It's always easier when there are a couple of votes in already, can't really split a vote when I'm the first one in. Damn. Okay. Can't even vote tactically so much anymore, you guys are too good at outwitting me in the judging and not being easy to predict on the top spots.
They were all really good. No, that's an understatement, we had some really rich entries this round, a veritable solyanka of stories, and i could have justified voting for pretty much each one, and along the way, I have thought of a reason each one stood out. But there was something about this one that really caught me off guard - although plenty of them did, and some probably more so than this one, but the shock in this entry was so ordinary and so real feeling.
I read your entry. I read about your loss too. If this is what you come up with when finding it difficult to focus, I wonder what you can come up with in normal times. Wait. I already know what you can come up with. 😊
To be fair, I wrote one of my favorite stories following a loss last year but I think that was somehow different, this time I had a lot of emotions i was finding it harder to process and being able to project a little of them onto characters and not have them be mine for a little bit was really cathartic. Thank you <3<3
Agreed emotions work in interesting ways, bordering on funny. A situation drenched in emotion could egg us on while a similar situation would want us to bail out. To be fair, I've never seen you bailing out. You are a true champion!! God bless! 😊
Congratulations to everybody! I liked every single final. I have a feeling of having spent my time very well reading all the entries.
The participants in this contest are very familiar with effective narrative techniques and are able to excite and hold their readers in suspense. It is also instructive for me, given that I do not consider myself among the best, neither by imagination nor technique.
Since part of the game is also to express a preference, I decided to vote for @sidequest's final.
The way he used flash forward and flashback to build a plot, that first diverted attention and then hit with the truth right at the end, it's masterful, and his ending was genuinely thrilling for me.
I still have that feeling of blow to the pit of my stomach when I sensed how the story really went. Only really good stories can give me this feeling
My favorite story this round is from Sidequest. Flowing between memory and the present we're given an engrossing story of friendship, excitement, devastating loss, and glimpse of why Anton chose not to make his life elsewhere.
This is the first time I really went through all the stories and came up to vote. It is with a feeling of guilt and an inner turmoil that I have to end up voting. With such Immaculate entries, it is obvious that one is not enough. But such is the competition..
It's always easier when there are a couple of votes in already, can't really split a vote when I'm the first one in. Damn. Okay. Can't even vote tactically so much anymore, you guys are too good at outwitting me in the judging and not being easy to predict on the top spots.
@oivas
They were all really good. No, that's an understatement, we had some really rich entries this round, a veritable solyanka of stories, and i could have justified voting for pretty much each one, and along the way, I have thought of a reason each one stood out. But there was something about this one that really caught me off guard - although plenty of them did, and some probably more so than this one, but the shock in this entry was so ordinary and so real feeling.
Thank you @calluna!
I read your entry. I read about your loss too. If this is what you come up with when finding it difficult to focus, I wonder what you can come up with in normal times. Wait. I already know what you can come up with. 😊
Great story and sorry for your loss.
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To be fair, I wrote one of my favorite stories following a loss last year but I think that was somehow different, this time I had a lot of emotions i was finding it harder to process and being able to project a little of them onto characters and not have them be mine for a little bit was really cathartic. Thank you <3<3
Agreed emotions work in interesting ways, bordering on funny. A situation drenched in emotion could egg us on while a similar situation would want us to bail out. To be fair, I've never seen you bailing out. You are a true champion!! God bless! 😊
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Congratulations to everybody! I liked every single final. I have a feeling of having spent my time very well reading all the entries.
The participants in this contest are very familiar with effective narrative techniques and are able to excite and hold their readers in suspense. It is also instructive for me, given that I do not consider myself among the best, neither by imagination nor technique.
Since part of the game is also to express a preference, I decided to vote for @sidequest's final.
The way he used flash forward and flashback to build a plot, that first diverted attention and then hit with the truth right at the end, it's masterful, and his ending was genuinely thrilling for me.
I still have that feeling of blow to the pit of my stomach when I sensed how the story really went. Only really good stories can give me this feeling
My favorite story this round is from Sidequest. Flowing between memory and the present we're given an engrossing story of friendship, excitement, devastating loss, and glimpse of why Anton chose not to make his life elsewhere.
I'm happy that finally we can give this reward due to peeps expressing their opinion.. yeah!
I vote for @marcorricardi
This is the first time I really went through all the stories and came up to vote. It is with a feeling of guilt and an inner turmoil that I have to end up voting. With such Immaculate entries, it is obvious that one is not enough. But such is the competition..
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