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Fic Talk => I Challenge You.... => Topic started by: mare on September 01, 2008, 08:29:38 AM
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This is what I like to call the Hard Wok Buffet challenge.
Nothing new this month. I'm just going to give everyone else time to finish their August challenges or to try one of the other challenges that have been issued since we started this.
So when you are done with whatever challenge you plan on doing, post it in here.
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That's actually great! Now I can improve my August Challenge instead of hurrying in posting the version I have now. It kinda sucks to be honest..
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What about those of us who only recieved one challenge and already posted it? :-\
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Then you can look at some of the other challenges that you haven't done and do one of those?
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Oh thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Sweet. I finished my August challenge, but maybe this will be my motivation to actually finish my idea in the continuation story.
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Yay! I love this challenge! lmao
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Sweet. I finished my August challenge, but maybe this will be my motivation to actually finish my idea in the continuation story.
Yes... do that!
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I've been wondering what's gonna happen next!
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Then you can look at some of the other challenges that you haven't done and do one of those?
Hmm. Okay...so I challenge myself to respond to as many challenges, as I possibly can (that I haven't already done). How's that? :D lol. I guess I better get to the challenge board and start lookin, huh?
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Yes... do that!
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I've been wondering what's gonna happen next!
LOL I will! I just need some time to build up the inspiration again. I wrote that, and then I went to a Bsb concert, and then school started, so I have been too busy/distracted to get back to it since. But I will, cause I wanna write the rest of my idea LOL. Thanks! :)
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Aha. I haven't even started either of my August challenges, though I'd an idea for the one a while ago. Been so busy with work, & BSB, & now work again. *shakes head*
~Lenni~
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well I did my August challenge (On Time even ;) ) so I must go shopping through all the old challenges and find one I didn't do. I think there are two or three I didn't finish.
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Okay...so I posted the link in that challenge's thread but since I did it for part of my September challenge (I'm really gonna try to do a bunch), I am posting it here too. It was for the 'try this for size' challenge.
http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=9230
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*ahem*
Okay so I know i've been gone for most of this month but really? STILL no AUGUST challenges? REALLY? I mean...really? Everyone was SO excited about that month and no one? BOO!!!!!!
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Lame...
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Agreed...very lame, and highly disappointing! :( :'(
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Definitely agreed! Considering I've completed both challenges... I'm disappointed.
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Same here! Well I guess not everyone can be as awesome as we all are! :) lol
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I responded to another old challenge! The July non-picture challenge.
http://www.absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=9252
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One more time...WHERE ARE ALL THE AUGUST CHALLENGES?!?!?!
It IIIIIIIIIIS the 26th of September!
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Good question!
*shakes head*
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That's flippin' sad! :'( Although, I have no room to talk... *blushes*
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And for the record, can I just state that I am as busy as everyone else? I HATE when people try to use that as an excuse for things! Drives me bonkers!! I committed to it and I did it. End of story!
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AMEN!
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YEAH! *clears throat*
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Hallelujah! LOL I was just saying the same thing to Dee on Yahoo. I hate the whole "I'm busy" excuse. EVERYONE'S busy, whether they go to school, work, or both. And I know that some weeks are busier than others... but if you're THAT busy EVERY week of the month, then 1) Maybe you should prioritize and not waste so much time on this forum, and 2) Don't commit to a writing challenge with a deadline.
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You tell it, sister!
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Hallelujah! LOL I was just saying the same thing to Dee on Yahoo. I hate the whole "I'm busy" excuse. EVERYONE'S busy, whether they go to school, work, or both. And I know that some weeks are busier than others... but if you're THAT busy EVERY week of the month, then 1) Maybe you should prioritize and not waste so much time on this forum, and 2) Don't commit to a writing challenge with a deadline.
YES! Ugh it really drives me crazy! When kids use it as an excuse and when adults do too. I know this is just a silly challenge on a silly forum but it does say a lot about someone's personality when you commit to things and then make excuses. I love all of you but yes, that's the way to drive Mare nutso! lol Just own up to the fact that you dropped the ball minus the ten thousand excuses.
Not just this challenge thread either. lol Anytime people use the i'm too busy excuse.
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You tell it, sister!
Thanks! And I want to add "raise kids" to the whole "work, school, or both" list too... cause I know that's a full time job for you moms with young children! So yeah... we're ALL busy.
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Yeah...typing is hard when my daughter likes to crawl on my lap, punch keys, shut off the monitor, scream, cry, beg for food, sit on the keyboard...and do you have any idea how many times I clean my living room, in a day?!? lmao...and I work a full time job, too.
