people wasted their time giving it crits, I gotta start making an effort here. IMO as long as it’s clear from context why it matters I wouldn’t sweat it. I mean, poo poo look at Dune.
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Didn't realise Australia was GMT+10 till now. At any rate, I managed to send something. I would've liked to have more time for my first submission but that's just me. Haven't written much in the past decade and a half and reading the rest of the submissions I feel a bit inadequate but like the advice thread says, the main way of getting better at writing is writing. So there we are.
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Don't worry, I feel the same way. I figured this was a good chance for me to force myself to write, but now I feel like I should have tried a little harder. I'm glad I actually finished the story, but the ending is super rushed and the story doesn't have as much conflict as I would have liked. But the goal was never to win for me. The goal was to have fun. And I did succeed at that. 
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I don't think Thunderdome has any one unified goal but based on my experience, it's a lot about just improving progressively by writing, so while aiming for a theoretically perfect story is a good goal, it's never going to be the likely outcome. You write what you're able to write in the span of a little less than a week, and take another stab at it when you have the chance. Nobody's going to fault you for not trying a little harder because I guarantee you've already tried harder than the lowest-effort entries TD has seen. really the only thing that will get someone to yell at you in TD (at least in a non-kayfabe, earnest way) is entering repeatedly but not really taking any heed of crits, especially if the same issues are being brought up over and over. edit: also I feel like we used to say this a lot but it probably mostly gets said in the discord: as long as you've submitted something borne of genuine effort, you've basically succeeded at Thunderdome. even a loss isn't a failure, the only way to fail is to submit nothing. MockingQuantum fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Jul 3, 2023 |
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hello new people I will try to put in a higher degree of effort when critting your stories
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MockingQuantum posted:really the only thing that will get someone to yell at you in TD (at least in a non-kayfabe, earnest way) is entering repeatedly but not really taking any heed of crits, especially if the same issues are being brought up over and over. I haven't done many Thunderdomes, but yeah. It's got me back writing for fun and writing in time to hit the deadline is a huge thing. I know if I set my own deadlines I'll never hit them because the guy trying to crack the whip is a softies, and frequently drunk. Getting any sort of mention is significant, but entering and no-mentioning is plenty to keep me wanting to go. Then again, I'm also trying to keep an eye on what time I have in order to only enter when I have the time to do it. Still working on that, though. But yeah. The gang-tag says it all. I write. I die. I write again.
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hey all, i joined to be able to play Thunderdome. is there a minimum crit I should do before I participate? Also are we supposed to write/edit on our own or can we get edit suggestions?
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No requirements to participate! Just post in the thread that you're in this week, and then start writing crits are always appreciated but not required unless you are a judge that week.
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Also you can definitely get advice and edits from anyone you like. Plenty of people in the discord will exchange stories and give each other advice before posting
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derp posted:Also you can definitely get advice and edits from anyone you like. Plenty of people in the discord will exchange stories and give each other advice before posting That's cool Can I get a discord link when someone has a chance?
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