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Jude
2 months ago
Male, 156
0 miles · Little Rock
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Like all literature, there are only so many basic types of stories out there (I'll leave you to do your own research on those - it's pretty boring). The trick, as it has been for centuries, is to weave the story with things like interesting characters, surprise, and well-crafted storytelling.
Give two writers the same basic situation and they will write you two different stories, hopefully equally interesting. A talented writer could write the same basic story many times and still make them interesting by using character, situations, etc. to set them apart. Take a look at the bestseller shelves next time you're in a bookstore. How many writers have been pedaling the same basic story with different variables for years?
My advice it to worry less about writing the "same" story, and think about how you can use the elements of your story to set it apart.
Give two writers the same basic situation and they will write you two different stories, hopefully equally interesting. A talented writer could write the same basic story many times and still make them interesting by using character, situations, etc. to set them apart. Take a look at the bestseller shelves next time you're in a bookstore. How many writers have been pedaling the same basic story with different variables for years?
My advice it to worry less about writing the "same" story, and think about how you can use the elements of your story to set it apart.
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I’m probably too new to know much about this subject, and can’t really say I care all that much. However, I understand the subject is “touchy”, so after reading the comments here and adding in a little of what I know about the nature of readers/judges… one thing that might help level the playing field in terms of voting would be to add short descriptions somewhere on what 1-Excellent, 2-Good etc. should actually mean when someone votes for a story.
What I’m trying to get at is that one reader might simply vote a story a “5” because it got them excited (“Excellent” to them), no matter what the quality of writing was like, while another reader might really care about punctuation and grammar and rate that same story a “3”, because the spelling sucked and that makes it's readability no more than "Average" for that reader. Adding short descriptions to what the scores should mean might help.
But, now that I think about it, do I think all readers will actually be able to discern the types of things that make a story stand out? Probably not. So, I’m back to square one and really have nothing to offer here after all. Crap. Useless to the very end of 2008!
But I’ve written this much, and hate to throw away 200 words, so you can suffer the post just the same!
P.S. Human nature being what it is, when the “must comment on a score of 1” is implemented, what’s the betting there is a huge rise in the number of “2” scores?
What I’m trying to get at is that one reader might simply vote a story a “5” because it got them excited (“Excellent” to them), no matter what the quality of writing was like, while another reader might really care about punctuation and grammar and rate that same story a “3”, because the spelling sucked and that makes it's readability no more than "Average" for that reader. Adding short descriptions to what the scores should mean might help.
But, now that I think about it, do I think all readers will actually be able to discern the types of things that make a story stand out? Probably not. So, I’m back to square one and really have nothing to offer here after all. Crap. Useless to the very end of 2008!
But I’ve written this much, and hate to throw away 200 words, so you can suffer the post just the same!
P.S. Human nature being what it is, when the “must comment on a score of 1” is implemented, what’s the betting there is a huge rise in the number of “2” scores?
The movie was a whole lot better.
