Event Autumn 2022 One-shot Discussion Thread

[Greninjaman]

I am kind of rethinking my idea here. Not sure what to do.

 

[galacticarticuno]

I'm hoping I can come up with an idea. Kind of torn right now between which characters to use related on the pokedex entries I found.

 

[Greninjaman]

I'm hoping I can come up with an idea. Kind of torn right now between which characters to use related on the pokedex entries I found.

Go with Darkrai. Considering the lore surrounding it, I can imagine that it can work for a horror story.

 

[galacticarticuno]

Oh, I didn't think about Darkrai. I've been looking at ghost-types to be honest with it being halloween but a horror story would be something new for me to try writing. Never attempted that genre.

 

[Greninjaman]

Oh, I didn't think about Darkrai. I've been looking at ghost-types to be honest with it being halloween but a horror story would be something new for me to try writing. Never attempted that genre.

Drifloon could also work, since it apparently whisks away misbehaving kids to hell.

 

[galacticarticuno]

Yeah my original thought was to do something with ghost type pokemon that used to be humans and what would happen if the pokedex entries were literal. But that's got me completley stuck between a few different evolutionary lines.

 

[Greninjaman]

I am doing something else with my short story entry. What I had was not really working the way I had hoped it would.

 

[MisheardWhisper]

Oops, guess I came back about a week too late.

 

[Greninjaman]

I need to remind myself that I don't need to go all the way to 10,000 words. I can do 3,000 if I want for my entry.

 

[Greninjaman]

Sorry for the double post. I have a question: Let's say (hypothetically) I were to write two stories for this contest. Would I only be able to post one of them?

 

[Cresselia92]

Sorry for the double post. I have a question: Let's say (hypothetically) I were to write two stories for this contest. Would I only be able to post one of them?

You can post both on the forums, but you’d have to pick only one for the competition.

 

[Greninjaman]

You can post both on the forums, but you’d have to pick only one for the competition.

That is what I meant and what I figured. Thanks.

 

[Greninjaman]

I think I will go for a simple plot for my entry. Nothing overly crazy. After all, this will be my first attempt at this sort of thing. Sure, I posted a Slenderman story a while ago.

 

[lisianthus]

thank god I actually wrote for once! hopefully I'll be able to continue my streak~

 

[galacticarticuno]

I still haven't started on my entry.

 

[Greninjaman]

I have FINALLY settled on what my entry shall be. After multiple false starts, I know what it shall be.

 

[galacticarticuno]

That's good Greninja!

 

[Psycho Monkey]

I have FINALLY settled on what my entry shall be. After multiple false starts, I know what it shall be.

I know the feeling. I went through about three or four ideas that just weren't panning out the way I wanted them too. That evolution of ideas eventually led to my current project which I'm feeling pretty good about. Unlike the others, I have a clear vision of what I want to do with this one. If I can keep the pace of about 500 words a day it should be ready by the deadline.

 

[Lone_Garurumon]

Ok so something I'm now a little curious on after going back to double check some stuff in the announcement thread and I don't think I've seen it asked anywhere. When the announcement says this:

You have eight-nine weeks to write your entry, starting now, with the posting deadline being within 48 hours of 23:59 GMT on 30th October.

Does "within 48 hours" extend in both directions from the 30th? Or is it just "Between October 28th and 30th"?

 

[Greninjaman]

Ok so something I'm now a little curious on after going back to double check some stuff in the announcement thread and I don't think I've seen it asked anywhere. When the announcement says this:

Does "within 48 hours" extend in both directions from the 30th? Or is it just "Between October 28th and 30th"?

I assume that it is just between the 28th and the 29th.