So yeah...I agree that everyone is busy, in thier own ways!
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I know this is just a silly challenge on a silly forum but it does say a lot about someone's personality when you commit to things and then make excuses.
Exactly. This is my biggest pet peeve with collaborating lately. If you commit to writing a part and say you're going to write it by such and such day, then DO IT! Don't disappear and come back with an excuse and no part... over and over again. It is so flaky and annoying.
I think the busy excuse is a cop-out. What's the REAL reason you haven't done the challenge? No motivation? Writer's block? Can't get started? Too tough of a challenge? Be honest. If it was something you really wanted to do, you would have made the time to do it by now.
I'm not trying to offend anyone who didn't do the August challenge; honestly, I don't really care. I'm just ranting about the whole flakey, making excuses thing in general.
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^ same here, don't mean to take out all my frustrations on the challenge people lol but it's just an example of what ticks me off! I should just post this all in that pet peeve thread!
This is another reason why I refuse to write with other people, especially when I see things like that happening time and time again! I am much to anal to live with excuses.
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Yeah...typing is hard when my daughter likes to crawl on my lap, punch keys, shut off the monitor, scream, cry, beg for food, sit on the keyboard...and do you have any idea how many times I clean my living room, in a day?!? lmao...and I work a full time job, too.
So yeah...I agree that everyone is busy, in thier own ways!
Oh, I can imagine. I used to babysit, and once I stayed for a whole weekend with these two kids, a four-year-old and a two-year-old, and omg... I was so fried and ready to go home by the end of that experience!! Best kids in the world, but to have to keep an eye on them constantly and not have any time to myself... I just couldn't imagine living that way all the time! I know it's different when they're your own kids and that at some point I'll be ready for that change, but right now I'm not ready to give up my freedom!
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this month? For me? It was the lack of challenge... I know there are a couple I haven't done in the past, but eh... I decided just to wait for next month when there's a new challenge... Ooh, plus, next month is October. I had WAY too much fun with last year's October challenge. wow. can't believe it's been that long... geez I'm wasting away my life on this board with you guys.
(and loving it!)
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This is another reason why I refuse to write with other people, especially when I see things like that happening time and time again! I am much to anal to live with excuses.
Exactly... and it's so hard because you're writing with friends, and you don't want to be anal and come across as bitchy or even tyrannical if you don't put up with the excuses... but at the same time, if you don't say anything, then nothing will get done, and that's how collabs fall apart.
LOL this should definitely go in the pet peeve thread or one of the collab threads we've had, cause I'm definitely talking more about that than this challenge.
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lmao I had a feeling!
I just added it to the pet peeve thread and Kelly, I'm not even making an October challenge because i'm so disgusted with this August one.
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this month? For me? It was the lack of challenge... I know there are a couple I haven't done in the past, but eh... I decided just to wait for next month when there's a new challenge... Ooh, plus, next month is October. I had WAY too much fun with last year's October challenge. wow. can't believe it's been that long... geez I'm wasting away my life on this board with you guys.
(and loving it!)
You did the August challenge though, right? I think that's what we're complaining about... people who didn't do it in August and STILL didn't get to it in September.
I didn't do any challenge this month either, but then again, I generally DON'T do the challenges, so that's nothing new for me. I'm just not really into them. But I committed to the August one because it appealed to me, and I loved my challenge, and I followed through with it. I still want to write the continuation I was planning, but I'm just kinda waiting for the right mood to strike for that one, so it's not forced. I fulfilled the terms of the challenge with the first story, so the other is on my terms.
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You can tell we are teachers lmao
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lame. ok. fine.
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LOL yes :P
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You can make an October challenge, Kelly!
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Yup, no one is stopping you. I'm just not doing it. I have sadly lost faith in the writers on this forum *sigh* lol
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Yup, no one is stopping you. I'm just not doing it. I have sadly lost faith in the writers on this forum *sigh* lol
sadly... I've lost faith in my fan fic writing self, so I can't really blame you.
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Go ahead Kelly make one up! I'll write a story for you ;) lol I love the challenge stuff.
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Go ahead Kelly make one up! I'll write a story for you ;) lol I love the challenge stuff.
you mean you'd answer my challenge the way 19 other people said tey'd answer the august challenge and didn't? Sorry... ranting...
But thanks fracktrain (sorry, not sure of your name?) I'll think of one. I'd be excited to have at least one other person write the challenge with me...
