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Another round of Weavers of Words under my care! Hey, at least KK is going back soon, so you all will be spared from my ramblings shortly enough. In the meantime, you get to enjoy all the melodious symphony borne out of the love I make with my keyboard. Forsooth, populace, I implore thee to savour it while it lasts. I mean, it's kinda related to this month's theme, too.
We're accepting both poems and short stories for this round. Prose may be more suitable for those with more leisure as it can take quite some time to plan, write, and proofread. Poetry may cater more to the adventurous as it can take a higher level of challenge to compose and construct. By allowing both, we hope to see more participants and more diversity without alienating anyone who leans more to either side.
As usual, all participants will get this award...
...but the winner will get this!
We're accepting both poems and short stories for this round. Prose may be more suitable for those with more leisure as it can take quite some time to plan, write, and proofread. Poetry may cater more to the adventurous as it can take a higher level of challenge to compose and construct. By allowing both, we hope to see more participants and more diversity without alienating anyone who leans more to either side.
As usual, all participants will get this award...
...but the winner will get this!
I suppose it's more appropriate to call these "criteria", but referring to them as "rules" may help ensure that people pay attention to them. At least, I hope so. Anyway, the rules for WOW are pretty simple:
- Your entry can be EITHER a short story OR a poem.
. - For short stories: Minimum 500 words. Maximum 1500 words.
For poems: Minimum 4 lines. Maximum 40 lines. (Line breaks don't count.)
. - No racism, religious topics, overly obscene depictions, animal/child abuse or other inflammatory topics.
. - You can pick any title you like for your entry as long as it conforms with #3.
. - Please post your finished entry wrapped within spoilers in this thread.
The theme for this month's Weavers of Words shall be...
TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED.
"Reflect upon your present blessings―of which every man has many―not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
―Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
Don't you think life is beautiful? I mean, sure, it sucks and it has a lot of problems you wish would just go away. But, if you can complain, that means you're alive, right? You're alive and able to complain, which is more than can be said for those from whom the ability to complain has been taken away.
Your classmates are good-for-nothing arseholes and your curricula teach you nothing useful? At least you're financially capable enough to afford school, or lucky enough to live somewhere that guarantees free-of-charge education, or were fortunate enough to earn a scholarship. That degree is likely going to be at least mildly helpful in the future, too. That's more than can be said for those not well-off enough to afford school, nor live somewhere that guarantees it, nor earn a scholarship.
You have lazy colleagues at work and your boss always gives you more workload than you're capable of doing despite paying you a modest salary? At least you have a job. Plus, all that time you've spent working for that slave-driver employer will at least add to your curriculum vitae and may enable you to seek for better employment in the future. That's more than can be said for those unable to get employed not through their own laziness.
Your parents try to control every aspect of your life? At least... yeah, you know the rest.
Anyway, to clarify:
This theme shouldn't be taken to mean "blessings" in the religious sense. It has nothing to do with religiosity and everything with having a general appreciative feeling for whatever you have so that you can make wine when life gives you sour grapes. I'm not sure that's the correct proverb, but whatever. By the way, don't drink if you're underage, mmkay? But I digress. While this theme may sound all positive and motivational, so did last round's theme of "wish", yet we had a handful of dark-themed entries. Let's see how far your imaginative talents can take you. Best of luck to all participants!
Theme inspired by none other than [MENTION=93850]|♚| KK |♚|[/MENTION], the official proprietor of this contest.
Please submit your entry before the deadline. If you're unsure about certain aspects of your draft entry, feel free to ask around in the discussion thread. You can have only ONE post in the entry submission thread, but you're not restricted from discussing the WOW as much as you want in the discussion thread. The deadline may be extended on our discretion if circumstances necessitate it, but it won't be shortened for no reason, so rest assured and don't rush. Take your time to make a masterpiece!
TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED.
"Reflect upon your present blessings―of which every man has many―not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
―Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
Don't you think life is beautiful? I mean, sure, it sucks and it has a lot of problems you wish would just go away. But, if you can complain, that means you're alive, right? You're alive and able to complain, which is more than can be said for those from whom the ability to complain has been taken away.
Your classmates are good-for-nothing arseholes and your curricula teach you nothing useful? At least you're financially capable enough to afford school, or lucky enough to live somewhere that guarantees free-of-charge education, or were fortunate enough to earn a scholarship. That degree is likely going to be at least mildly helpful in the future, too. That's more than can be said for those not well-off enough to afford school, nor live somewhere that guarantees it, nor earn a scholarship.
You have lazy colleagues at work and your boss always gives you more workload than you're capable of doing despite paying you a modest salary? At least you have a job. Plus, all that time you've spent working for that slave-driver employer will at least add to your curriculum vitae and may enable you to seek for better employment in the future. That's more than can be said for those unable to get employed not through their own laziness.
Your parents try to control every aspect of your life? At least... yeah, you know the rest.
Anyway, to clarify:
The theme for WOW #3 is BLESSINGS.
Savour every moment, for what you take for granted could be someone else's lifetime desire.
Savour every moment, for what you take for granted could be someone else's lifetime desire.
This theme shouldn't be taken to mean "blessings" in the religious sense. It has nothing to do with religiosity and everything with having a general appreciative feeling for whatever you have so that you can make wine when life gives you sour grapes. I'm not sure that's the correct proverb, but whatever. By the way, don't drink if you're underage, mmkay? But I digress. While this theme may sound all positive and motivational, so did last round's theme of "wish", yet we had a handful of dark-themed entries. Let's see how far your imaginative talents can take you. Best of luck to all participants!
Theme inspired by none other than [MENTION=93850]|♚| KK |♚|[/MENTION], the official proprietor of this contest.
The deadline is on 31 MAY 2016.
You MAY edit your entry submission post as many times as you please before the deadline.
You MAY edit your entry submission post as many times as you please before the deadline.
Please submit your entry before the deadline. If you're unsure about certain aspects of your draft entry, feel free to ask around in the discussion thread. You can have only ONE post in the entry submission thread, but you're not restricted from discussing the WOW as much as you want in the discussion thread. The deadline may be extended on our discretion if circumstances necessitate it, but it won't be shortened for no reason, so rest assured and don't rush. Take your time to make a masterpiece!
This thread is only for ENTRIES!
For discussions, questions and comments, please go to this thread instead.
For discussions, questions and comments, please go to this thread instead.