I loved this! I wasn't sure what a drone was, but it quickly became clear. I found myself rooting for him and hoping he would be able to overcome his aversion to the task ahead.
I would love to read more about what happens, should you ever decide to write it. Feel free to tag me or otherwise ping me if another installment comes out.
A+
A+, eh? Well, it doesn't get much better than that!
I'm glad the story informed you enough of what a drone was. There's probably different applications to the word, but I was going for the worker kind, like a bee, but basically human.
He seems so far to be a likable character, even though he's not had the best of lives and through circumstances yet to be revealed, just realized how bad his life has been. Anyone who can avoid becoming bitter about that has got to be a good person. Of course, it could just be the bio-programming. :)
I will definitely let you know if there's more to come. I feel at this point that I would need more time than what I think I have now to develop it further, though. I was really just hoping to get into Neoxian's contest, and I did, so we'll see if there's any more or not.
Sorry, I'm not the best book/writing critic. I wasn't trying to just say you did a good job of explaining what a drone was. The whole thing was well done. You described the setting well. I could identify with the character. His actions and reasons for the actions made sense (even if he didn't really know why or how he was doing them). The fact that he has the knowledge to do it because his genetic donor had the knowledge tracks pretty well. He's some kind of clone. It was a compelling story.
Again, I liked it.
Let us know if you win!
Well, thanks for clarifying, but I thought your review was more comprehensive than just the drone. Knowing what a drone is and so forth is important, though, so I'm glad that tracked along with the rest of the story.
Well, neoxian has already given it a 10% upvote, so I don't think I won, nor did I get honorable mention. There isn't a winner post yet, so I'm guessing they are still working through the rest of the entries. Some have already been upvoted 10-13%, but not many. I haven't checked in since this morning to see where he was at. The SBDs don't appear to be awarded yet, and so far, I haven't seen anything resteemed.
I will of course let you know (and the silver coin in your pocket) if I win. :)
In the meantime, I've barely beaten the deadline for another contest, this time about a patient information system for the blockchain called Medibloc. I seem to be finding these things out late, but this one was cutting it really close. :)
I looked at his page just now. Hopefully the vote you got was just to approve your entry. I'll bet he still has to read through them all. Fingers crossed for you, buddy. (Not really, it would be difficult to type like that.)
I saw that you had entered the originalworks contest. I used to do those. I didn't have a passion for it though, so I decided to stop. If you have the time and want to put it together, they've upped the prizes a lot, so you can do quite well with it. Good for you for finding new ways of earning steem!
Someone resteemed the originalworks post, or otherwise, I wouldn't have seen it and didn't even know it existed. The Medibloc contest wasn't really what I would want to regularly do, either. To really feel comfortable, I would need more time to go over all of the information, and then try to figure out just how much to cover. Their guidelines made it such that it sounded like they wanted a press release more than an article, so that's kind of the slant I took.
Otherwise, I would have also needed to spend some time digging up information on the downside of the Medibloc blockchain, find some credible detractors, etc. Not sure how easy that would be to do.
Great potential there though. I'll use it if they deliver on their promises. Might have to go to the doctor more often. :)
re: neoxian contest
Well, we'll see. I thought of the possibility it was a holding vote, but I'm not crossing my fingers or holding my breath. I'll just try to be on top of when the next one comes out and try to come up with something that might fit the criteria better.
I think I need to find other sources of earning STEEM. I think we all do. I've been looking into commenting where there is a steem bounty present. There aren't as many as I thought there might be, but every little bit counts, I guess.
The reason they have you resteem it is to get more exposure.
I think they were looking more for the press release-type piece so you probably did really well. Let me know how it goes. It seems like they had some really big prizes. That would be cool if you won one of those.
re: neoxian contest
Just wait and see what happens. You've done the work now, so there's nothing more you can do. Relax and hopefully you win!
I wouldn't mind getting more Steem. Maybe the prices will drop enough that I actually buy some! Let me know how it goes with the Steem Bounty. I haven't found it to be highly rewarding, but like you said, "every little bit helps."
It was very helpful. Mazzle was the one who resteemed it. Looks like he entered, too. His was a lot longer post, so he went more all out.
re: neoxian
Are you telling me to CHILL?! 😁
Actually, I thought I was acting quite reserved and adult-ish. Even so, the results are out and I did not win any of the places. If you like, you can follow the post link:
https://steemit.com/writing/@neoxian/neoxian-s-prodigious-and-desolate-post-apocalyptic-writing-contest-results
Apparently the funny, strange story was what they liked best for post-apocalyptic. can't say I blame them. Comedians are supposed to have tragic lives so a post-apocalyptic society should create some of the best comedians ever, right? :)
I hope you win a big prize from the OriginalWorks contest.
I would never tell you to chill. That's the single most effective phrase for getting someone to not chill. I'd just say "enjoy the ride." Ha ha.
I'm sorry that you didn't win. I haven't read the other stories, but I really liked yours. I would continue reading it if there were more installments.
They do say that tragedy plus time equals comedy, so that makes sense. Still, sorry you didn't win this time.