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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fladian" data-source="post: 118880" data-attributes="member: 5833">Don't complain, Kem. I've had a similar problem over and over again. I've tried to write too, a while back, but nothing decent came out. After a long time, the only thing what could be considerd decent was 'Ahoy Mate' (if I recall right), which was in my opinion, quite... bad. Besides that, all others broke down after a few sentences.I'm filling up my agenda as I am typing this, and it looks like I could get quite busy for the next two weeks. Meaning, the progress I'll make in two weeks will be minimum. Especially considering that coming tuesday, I can expect a phonecall from my homeroom teacher saying that I failed this year. This could mean that I am suddenly very motivated to continue writing, but the chances are higher that I crumble to dust and won't be able to write for a little while, despite knowing that I still might have one more test. Emotionally, I am not too strong, and I can't lie to my body in that way, unfortunately. Therefore, it could have a big boost to my writing skills, but I think it will work backwards instead. In other words, it looks like I have two weeks in total to write, though it depends a bit on my job and how I feel after the 29 of April. Seeing that I am going with a few people who are originally from a 'rivaling' city, I might not end up unharmed. But even if I leave it in one piece (which is not my intention eitherway) I still got two other problems. 1, how do I get home, and 2, how do I feel when I get home? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> My intention is not to sleep for two days straight... though I don't think that might cause much of a problem, considering that I don't want to sleep because of a party is a different story. Such things drain energy after all. On the other hand, it might be a nice story... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />Seeing the fact that I woke up only half an hour ago, I won't go writing now, but I will try to continue a little later today.For the people who want to submit their story now... I personally suggest to avoid doing so, unless there is no other way. Not only do you still have a month to write, but that also means you have all the time in the world to check it and possibly improve it. Considering that I can fill half a page with just three people saying four different sentences of no longer than four words each... well...That counts for me too. As Fiction Factor said, "let the story live on itself", which is exactly what should be done, from time to time. Though the bigger events from my stories are (when serious) usually thought out quite well. Though I have a habit to put myself to some difficult tasks, but that's probably what I like about writing.That same counts for me... I tend to have more than one, but the reader usually sees them as a support-character with a larger role. Take a look at If, and only if to see a good example of what I mean. Though that story is mostly focused on the character development of characters.That depends how big your paragraphs are. It's not bad to do so when you type the way I do, but... well, if the paragraphs are quite short it either becomes extremely annoying and really fast as well, or it just gets dull.I've read a story twice that changed the perspective every paragraphs. The story was nothing special, just about two people in one room (brother and sister) and how they thought of each other. In that case, it was great to do so. It clearly explored a lot of humor of the story. The other story I've read that used the same way was... uh... pretty bad. I tend to see the story sometimes on several sites. Though the concept is okay, the potential is completely removed by doing what you said.You always need something to strive for, after all, so that is not too surprising.</blockquote>

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