TotW Commentary Thread.

[Caillagh de Bodemloze]

There's nothing wrong with short, Lord Ashenwyte.

[theSilentKiller]

TotW 260 is going to end soon (thankls to anyone who has voted!), here's a little update:

To test Caligula's suggested system

this one

Pros: - More time for people to work on and polish their stories - Less chance that a submission thread will need to be extended due to lack of submissions Cons: - It'd be a bit weird calling it Tale of the Week when it's actually Tale of the Fortnight, but we could embrace the weirdness - There'd be a fortnight that'd be out of synch to be able to begin the new format.

we'll use it from TotW 261 onwards and keep it if it works or use the old one if it doesn't.

This means there will be a two weeks submission period for TotW 261 and the submission period for TotW 262 starts with the voting period of TotW 261, and so on.

[Commissar Caligula_]

Step One of my plan to take over TotW has been successfully initiated. Muwhahahahaha.
Hopefully it'll work out well, if anyone has any criticisms of it speak up now before it goes ahead.

[theSilentKiller]

Wait, are you a secret de Bodemloze?!

[Shankbot de Bodemloze]

It's like the one ring, only a de Bodemloze can make use of it's true power...

[Commissar Caligula_]

For this week's prompt, aren't ember and cinder pretty much the same word, or at least incredibly similar in meaning?

[Alwyn]

You're right, they are similar words. As I see it, an ember is still burning, while a cinder is partially burned (and capable of being re-ignited). The combination of those two ideas - something which can ignite, something which has been burned before and could be ignited again - might be the starting point of an interesting story.

I don't see having words with similar or even the same meaning in a Tale of the Week as a problem - of course, other people might see it differently.

[Caillagh de Bodemloze]

I don't see having words with similar or even the same meaning in a Tale of the Week as a problem - of course, other people might see it differently.

I think it's a nice additional challenge, myself (as long as it doesn't happen all the time). I'm not claiming that additional challenges make my writing any better, mind you - but they are fun!

[Commissar Caligula_]

You're right, they are similar words. As I see it, an ember is still burning, while a cinder is partially burned (and capable of being re-ignited). The combination of those two ideas - something which can ignite, something which has been burned before and could be ignited again - might be the starting point of an interesting story.

Thats a great idea!

I'd been just about to go to sleep, now I've got to stay up to write this story lols. I've gotta say, it is a lot of fun being able to create these short stories.

[Mhaedros]

Just got my first writer's study award! Just wanted to thank all the people who have read my silly stories over the years, it's been a pleasure

[Caillagh de Bodemloze]

Congratulations, Mhaedros.

I think it's safe to say - from the fact that you now have a medal to prove it - that the people reading the stories found it a pleasure, too.

[Shankbot de Bodemloze]

Congrats, well deserved for an old guard of the TotW.

[Darkan]

Now I think a 4-way tie is a first for TotW. I think!

[Caillagh de Bodemloze]

I went and had a look, and I think it's happened just once before, back in TotW 73b. (The original vote is here; the tie-break vote is here.)

But that might not count, since there was a slightly different set of rules...

[Owlparrot3]

Hey guys i got knocked out of TOTW but im very happy .For the first time someone other than me has voted for my submission .My submission has 2 votes .Can i kindly request him/her to come forward .Its your choice of course .Also can you explain why you liked my story .

[Caillagh de Bodemloze]

mad orc, you don't need to ask anyone to come forward. All normal WS competition polls are set up so that once voting ends, any TWC member can see who voted. All you need to do is to find the poll, and then click on one of the numbers showing how many votes an entry received. You could click on the "3" at the top of that list, for instance. That will show you who voted for what.

[Commissar Caligula_]

This weeks' prompt was surprisingly hard, I'll try and write something soon though.

[Darkan]

I agree with you, though that's where a couple of (5-6) beers come in and help out.

[Owlparrot3]

I always find a way to turn seemingly fantasy keywords into a realistic story .
Meanwhile i oppose the new structure of the tale of the week if my vote still counts .

[Commissar Caligula_]

Why mad orc? It doesn't make the competition take longer in a negative way, and it gives you an extra week. Heres my terrible little graphic of how it was, and is now.

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