Noah Cochran

@winter_rose

I just meant show the PoV character thinking about the other two characters and their arguments. Don’t show more than one PoV.

Have fun!

@andrew

Hey Andrew, from the many want-to-be authors or writers I’ve talked with, this seems to be a common difficulty. People have so many ideas that it seems that one of these things happen:

They aren’t able to pick on of their ideas and just keep jumping from idea to idea.

They try to shove too many ideas into one story.

They start a story,…[Read more]

@mamaauthoress

K. A. Grey, Cathy, and I all wrote a short piece of writing each (see page two of this thread for them). If you would like to judge, read each of the pieces of writing, and then with out looking at the other judge’s posts, do the following:

Guess the gender PoV character of each of the writings

Give your overall thoughts on the…[Read more]

@k-a-grey

Sorry about that! but yeah, you did a good job explaining, thank you.  Yeah, this system isn’t perfect, but it’s our first prompt battle, so there’s room for improvement.  If any has a better idea, please share

No problem, and yeah, the system is fine, it’s just kinda difficult to do blind voting when the judges can see each other’s…[Read more]

@calidris

Oh, and I would recommend you don’t read the other judges post until after you post your judgement/vote. Just a recommendation, this system is kinda whacky. xD I’ll read all y’all’s judgement’s/votes after all of you have posted them.

@calidris

Sure. @k-a-grey should be directing you not me, but they seem to have vanished. xD

This is what you’re supposed to do according to Grey:

So some things for the judge(s)to keep in mind…

Try to guess what the main character’s gender was
Did the emotion feel authentic or cliched?
How was the quality of the prose?

The judge(s) can the…

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@this-is-not-an-alien

I’m thinking you should recruit new judges. 🙂

@josie-m

I just finished editing (or at least a round of editing) the first book in a series.
That plot sounds really intriguing! How many books are you planning for the series? Are you writing it in third or first person? What’s your outlining process?

As you can see, my interest is very much sparked. 🙂

What about you? Do you have a WIP?
I’m…[Read more]

@k-a-grey

I would recommend having two judges agree on a winner, but it’s up to you. 🙂

Golden rays of sunlight slipped their bright fingers through the hole ridden barn roof, revealing armies of dust motes in their wake. I sat with my back pressed against a prickly pile of fresh hay, and tried to keep my sense focused on the sweet smell of the golden strands. As usual, I failed. The foul smell of dried muck and rotting wood engulfed…[Read more]

@k-a-grey

I’m writing a character whose sex is unknown (that’s for the judges to guess) but who is dealing with an emotion, ideally shown through interaction with another character–got it. Thanks for the clarification. 🙂

@this-is-not-an-alien

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! You can write in any POV but your female POVs tend to be so obvious

Hey, that’s a good thing. Male sounding female characters are not a good thing.

it’ll be too easy to guess which sex you write a POV from unless you change your game a little.

So just keep the PoV’s sex hidden, not their emotions?