Currently, the group that will be participating in this quarter are:
WriterDan
KayTi
Annepin
Halogen
Snapper

If you want to join, please repost this list of names in your reply, and then add your name to the bottom.

Deadlines for this quarter's crits are as follows:

Feb 7th: First drafts out for high-level crits

Mar 7th: Second drafts out for low-level crits and line edits

Mar 31st: Mail-in deadline for Q02

Please try to stick to them. We want to be able to give everyone the time they need to finish their own stories, and late crits will make this difficult.

That being said, lets get busy with the writing! I know I have a bundle to do. Good luck.

I have a prior commitment. I have a collaborative novel in the works which I put off last quarter, and my co-author didn't.

I just thought making a "Quarter Post" would be a helpful tool for those who are participating. If I'm in next quarter, I will certainly start another topic rather than adding to this one.

To those who are in, though Good Luck. I hope this group can--in it's entirety--see the task through.

Keeping an accurate list of participates will make sending out the crits much much easier as we won't have to scroll through the comments to see who's in or out.

So, list as of January 8:

I'm sure their is a different way to do this that is preferable to the adminstrator but here's my email address.
snapperfjd@yahoo.com
I passed this story thru a separate critque site, so it has gone through the rough draft stage but I still need to make a few changes. I should complete those in a day or two. Feel free to drop me a line so I'll have a place to send you my submission.

And anyone that would like a review on partial or all of their submit can feel free to contact me.

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See where this link says NOTE: http://wotfblog.galaxypress.com/2007/11/4th-quarter-writers-of-future-finalists.html

Working titles are probably okay, as long as they are sufficiently disguised.

WriterDan
KayTi
Annepin
Halogen
Snapper
darklight

Anyone else that wants in just copy this list and add your name to the bottom. My draft is done if anyone wants an early start, or you can just wait until the Feb. 7.

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Anyone have any input on this? Is a pre-history type of story acceptable? For whatever reason that's the idea that's dominating my brain right now. One of those "what would happen if..." kinds of questions that I got under my skin and need to write about to figure out. But is the pre-historic setting enough? I plan to make the setting accurate (e.g., no woven cloth, animal hides and all that jazz)

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KayTi: The setting isn't a "speculative element" unless it's somehow magic, infested with mythological creatures or monsters, or involves a vast amount technology. Simple rule: If it could happen--without magic/technology--it's mundane. (That's what ruined my chances last quarter.) Just add a magical or scientific element, it doesn't have to be a major one and you'll squeeze it in there. Maybe, if you think about a magic item, spell, monster, bit of technology and mix it with the story you're thinking of (see how that element could fit) you'll have novelette. OSC says that's how he gets his stories, by mating two unrelated ideas...

So I would think that all you might need to do is show that the character can get the right response from the gods by doing or saying the correct magical things.

I just signed up for this forum a couple of days ago. I'm very intrested in putting in a submission for the contest, though it seems a bit late in the game to jump in now. I do have a rough draft at this point for the story I'd like to submit, but it is very rough, and only some of the main characters and plot points would probably remain the same through the rewrite. That and I'm still trying to find my 'voice' in the story as it were.

I'd very much like some input and simply like to start getting the ball rolling, so it does more than just take up computer space on my hard drive. Having some actual feedback about it might be just the thing to get me going, even if I can't get a copy I'd feel comfortable with sending until next quarter.

Snapper--thanks for your offer for help. I think I've got it solved. I guess I'll see if it worked when I submit it to y'all!

So, list of participants to date:

So yes, please send me your stories I'll start looking them over and critic where I can.

My story is currently sitting at about 5k words and I'm just having a blast. It's probably 60-70% complete. I'll do my best to get it done pronto and out to people, before the deadline if possible. That being said, I'm more than happy to throw a crit to anyone at any time. So if your story draft is done, send it my way. I'll try to get it returned asap. Glad to see that we have so many people in the group this quarter. Woo-hoo!

After re-reading through my rough draft I realize I want to rework the whole damn thing. Doesn't feel even close to the story I want to tell. Some of the charaters I want to keep and the over all plot, but everything else just feels like monologue junk.

Sitting down to rewrite it again, I realize I need stronger characters, which always seems to be a problem for me. The basic idea is there, some over all points I'd like to express, but the story itself seems forced. I might have to bow out for this quarter. I will keep plugging at it though, but I'm thinking now it might take alot more revising than just one month can yeild.

I'm still very intrested in critiqueing, as I find reading everyone else's works help me to find where my own writting is lacking.

I also sent my story out a few days ago, so if you don't have it, let me know and I'll resend that. Am I repeating myself? Sorry.

WriterDan
Snapper
Darklight