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Shakey
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Thanks... And uh oh.
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I'm starting to think the 10-15 pages are going to be essential. Normally I'd start my short late on, but I have to do some world building here which means I'm having to cover stuff I normally wouldn't bother with but I feel it's essential to give the reader a sense of what this new timeline is like.

Although I'm really enjoying it, I'm up to page 8 and worrying I'm going to run out of pages before I've finished. Then I'm going to have to go back and cut a load of stuff I currently think is necessary. Blimey, this is a tough one!

Gonna go do some pew pew on the PS4 to have a rest and come back at this later.


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I'm feeling your pain, Mark. I was bitchin about the page length requirement two days ago and now I'm having to control my ramblings. I'm loving this challenge. Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.
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I was bitchin about the page length requirement two days ago and now I'm having to control my ramblings.


I am good to my word - no story and lots of fluff. Hope that doesn't give my entry away.
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Warren
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I’ve got nothing. I love the premise of this one but I just can’t come up with any solid ideas. I had one but the amount of world building involved is just not going to fit into 10 pages and another but it isn’t really a significant historical event, just an event that most people would know about.

I’ve never been so stuck for ideas.

So I'm out of this one.

Most people would know my reviewing style by now, some hate it, and some appreciate it. So I'm not going to read them all but please feel free to hit me up via PM if you want another read/review. I’ll be brutally honest as always.

Good luck everyone. This is a tough one; I think just getting something half decent up is commendable.


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You know you've got up to fifteen pages, Warren.

If that helps you reconsider your idea...


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MarkRenshaw
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First draft done and it's a bit of a train wreck. I had to ditch a huge chunk of the story to fit it in after I went through some world building. I will be a good sport and enter whatever I have by Friday, I just think people will feel the whole thing is rushed and unbelievable, maybe even confusing.

Not complaining, this is a great basis for a challenge. It wouldn't be a challenge if it wasn't challenging and something that forces me out of my comfort zone. I am finding this the toughest one yet to nail.


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khamanna
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Quoted from MarkRenshaw

Not complaining, this is a great basis for a challenge. It wouldn't be a challenge if it wasn't challenging and something that forces me out of my comfort zone.  

Yeah, ditto on that. I complain a lot, but all the complaining is about my writing processes, not about the challenge really. Cus it's not "a challenge if it wasn't challenging" - exactly!
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Not sure I'm going to get one in either... been really busy lately, a couple of chess matches to go this week and planning my trip to Amsterdam for my Gfs 40th this weekend. I have something, I just may not be able to finish in time. If not for this one being two weeks I definitely wouldn't have had a chance. I think it's the Christmas thing. We have Xmas and 5 important birthdays in January to consider. Hectic time of the year. Roll on March.
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Sorry if this question has been answered, but do we have to choose a significant historical even? I'm imagining most people are relating "historical" to maybe a war, major public figure dying/born, etc. But what if we went with something that DIDN'T fall into those categories, but was still "historical" in scale?

EDIT: I'm thinking of the creation of the internet. That was a pretty big historical event.

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JEStaats
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Steven, oh, Steven... you're not supposed to tell us. What part of anonymous don't you get?
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Steven, oh, Steven... you're not supposed to tell us. What part of anonymous don't you get?


Didn't say that's what I was doing, just using it as an example.
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I was going to go with the invention (or more precisely, commercial backing) of the Watt steam engine, though I couldn't actually compete this time. I think you'd be fine going with something that's not a war or the nonbirth of someone.

The challenge is justifying that your nonevent wouldn't just happen some other way. Had Apollo 8 exploded on the pad, it likely would have delayed but not prevented getting to the Moon.


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Who Wants to Be a Princess? (Family)
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Quoted from LC
You know you've got up to fifteen pages, Warren.

If that helps you reconsider your idea...


Yeah 15 pages probably wouldn’t cut it either. Potentially more of a feature idea.


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Dreamscale
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I'm out as well.

Not a big fan of the parameters, as they're too wide open for me and require too much backstory to get the point across of what it is we choose to not have taken place.

I will read and comment as always, so be prepared.

Best of luck to all who enter this very difficult challenge.
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