Sep
18th
2017
The Winning Streak Continues! · 2:21am Sep 18th, 2017
There's a writeoff wrapping up this weekend! True Colors. And for the second and third times in a row, I was actually able to write something without flipping out and going crazy. Now, I know some people may say, "Well, I'm glad you had fun writing, but as a reader I gotta ask: is what you wrote any good?" And you know what I say to those people!?
Yes. I say, "Yes, actually, I think it is good." And they're all, "Yeah, okay. Neat."
One of my entries is still in the contest, so I cannot reveal its identity yet. But the other is open game, so for your enjoyment, I present my latest story:
When Rarity makes a brilliant magical discovery, it's time to make all of Ponyville objectively better.
Congratulations. :)
Now, off to read!
Might as well post my bit of stupidity soon. I haven't even read the comments on it yet, but dumb humor never seems to do very well in write-offs.
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Read the comments. That story has some genuine A-material in it, and could be a laugh-out-loud comedy, but I think it needs a few edits before it's ready for posting.
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Yay!
Well, one of your stories can be pointed to as objectively good (where "good" is measured as "more deserving of making finals than 60% of submitted stories in the judgment of Writeoff voters", anyway). But the universe sure does love her some irony.
Seriously though, I stand by my qualified praise of Truth, and am looking forward to seeing the revisions. I had you pegged for it in author guessing — now to figure out which other one was yours!
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Hm. I seem to have gotten the "Write-Off Special." One of the many reasons I rarely participate anymore is because when I don't make finals, I can't tell why. All the feedback is pretty positive, if vague. I have little idea of what needs fixing. That's the only reason to put it in a write-off, versus just writing and publishing it on my own, is to get a test feel for what people think of it, and a lot of the time, I can't even get that. Compare to my last minific entry, where several people pointed out specific things they thought didn't work, yet that one finished very high, and this time I get a bunch of "hey, that was pretty funny," followed by not making the cut. So I dunno. It doesn't sound like it's going to get much more of a reaction than it already does.
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Link me to your G-doc. I will make detailed comments. ^_^