CafeDoom's Sixth Annual Writing Competition -- Rules thread

[delph_ambi]

First draft complete, and not a hobnob in sight. Only problem is there's not much that's horrific or scary or shocking in it as yet either. No monsters. No ghosts. No zombies. No giant insects. No slimy things from outer space. No creeping shadows. Not even a maggot. 

[desertwomble]

First draft complete, and not a hobnob in sight. Only problem is there's not much that's horrific or scary or shocking in it as yet either. No monsters. No ghosts. No zombies. No giant insects. No slimy things from outer space. No creeping shadows. Not even a maggot. 

How about malevolent wombles?

DW

[delph_ambi]

How about malevolent wombles?

Now there's a thought...

[Ed]

It was a dark and stormy Womble.

[Robert Essig]

So I'm getting ready to send my story in, and I am following the guidelines closely, but I don't know what this means: "BB Code to format any italics".  What is BB code? 

[Ed]

So I'm getting ready to send my story in, and I am following the guidelines closely, but I don't know what this means: "BB Code to format any italics".  What is BB code?  

Bulletin Board code The easiest way to format your entry using it is to go as if to post it on a thread here, select the text you want italicised, then press the slanting 'I' button, which will add the code, like this:

Code:

I want [i]italicised[/i] text [i]here[/i]

Which gives you this: I want italicised text here

You can then use the preview button to check it's alright, then copy the whole lot to a fresh Word .rtf and you're in business

[delboy]

It's a race against time for me - up to about 3000 words on a very rough first draft. I'm loving the story but it needs a lot of work. With 'proper' work the way it is, time is very tight... we shall see. Worse thing happens, then at least I'll be able to partake in a crit group soon!

Derek

[Ed]

Cool  Good luck with the editing, Del. I enjoyed your last comp entry.

[delboy]

This one is written in a style I'm calling "Post Reverend, neo-Delph-Womble". It's an epic poem about a zombie detective with an ambition to record Beethoven's Opus 61 before his fingers fall off, meanwhile he's being hunted by a five-hundred year old sea monster who (mistakingly) believes the zombie's music is the mating call of a long-forgotten (and very hot!) female. It's a piece for under-fives, of course.

Derek

[Rev. Austin]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

[delboy]

Hey, I've got a vote already!  Kewl. Del sets the early pace...

Trouble is I never mention any smells and I start off with dialogue... so there's Geoff's and Ed's votes gone... 

Derek

[Robert Essig]

So I'm getting ready to send my story in, and I am following the guidelines closely, but I don't know what this means: "BB Code to format any italics".  What is BB code?  

Bulletin Board code The easiest way to format your entry using it is to go as if to post it on a thread here, select the text you want italicised, then press the slanting 'I' button, which will add the code, like this:

Code:

I want [i]italicised[/i] text [i]here[/i]

Which gives you this: I want italicised text here

You can then use the preview button to check it's alright, then copy the whole lot to a fresh Word .rtf and you're in business

Thanks, Ed.  Mine should be submitted very soon.

[Rev. Austin]

If what I'm working on gets suitably polished in time to send in, none of the usual crit group members will know which story is mine, uh huh, no way 

[Ed]

We're up to fifteen entries, now. Three more than this time last year.

[Pharosian]

If what I'm working on gets suitably polished in time to send in, none of the usual crit group members will know which story is mine, uh huh, no way 

Well, you sure had everyone fooled LAST year!