Intro
Hello!
Welcome to, The Month That Was - October '16 !
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Achievements
Finished third in MorgEn Bailey's 100-Word Free Competition this month, with my entry 'Good Decision'.
You can view this month's winning tales here - http://bit.ly/2dBXH1F
You can view this month's winning tales here - http://bit.ly/2dBXH1F
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New Content This Month - (What can you actually read this month!?)
All three entries to to MorgEn Bailey's 100-Word Free Competition , including third placed finishing piece 'Good Decision', have been added to the site. The theme this time was 'Cool'.
Two of the Micro Fictions have been turned into my Social postcards, and hit Media on the first and fifteenth of the month.
(I'm still yet to receive a single entry into the Micro Pic Competition ! You could have your artwork seen by a wider / different audience AND win a free coupon to an online Writing Course!)
The Graft - (Daydreaming is well and good - you've got to have goals. But what have I actually done this month?)
Not a lot. :( The Micros didn't require much attention (excluding the time it took to generate a few ideas!), and a couple of attempts proved satisfactory. Got a little bit more done on TfTT, and for MFS I finished another couple of sections. The current section is a lot longer, so in future I might change to tracking words written as a better reflection. It's a struggle - writing an entire section that is already a candidate for the chop in the next revision! Certainly slows down the process for me when I'm trying to 'get though it'!
Not a lot. :( The Micros didn't require much attention (excluding the time it took to generate a few ideas!), and a couple of attempts proved satisfactory. Got a little bit more done on TfTT, and for MFS I finished another couple of sections. The current section is a lot longer, so in future I might change to tracking words written as a better reflection. It's a struggle - writing an entire section that is already a candidate for the chop in the next revision! Certainly slows down the process for me when I'm trying to 'get though it'!
Monthly Micros (Three pieces at 100 words each, set theme)
- Draft 1, Draft 2
- Submitted to competition
Project X (Competition Short Story - x words)
- Nada :(
MFS (Ongoing fantasy series, broken down into events, plus any note overhauls)
- Planning + Ordering
- Creation - 1c , 1d
- Creation - 1c , 1d
Bigger Project (Aside from MFS *MFS1 currently occupies this slot until I can finish the first draft!*)
- Nada! :(
TfTT (Special project)
- Planning
- Most of a section
- Most of a section
Micro Pics (One Micro Pic taken from last month's best reaction to recent three Micros, plus one pic generated from archives)
This month, the popular Pic was 'Good Decision', and the archived Pic was 'It's All in the Planning'. Don't forget, by voting on the Twitter poll each month, you can have an impact on which Micro gets 'The Complete Treatment'! :)
- Nada! :(
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What I've Read
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I loved the 'Dynasty Warriors' series on the Playstation growing up, 'Dynasty Warriors 4' being the pinnacle in my opinion. I finally got round to reading the literature the games are based on, and much enjoyed the alternate perspective. I managed to get the first of three volumes for 85p! The next two are over £10 each... so unfortunately it may be a while before I return to series! :(
Being close to Halloween and all, I decided to read a stand alone horror from the books on my shelves. I was surprised how difficult this was! Mainly because I'd read a lot of them and fancied something new, but the eye opening thing was that it was difficult to find one that was not part of a series! It made me think about my own writing, and I hope to learn a lesson in this - not every character or idea deserves a series!
I also read a couple more stories from each of the compilations I currently have on the go.
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Useful Articles I've read
Nada. :(
Nada. :(
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Competition Results + Reader Contributions
Competition Results + Reader Contributions
I've yet to receive any entrants to the Micro Pic Competition that I run on this site! :( Don't forget you can get more exposure for your artwork, and even win a free coupon to an online writing course!
At time of writing, the current competitions that are open are;
At time of writing, the current competitions that are open are;
The results of this month's Twitter poll, regarding which of the three Micro Fictions you liked best, was a tie between 'Fool's Gold' and 'Taking the Biscuit' with one vote apiece!
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Any Other Business
The next batch of Micros have been generated for the Micro Pic Competition . I've been running it for almost a year now without a single entry, so the curtain may be falling on the idea shortly. :(
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The next batch of Micros have been generated for the Micro Pic Competition . I've been running it for almost a year now without a single entry, so the curtain may be falling on the idea shortly. :(
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Outro
Must. Try. Harder.
Until next time, buh-bye!
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