Did you post it in SoLD's thread? So long as you're cool with true con crit, I'll tell both good and bad for ya.
Sometimes it takes a motion picture to make a story shine ;D
motomotogirl wrote...
Aww, I think this could be a temporary end to my writing endeavors.Pretty sad not to even warrant top 20 out of 400 entries. Pardon me; I'm going to go drown my head in a toilet.
Congratulations to the winners
Modifié par Tryynity, 03 février 2012 - 04:47 .
The Grey Nayr wrote...
motomotogirl wrote...
Aww, I think this could be a temporary end to my writing endeavors.
Congratulations to the winners
I know the feeling, pal.
Personally, I'd like to see the original five choices from before they changed the rules mid-game.
Or see which writers read which entries. The sake of knowing is enough, but the different writers have their own tastes and preferences and knowing which one judged me could help me determine what exactly made my story not good enough to even be in the top 20.
wangxiuming wrote...
The Grey Nayr wrote...
motomotogirl wrote...
Aww, I think this could be a temporary end to my writing endeavors.
Congratulations to the winners
I know the feeling, pal.
Personally, I'd like to see the original five choices from before they changed the rules mid-game.
Or see which writers read which entries. The sake of knowing is enough, but the different writers have their own tastes and preferences and knowing which one judged me could help me determine what exactly made my story not good enough to even be in the top 20.
I'm thankful that the writing team changed the rules mid-game! It was very generous of Mr. Gaider to expand his original role in
this contest. His tweets updating status on the competition came over the weekend, which suggests that the team volunteered their personal time give everybody a fair shot.
Keep in mind that 20 out of 400+ entries is less than 5%. There's no shame in not making the top 20. Rather, it should only highlight the magnificent works of those who did manage to place there. Being in the top 95 percentile is an enormously difficult task and takes both luck and skill.
wangxiuming wrote...
Er, I think I may have phrased that poorly. I don't think each member of the writing team read each entry, but they divided the 400+ entries among the writing team and came up with a list of the top 20. Sorry for any confusion (and/or water choking =X)!
wangxiuming wrote...
The Grey Nayr wrote...
motomotogirl wrote...
Aww, I think this could be a temporary end to my writing endeavors.
Congratulations to the winners
I know the feeling, pal.
Personally, I'd like to see the original five choices from before they changed the rules mid-game.
Or see which writers read which entries. The sake of knowing is enough, but the different writers have their own tastes and preferences and knowing which one judged me could help me determine what exactly made my story not good enough to even be in the top 20.
I'm thankful that the writing team changed the rules mid-game! It was very generous of Mr. Gaider to expand his original role in
this contest. His tweets updating status on the competition came over the weekend, which suggests that the team volunteered their personal time give everybody a fair shot.
Keep in mind that 20 out of 400+ entries is less than 5%. There's no shame in not making the top 20. Rather, it should only highlight the magnificent works of those who did manage to place there. Being in the top 95 percentile is an enormously difficult task and takes both luck and skill.
Modifié par The Grey Nayr, 03 février 2012 - 06:04 .
The Grey Nayr wrote...
Changing the rules seems a little unprofessional on some levels to me. Not to mention it makes chances of making the top five drastically lower. A bunch of forum staff probably aren't as thoroughly critical as the whole team of actual DA writers.
The Grey Nayr wrote...
Changing the rules seems a little unprofessional on some levels to me. Not to mention it makes chances of making the top five drastically lower. A bunch of forum staff probably aren't as thoroughly critical as the whole team of actual DA writers.
My entry had an error early on that both me and my proof-reader/editor missed. I didn't find out about it until much later after I sent it in and it probably screwed me to some degree. I would imagine that the writing team are big on exact grammar/punctuation.
I'm disappointed I didn't manage to get into the finalists, at least, but those were some excellent stories. Good work, everyone!
Cerelinde wrote...
The Grey Nayr wrote...
Changing the rules seems a little unprofessional on some levels to me. Not to mention it makes chances of making the top five drastically lower. A bunch of forum staff probably aren't as thoroughly critical as the whole team of actual DA writers.
My entry had an error early on that both me and my proof-reader/editor missed. I didn't find out about it until much later after I sent it in and it probably screwed me to some degree. I would imagine that the writing team are big on exact grammar/punctuation.
If you look at the announcement page, it states that the team who read over every entry was comprised of Mr. Gaider plus four members of his writing team - hence the 'Writer's Pit' moniker. Not the forum staff.
The rule change was unexpected, but it seems to me that a full re-read of the entire set of entries and a 20-story selection from which to find the winners actually improved the odds, not diminished them. Originally the team selected 5 entries and gave them to DG to select the ultimate winner. This gave 15 other entries a narrowed shot at the top spot, which they wouldn't have had except for that re-selection. It gave every single entry a second chance at being selected for the short list. It was a prodigious effort on their part, and entirely unnecessary - DG could have chosen from the subset he was originally given, and the top 20 list as we have it now would not exist.
And we got to read his blog afterwards about how much he enjoyed reading them, and how some of them inspired him.
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