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Writing for a reason

Journal Entry: Wed May 16, 2007, 7:49 PM
I wrote a story for Ryan North's Machine of Death.
It was an open call for submissions, now closed.
Writing for contests or calls for submissions are good writing exercises, or at least I do them as writing exercises.
This one was special, because of it's specificity. The story had to explore the idea of a machine that told people how they were going to die with precision if not accuracy (it gave the same COD for any given individual repeatedly, but the prediction would be vague or inexplicable.)

I believe that that constraint didn't stop the entries from being original, but it did do something for my submission. It made it non-reusable. Most calls for submissions or generally "things I could try to write for" leave me with a story I could integrate into something else, or a story I could change and finish. My submission is not a bad one, but it doesn't belong anywhere but the submission box for a Machine of Death anthology.

Sink or swim, I have at least the triumph that the story is finished.

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  • Favourite movie: No way I'm can pick that. I think the best universally likable movie is Fifth Element.
  • Favourite photographer: Edward Burtynsky
  • Wallpaper of choice: from www.danschmidt.com - a big picture of a flower with multiple, uhm, flowers coming off it.
  • Personal Quote: Patience can get anything, hesitation, lose anything.
  • Tools of the Trade: That dropper thing that comes in the top of the ink bottle, stuff I find in the trash, Photoshop 7

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^lemontea:iconlemontea: Sep 10, 2005, 8:38:56 PM
Hola! Thanks for the favourite on the vector guide. Glad you liked it. If you need any help at all, just ask me :)

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~auralis:iconauralis: Sep 8, 2005, 9:24:48 AM
Thanks for the fav! :hug:

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~SilverMelindaStock:iconSilverMelindaStock: Aug 22, 2005, 8:28:54 PM
Thanks for the :+fav: on my stock photo. I love your "goth" stock photos, they're fun :)
~amade:iconamade: Aug 22, 2005, 6:40:53 AM
Thanks for the :+fav:s! Much appreciated :nod:

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~new-wave-photos:iconnew-wave-photos: Aug 18, 2005, 11:16:07 AM
:hug: Thank you for the :+fav: my friend :D! :smooch:

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~joymoreno:iconjoymoreno: Aug 18, 2005, 10:06:45 AM
actually my scanner is new. i don't know why it turns out like that. but scanning at a friends house is a good idea. thanks!
~Alisonia:iconAlisonia: Aug 18, 2005, 9:12:40 AM
We need more non-jerks, too.

I hate those who FREAK out when you give a critique (are we not here to help eachother improve our creative & artistic sides?). Or there's those who just rip you apart, not just your work (which is fine) but your own self, too.

Yay for the non-jerks!
~chuuko:iconchuuko: Aug 18, 2005, 8:58:49 AM
I hug you through the internet. ::hug::
Thank you.
I strive to not be a jerk.

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~Alisonia:iconAlisonia: Aug 18, 2005, 6:28:23 AM
I just had to mention to you that I've seen your comments around on different pieces, and I like your critiques/comments.

dA needs more members like you.
~joymoreno:iconjoymoreno: Aug 17, 2005, 8:03:06 PM
hahha i dunno. i'm new and i didn't know what else to put them under.
~happytoast:iconhappytoast: Aug 17, 2005, 6:30:41 PM
I'll forgive you for calling her shug, because you took a picture of flowers.
~nadstock:iconnadstock: Aug 17, 2005, 6:21:49 PM
hey shug!

thnx for the fav on floral fireworks10

much obliged!

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~chuuko:iconchuuko: Aug 16, 2005, 10:00:20 PM
Hey thanks, you're coming up on that many yourself. I'm surprised how my page views jumped once I started joining all those contests on deviant-contests

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~SCRAPslap:iconSCRAPslap: Aug 16, 2005, 8:00:36 PM
yo chuuko, thanks so much for the favs :+fav: on Colors and Colors of Nature.....much appercatied =)

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~red-handed:iconred-handed: Aug 16, 2005, 4:53:37 AM
hey thanks for the fav on red arrows
guess what i just gave you 1000 page views
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~EdgeFx1:iconEdgeFx1: Aug 14, 2005, 10:41:49 PM
thanks alot for this fave on akuma 0u

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~stockTHIS:iconstockTHIS: Aug 14, 2005, 4:17:51 PM
Thanks so much for the fav!! ^^

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*Javafoto:iconJavafoto: Aug 14, 2005, 4:19:41 AM
Thanks for the watch and the fav!

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~Tigirl:iconTigirl: Aug 13, 2005, 12:28:09 PM
Thanks for the fav. <3

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~rosepetals19:iconrosepetals19: Aug 13, 2005, 10:49:01 AM
Thank you so much for the favorite :w00t:
~KonStock:iconKonStock: Aug 13, 2005, 8:09:12 AM
thanks for the fav on Polar Bear 1 :)

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