We need twelve contestants to run the contest and so far we have about eight.
To appeal to both SF and fantasy writers, triggers include an ansible or other long distance communications device ringing in the kitchen, an old man trudging up a lane, and a couple of either men, women, aliens or evil robot monkeys busting in with their choice of weaponry.
Timescale is about a month to enable everyone to fit it with their other writing, work, life, etc.
Everyone will get a few crits, guaranteed, and nobody will have to crit more than eight stories. (Crit three with your vote, the other five within a week or two of voting.)
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Just to clarify, does the old man and the ringing ansible line have to be the first line or does it merely have to appear in the story? e.g. could it be the final line or somewhere in the middle?
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In my mind the old man or the ansible has to be the first line. But I did wonder if that's too constraining. (And, the first 13s might get boring!)
I think one way this works is that the constraints of triggers and a 1000 words actually provoke creativity you didn't know you had. But severe constraints can stifle it.
Shall we say that one of those lines or their equivalent have to be somewhere? Would that perhaps encourage more contestants?
If you answer it, the Voice from Afar will tell you that we need twelve contestants to run the contest and right now we have eleven.
Triggers and closing dates have been relaxed slightly because as skadder, IB and the Voice from Afar have said, the idea is to give everyone an opportunity to write a flash piece, give and receive crits.
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