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[silverflight8]

I still can't write that story, a story, any story for that competition. I think I'm paralyzed because (though it's not entirely conscious) I think of the judges, and how they will see any of the stuff I write - what if it's not appealing? Do they want what's conventionally accepted as literature? I bet any weird stories are right out.

*dithering* My icon (dw) is sadly appropriate.

Also, I have yet to find a setting or plot for Nano, and I still am procrastinating on any number of writing assignments. Oh, oh oh....

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[azuire]

*hugs* don't give up! Maybe you just haven't found a contest that gets your juices going (I'm in a defeatist phase; no contest judge likes a genre of literature that belongs in the 1920s le sob)

ohhh icon.

[silverflight8]

I will try! I think. (Surely there must be an appropriate Shakespearean quote for this. I can't think of one).

Whhyyy not? The Great Gatsby is pretty well considered to be a classic, and it's in that period - and your surreal stories fit that age well, I think.

[mercredigirl]

(Surely there must be an appropriate Shakespearean quote for this. I can't think of one)

Yes, there is!

'...that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And, by opposing, end them. ...'

*grin*

You can do it! ^^ And I'm always happy to offer critiques if they're needed. :)

[silverflight8]

*groan* It had to be Hamlet, didn't it?

Thank you for the offer! It's really kind of you and I'll probably ask for one sooner or later XD. But same goes for me - if you want an edit/critique you can always ask.

[mercredigirl]

@azu: yeah i don't get why the rubbish i'm churning out is winning amateur competitions when the carefully-executed postcolonial futurefic... went straight into a slushpile and i lost my copyright. *cough*