It's just that the challenges seem to be the only fan fic I really write anymore. I'd hate to stop doing that as well.
Ok, seriously, I have a deadline, so I'm off to go write! I need to restore Mare's faith. (in me at least.)
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I haven't lost faith in you! You completed your challenge. I'm still thinking of maybe doing one for October but if no one responds to it i'm stopping the challenges because it takes a lot of work to come up with those things.
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I would do it for you Mare but I have no idea how to post photos on the board.
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I haven't lost faith in you! You completed your challenge. I'm still thinking of maybe doing one for October but if no one responds to it i'm stopping the challenges because it takes a lot of work to come up with those things.
Aw, Mare...I look forward to the challenges. :D I promise that I'll respond!
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I am just starting to get more into the boards...I will definitely have to give the next challenge a shot...would be a good side project for me when I am stuck, which seems to be the case often these days :)
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I haven't lost faith in you!
this makes me feel special. :-*
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I'll be making a challenge for October then.
I am counting on you guys to participate.
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Will it be a picture challenge or a non-picture challenge? LoL, not that it really matters. I'm just curious.
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No clue yet.
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I think it should be horror related.
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Me too, since October is TOMORROW and the basis of October is Halloween, a spooky and scary challenge would be cool! ;)
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I know what kind of challenge i'm doing just not if it's going to be a picture one or not.
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And if you're going to suggest things, in my mind that means you're going to particpate so I hope the two of you do.
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Yes it should be a horror challenge for Halloween, and I'll try to particpate if I'm not to busy.
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Oh OH! :o
What if you make a challenge where WE have to find a goofy, of the Boys, and then write a horror story, using the picture that we found?
It would be interesting, because you'll have all the rules made up, already. And everyone would have thier own funny picture, but all the stories still have to follow the same set of your rules?
*shruggs* It could be kinda cool. :-\
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I am just thorwing this out there....
This is what always happens. Everyone and their brother come up with all these ideas and suggestions so I throw away what I was going to do and instead do those and then barely anyone ever comes through. This is my problem with the challenges.
I do like your idea though Kristal. You are more than welcome to do that or make the picture challenge for October.
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I do like your idea though Kristal. You are more than welcome to do that or make the picture challenge for October.
So does this mean your October challenge is a non picture challenge? LoL.
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I am just thorwing this out there....
This is what always happens. Everyone and their brother come up with all these ideas and suggestions so I throw away what I was going to do and instead do those and then barely anyone ever comes through. This is my problem with the challenges.
I do like your idea though Kristal. You are more than welcome to do that or make the picture challenge for October.
Okay...if you're doing the non-picture challenge, I can come up with the picture challenge (possibly doing the forementioned one).
I have no problem with that...I heart you, Mare! :D
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Yup, that works for me. :)
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You got it, babe! ;)
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Well damnit! Fine then! I refuse to not participate for October! *stomps foot*
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NOOOOOOO! The world needs your work! Please let me read it once it's posted!
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NOOOOOOO! The world needs your work! Please let me read it once it's posted!
Were you talking to me?
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haha when you said that I totally pictured your little creepy bunny saying "You talkin' ta me?" Like dirty harry or something. I laughed out loud. Random, sorry.
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haha when you said that I totally pictured your little creepy bunny saying "You talkin' ta me?" Like dirty harry or something. I laughed out loud. Random, sorry.
I heart you Kelly! Once again, you have proved to be a random highlight of my day. I totally heart your randomosity, and I heart you even more for hearting my creepy little bunny! :D :-*
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I heart you Kelly! Once again, you have proved to be a random highlight of my day. I totally heart your randomosity, and I heart you even more for hearting my creepy little bunny! :D :-*
aww, and I just left a review on your story, even though it was on Stephanie's chapter. HaHa talk about random thoughts... me and my reviews... *shakes head*
But I'm gong to read your chapter later tonight after I get the kiddies in bed. So don't expect the randomosity to end here...
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Awww, why tankies for the review! It shows up as the chapters written seperately? Because I'm the one that posted them and we cowrote them. Weirdness... :-\
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Ok Kelly, I just read your review and I heart you even more! You're going to kill me in FF! *le sigh* I feel so honored! :-* *can't stop grinning* Ok, is it just me, or should I be worried about the fact that I think it's neato that you are going to kill me in FF? :D
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so is there going to be an October challenge?
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That's what I want to know ??? ???
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Same here! ??? ???
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^ If you guys read up you will see that Mare decided to do an October challenge and she's already posted it.