Cafe Doom's Seventh Annual Short Story contest

[notsoscarey]

A trusted reader friend said my story was good but not my best.  After the week away I see what he means so I'm totally rewriting it so there's more blood, more creepy, and more me.  LOL

Dad is doing well now--had a heart attack/heart failure but he's back home.   

[Ed]

Glad to hear he's on the mend

[notsoscarey]

Oy vey, just found out last night that while he was enjoying an apple on his porch a bee stung him on the tongue (he's highly allergic) so he had to go back to the hospital.  Poor daddy-o! 

I have officially scrapped my original story for something different.  Wheee!

[Cory Cramer]

Finally just wrapped up a SF short story I've been working on for 5 or 6 weeks. Now I have 3 weeks to write one for the Doom contest. Luckily, I've been churning this story around in my head for about a year, so the first draft should go quickly. I think it will be a good fit for One Buck Horror, too, which is a plus.

[Ed]

Oy vey, just found out last night that while he was enjoying an apple on his porch a bee stung him on the tongue (he's highly allergic) so he had to go back to the hospital.  Poor daddy-o! 

I have officially scrapped my original story for something different.  Wheee!

Wow -- he really isn't having the best of luck at the moment, is he?

Cory -- good luck. I'm looking forward to seeing all these stories

[QBall]

There was a comp that I wrote a tale for, but did not complete it. I'll check to see if it fits.
Blurb. Ooooohhh! It's so scary, I can't bear to read it.
Enough of my shenanigans!
 

[Ed]

There was a comp that I wrote a tale for, but did not complete it. I'll check to see if it fits.
Blurb. Ooooohhh! It's so scary, I can't bear to read it.
Enough of my shenanigans!
 

That's it -- I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight after reading that blurb

[ozmosis7]

Finally! Computer situation under control and inspiration has struck. Taking a different approach on this one, so we will see how it ends up. 

[delboy]

I'm battling against my story. Can't find the rhythm or indeed the tempo , but I think this time I'm going to hit the word count... Will need a lot of work in subsequent drafts. But I do have a week off soon, so if all else fails I'll try a fourth story 

All that said, I'm having a wonderful time writing it. Really enjoying it and feeling liberated by my new(*) writing mantra - "Allow yourself to write poorly."

(*) Or not so new, as all you crit group veterans can attest!

Derek

[Rev. Austin]

There was a comp that I wrote a tale for, but did not complete it. I'll check to see if it fits.
Blurb. Ooooohhh! It's so scary, I can't bear to read it.
Enough of my shenanigans!
 

hahahah that's ace 

[elay2433]

Allow yourself to write poorly.

Good mantra, Del. I've abandoned too many stories because I felt they weren't shaping up. It certainly feels good to actually finish a story though, which I might do more of if I try out that mantra. 

I'm still in the "thinking about my story for the comp" phase. Which means I'll have just enough time to polish a first draft and slip in my story as an 11th hour entry - if I can get past this "thinking" part. 

[QBall]

3,500 words in my tale. I am whittling them away. Down to 3,333. Must think up another twist in the horror aspect, heh,heh!
 

[ozmosis7]

Finished! Came in under 3k, but have yet to test it on anyone else's eyes. Once I make sure it has the right effect this may be the one to polish. 

[ozmosis7]

Phew! It passed! Few runs and I'll send it your way Ed. We are to format it ourselves, correct? Using the BBcode?

[Ed]

Phew! It passed! Few runs and I'll send it your way Ed. We are to format it ourselves, correct? Using the BBcode?

Yep -- afraid so. I just post them how they come in, so if it's cocked-up, you have to worry whether judges will see past the mistakes or hold it against you, just like when subbing to an editor