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Writers Unleashed | Season 1
Topic Started: Nov 29 2015, 11:00 PM (24,143 Views)
SnazzyShadeEmily
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They said I wasn't good enough for television. How do you like me now, voices in my head?
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Welcome to The Horror Closet's first, exclusive writing competition: Writers Unleashed™. We’ve been planning this for a long time and we believe we are now finally at a place where we can host it properly!


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In this competition you will be up against both the experienced & beginner creative writers of this forum, week after week, as you complete the challenges and are scored and ranked by the judges (TheCheetahwings and GhettoSpiritMedium) and the final judge and host, (SnazzyShadeEmily).The last writer standing, is the winner. We hope you choose to sign up for Writers Unleashed™ today,and join us for this competition, and to grow as a writer. You don't need to have any experience at all to atleast try, so we hope anyone with atleast a smidge of interest gives it a shot. The challenges will be posted weekly. Round 1 comes this Friday Night, due Thursday, December 10th at 12/11C. Most rounds will be posted Saturday but since it's Round 1, you get an extra day. Use it wisely. Results come every Saturday night starting at 6/5C and running two hours. I'll post the next round shortly after. The round themes will not specify a genre, so feel free to do whichever you want as they will all be graded fairly using the same basic scale. When your entry is complete, PM it to Me/SnazzyShadeEmily, and I'll send it to the others once the deadline has been reached. I hope you all consider joining! Also, please make entries an original work unless stated within the challenge post.


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SnazzyShadeEmily (Host)
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GhettoSpiritMedium
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TheCheetahwings

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1. Matty
2. MasterXPosed
3. TyeSays
4. Cman710
5. Joshua
6. Frame700
7. 100PercentCotton
8. SaviorMouse
9. Sid The Super Bitch
10. Kevin R.
11. Ni-Gunner
12. Zayday Williams
13. TheFinalBoy

14. Belly
15. Shiley740
16. Shawn
SEASON ONE WINNER:
Cman710/Chris



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Round One
Round Two
Round Three
Round Four
Round Five
Round Six

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Round 1 Results
Round 2 Results
Round 3 Results
Round 4 Results
Round 5 Results
Round 6 Results
All Scores Ranked
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SnazzyShadeEmily
Jan 2 2016, 11:13 PM
Zayday Williams
Jan 2 2016, 11:12 PM
SnazzyShadeEmily
Jan 2 2016, 11:11 PM
Well atleast Tye & NI-Gunner had very good excuses although it was really sad seeing two consistent writers have to go :(
These scores still mean a lot on your chances of Final 4
Oh omg noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I didn't know :howdareyou: ALSO OMG PETRA EMOTICON!!!!!
I know i kept it a secret so you all wouldnt give me trash :yasmama:

AAAH YOU STAN FOR JTV!? PETRA >>
YAAAAAS I LOVE EVERYONE EXCEPT MICHAEL AND RAFAEL BECAUSE I JUST WANNA GET PORKED BY THEM BOTH WHY CHOOSE

And naaah it's fine. Wish someone got eliminated this round though because I don't know for how long I can still be around before the shitstorm that is school starts LOL


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WORKS-IN-PROGRESS:
20 Questions
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Kevin R.
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Thanks for the review!

The idea of writing this as a sequel to Carrie (the 2002 movie, specifically) entered my head when I was about three pages in. Given that I already knew which way the story was going in my head, I felt that it was a perfect fit, so I changed the lead character to a grown-up Carrie White. Never knew that it had to be original works, though. Had I known that, I would've kept my original plan. That's the problem with unwritten rules. You've got to write down the law first before you lay it down.
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Matty
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If you're really doing this, I want to help.
Tay's gonna deliver those scary clouds of non-comfort
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shiley740
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"This isn't over...this isn't over by a long shot!"
Kevin R.
Jan 2 2016, 11:17 PM
Thanks for the review!

The idea of writing this as a sequel to Carrie (the 2002 movie, specifically) entered my head when I was about three pages in. Given that I already knew which way the story was going in my head, I felt that it was a perfect fit, so I changed the lead character to a grown-up Carrie White. Never knew that it had to be original works, though. Had I known that, I would've kept my original plan. That's the problem with unwritten rules. You've got to write down the law first before you lay it down.
KEVIN I LITERALLY SCREAMED SOME1 TAKE ME 2 MY HOSPITAL BED :fangirl:
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SnazzyShadeEmily
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They said I wasn't good enough for television. How do you like me now, voices in my head?
Kevin R.
Jan 2 2016, 11:17 PM
Thanks for the review!

