Writing Down the Bones {CLOSED FOR JUDGING}

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Your typical SHINee writing contest with prizes. [Round 3 Deadline - January 5, 2015] 

*Now accepting other idols, including EXO members, as sub-characters.*

 

Foreword

Prizes include the following (possibly more depending on number of applicants):

1st Place - 100+ Karma  •  2nd Place - 50+ Karma  •  3rd Place - 25+ Karma

To enter, please use this format in comment section below:

                             USER NAME:

                             PROFILE LINK:

                             STORY LINK: 

                             STORY TITLE:

                             PROMPT CHOSEN:

                             PAIRING (if applicable):

                             REVIEW (Y/N):

                             Anything Else I Should Know:

 

 

 

If you are curious about my credentials: I have an AA in Liberal Arts and English Literature, a BA in Creative Writing and Comparative Literature with a emphasis in East Asian studies, and an MA in British and American Literature. I am currently an acting English Professor at a local university that shall not be named. I have worked as an assistant editor for two poetry journals and love editing, helping writers by encouraging their gifts, and finding new gems of story potential.

And -- of course -- I am a die-hard Shawol (FlamingMVPMint with a 2min bias)... but don't let that influence your decision.

If you have any questions, please comment here or PM me, or write on my wall (I accept all friend requests). Good luck!! =^.^=

 

And remember... 

The road to hell is paved with adverbs. - Stephen King

 

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STUFF I WRITE / GUIDE TO SHINY_A_PLUS:

y fluff = Strange Feelings (2min, JongKey), Amorous Adventures (MBLAQ + SHINee + het)

Romantic fluff = The Two Sides of My Soul (het!JongKey), Reborn for You (2min)

ery = Follow the Leader (SHINee all OTPs - 2s only), Let Me Be Your  (JongKey), Working It (2min, Jong2min)

Hardcore = Too Curious (ALL SHINee OT5/OTPs), About Last Night (JongKeyTae + het), If It Were Me... (all sorts of crazy )

MBLAQ Fantasies (OT4/5 + OTPs + het), Collared (Onew takes all, OnKeyHo, OT5), Just a Paycheck (JongKey2min, OT4, bottomHo)

Red Light District (ALL SHINee OT5/OTPs + het&idol crossovers), Seducing Mrs. Choi (Minho/het!OC)

Hardcore + angst = Land Mines & Battle Fields (JongTae, 2min, OnKey, JongKey, JongKeyTae, MinKey), Liebes Tagebuch (Jong2min/het!OC)

Psychological/dark = Harem of Hell (SHINee OT3/4/5, all OTPs and variation you can probably imagine), One-Night Stand (2min)

co-authored: Teaching Kim Kibum (MinKey, TaeKey, OnKey, JongKey)

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Author's Thoughts
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Writing up the final review as we speak, and about to declare winners of Round 1...
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Isadora_Quagmire #1
Chapter 17: Tq. I'm glad you enjoyed the story. It was only produced because of the lovely prompt, so you must take some credit here <3
ChiaKairi #2
Chapter 10: Thank you so much for everything unnie! I'm glad you liked the story and I'm so happy you think I'm improving ;3
Yes by the way, Jonghyun red his essay to Taemin at the phone.
Have a nice day and thank youuuu
heartykeykeke #3
Chapter 16: Thank you for the detailed review! It's not as critical as i expected haha. I'm glad you didn't tear it apart. I have an urge to go back and change all of it but i know you don't think that's right. I'll go check errors in spelling and punctuation and delete some ly words. I know i still rely on that too much. But i use less adjectives and less adverbs than my stories 2 years ago now I'm conscious of it. In future stories i will work on being more direct. I will definitely keep in mind what you suggested about syntax in the future if and whenever i continue writing. It's gotten harder these days. I have ideas but I'm never satisfied with the way i write now. I think being so concerned about correctness and style has gotten me to lose some of my own way of writing. I don't want to just imitate others you know? Because i think i have my own style that works when i just wing it without much thought or pressure. Being an English teacher is blocking me i think haha. Anyway some things you commented on i can't promise to change. Because there's also more personal opinionated contents. Like i disagree with comments about feminism and too much emotion but we could talk for days about that. We both have our own interpretations and i personally prefer to read things in that fashion than the way you sometimes portray homoual relationships. You know i like things more romanticized and it's something i won't change. Because i believe there are many men that are more effeminate and emotional and romantic. That's how some are i know tho not the majority. so sorry to say if you read anything else from me it won't fully suit your taste. Maybe it's connected to hormones and personality that were different that way? Haha

I had a question that's bugging me tho. Are you supposed to put commas between averages or no? Because i didn't before. Then a grammar book said i should. now you say not to. So confusing
Isadora_Quagmire #4
Chapter 15: **swooning because compliments x 1000** you are extremely kind and I thank you for your guidance. Will work on it and someday present you with a better version.
kagaki #5
I'm tempted to join Rounc 3, but would it okay even though I never participated before?
AffxtedShawol #6
Chapter 14: Thank you for reviewing it. I'll let Shawol360 know~
SimplyAsian #7
Chapter 13: Thank you so much for the review!!! I will keep these pointers in mind and use it to improve my writing. I struggle with keeping the same tense but now that I have a guideline and and example of what's right and wrong, hopefully I can improve next time. Now that I think of it, Jonghyun killing Key for immortality does sound absurd lol. I should've justified why he killed them and his motif for doing what he did. One thing that took me by surprise is the thing you said about Taemin knowing more than the reader realizes. I didn't intend for Taemin to appear that way but now that I think of it, it does seem that he knows something we don't lol. I didn't realize that there could be a different interpretation on something, depending on how the message/actions is delivered by the character. Anyways... thanks again. I'll try to revise more. Your review is really helpful.
heartykeykeke #8
Heartykeykeke
Profile, but prob not necessary: http://www.asianfanfics.com/profile/view/21179
story link: http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/801582/unattainable-action-drama-jongkey-romance-shinee-slightangst-auzorro

Title: Unattainable

Star-crossed love prompt

review he.ll yes!

this was completed before i submitted it but that's just cuz i was lazy to do this. I did write it after being inspired by this plot and some other things like Key's awesome sword play in his musical. Hopefully people start submitting. Maybe it needs to be advertised again. Well
..loves ^^ hope all is going well or better for you!
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