The idea of writing this as a sequel to Carrie (the 2002 movie, specifically) entered my head when I was about three pages in. Given that I already knew which way the story was going in my head, I felt that it was a perfect fit, so I changed the lead character to a grown-up Carrie White. Never knew that it had to be original works, though. Had I known that, I would've kept my original plan. That's the problem with unwritten rules. You've got to write down the law first before you lay it down.
Well if it makes you feel better it didnt take you down too much but yeah I totally understand and feel bad. I kinda never expected anyone to do a sequel/remake/etc so I didnt mention it but that was definently sloppy by me :sensual:
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Kevin R.
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SnazzyShadeEmily
Jan 2 2016, 11:22 PM
Kevin R.
Jan 2 2016, 11:17 PM
Thanks for the review!

The idea of writing this as a sequel to Carrie (the 2002 movie, specifically) entered my head when I was about three pages in. Given that I already knew which way the story was going in my head, I felt that it was a perfect fit, so I changed the lead character to a grown-up Carrie White. Never knew that it had to be original works, though. Had I known that, I would've kept my original plan. That's the problem with unwritten rules. You've got to write down the law first before you lay it down.
Well if it makes you feel better it didnt take you down too much but yeah I totally understand and feel bad. I kinda never expected anyone to do a sequel/remake/etc so I didnt mention it but that was definently sloppy by me :sensual:
Alright then. It's no big deal. So, it's agreed that, from here on out, only original works are acceptable as challenge entries (unless the challenge specifically calls for an adaptation)?
Edited by Kevin R., Jan 2 2016, 11:25 PM.
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Writers Unleashed Season 1: Runner-Up

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“I’m getting seriously tired of saving your life.”
My reviews are coming!
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SnazzyShadeEmily
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They said I wasn't good enough for television. How do you like me now, voices in my head?
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First of all, the random 'we're in da club' > Kevin, I seriously LOVE your writing, and like always, this entry was fucking WILD! But, I did sadly have a few issues with it. I felt like it should've been a bit longer? Mainly because Carrie blowing up and destroying the bar felt a bit TOO sudden for me? The actual destruction WAS a lot of fun to read tho, just I kinda felt you should've eased into it just a tiny bit more? Also, the dialogue I felt could've been slightly improved on. It wasn't horrible by any needs, but somethings I couldn't really picture Carrie saying, lol. But maybe that's just me being a picky fan. I sadly also gotta dock some points, because like Alec said, all entries ARE meant to be original works. So the fact you made a Carrie sequel is gonna take off more points then it deserves. But don't get me wrong! Overall I did really enjoy reading this, and let me just say, it was easily better then Carrie 2: The Rage!



Vincent

The lesbian characters this round > I won't lie, I could kinda see what you meant by this not being your best. It did feel slightly rushed, and I felt like it could've been just a tiny bit longer. But over all it was quite good. My main issue was I felt like you could've paced it out a bit better, but the story definitely became better by the time it reached the end. I didn't really expect it to end the way it did, and I am slightly confused on if Heather actually died or not, lmao. I also think you fit in the lyrics very well, and in a unique way. This wasn't my favorite entry by you, but it was still good!



Chris

JFC that whole ending! I won't lie, I did have a feeling that ONE of them was gonna go crazy, but it was still pretty wild to see the monster route happen. I did enjoy how dialogue heavy you made the first half, and it was quite well written, and some of your best. I was a bit worried that you were going to be using the song lyrics in a bit of a typical way, but you managed to pull it off, definitly taking it in a different route then it could've gone. Not your best entry, but easily better then your one last week.


Greg

The lesbian couple >>> This was really good, and as I've said before I adore your dialogue and how you describe thins, and mostly just your writing style in general. I won't lie, I was ghetto and had to read this twice to fully get what was going on (it was probably because I was messy and tired when I first tried to read it omg) but once I got it, I really liked it. I enjoyed the dynamic of the character, and almost wanted to see more, just because I was curious what made Meredith the way she is. The ending also was very well done, and effective. I won't lie, I did prefer your entry last week, but this was still very well done!!


Matt

Omfg, this was so WEIRD? But I think it was oddly my favorite entry by you so far? I'm just so confused, I really didn't expect this wild time traveling sci fi script when I opened up this entry, but I guess that's what I got? I can tell you've definitly improved on descriptions, and this was easily your most creative entry, by far. I think my biggest issue with this entry, is I really didn't feel like it needed to be the 20 pages that it was? Also a lot of your dialogue felt like it was just to explain things, which I guess was what we needed, but I like to leave somethings up to the imagination. The ending was also 'GASP' worthy, well not rly, but rifp at earth I guess!
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shiley740
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"This isn't over...this isn't over by a long shot!"
Oop, ty 4 the comments Tay, but ya, this is basically my 1st foray into drama, so I just tried 2 do my best 2 convey what I was going 4, but glad u enjoyed! :excited:
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Matty
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If you're really doing this, I want to help.
Omg tay I'm glad you sorta stanned for my entry I think???? Queen of giving me the pillow i need after alec's clock
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