Discussing the Writing Challenges -- November and December 2010

[Bella Donna]

Yeah, but it offers continuity, and that's a good thing. Besides, I'm curious to know how many posts you can get in a thread before it is full on this forum.

 

[HoopyFrood]

It would have to go over 30,000 posts, which some of the longest threads have reached.

The Barney Stinson in me wants to shout "Challenge accepted!"

 

[Perpetual Man]

Another hard fought contest and another worthy winner, but then everything was so good.

A good call by SF on the subject this time around, had my first idea and jotted it down, only to find the smallest I could get it was 118 words. Thankfully we're only at the start of the month.*

*Let see how calm I am in a few more weeks.

 

[Ursa major]

Brace yourselves.
Isn't it time this thread was started afresh? 251 pages is a bit of a monster.

Or you could increase the number of posts per page. (I use 30 per page, which means that this is page 126 for me.)

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Maybe we could start a new one in April, so we'd have a full year's posts in each thread? Then we'd have the challenge of trying to reach 30k posts in the next three months, when we've only made it to 3700 in nine months. I have faith in us!

 

[Perpetual Man]

Maybe we could start a new one in April, so we'd have a full year's posts in each thread? Then we'd have the challenge of trying to reach 30k posts in the next three months, when we've only made it to 3700 in nine months. I have faith in us!

That would mean we would have to start posting pointless and irrelevant posts. Perhaps.

Posts that seem to say something but in fact mean nothing.

Don't know if I'm up to that.

Honest.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

You're quite right, Perp, we would have to do that. More of that than we do now, anyway. And that is the kind of thing that would get this thread moved to the Lounge, where it would be harder to find.

But I have been thinking about starting a brand new thread. April might be a good time. Or ... right about now, since it's a new year.

 

[Ursa major]

I think I'd support a new thread once we've covered the events here for a year; the length of the thread must be a little intimidating for those new to it, and while some of us do get sidetracked once in a while, this thread isn't really Lounge material (where there's no need to do more than join in with the events of the moment in that area's longer threads).



There is, though, a slight problem with continuity. I don't know how much work it would involve, but perhaps we could let this thread continue through the thirteenth month only to take that last month's posts and transfer them into the new thread come the end of April. (If this is likely to be difficult or time-consuming, please disregard this suggestion.)

 

[sloweye]

. And that is the kind of thing that would get this thread moved to the Lounge, where it would be harder to find.

Noooooo! i'd be kicked out the 1000 post club

 

[Hilarious Joke]

Nooooooooo! Slow would be kicked out of the 1000 post club!

 

[Culhwch]

The more off-topic posts you all make, the more likely it is to happen...

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

And something has happened, but not quite that.

After consultation, the moderators involved in running the Challenge have decided that it would be best to have a new discussion thread every month, and for the sake of continuity transfer any messages that involve the previous month's entries, extra stories, or the Challenge in general. Off-topic conversations won't be transferred, because we don't want to have to move discussion of the Challenge to the Lounge -- which, in all good conscience, we would have to do if the conversations continue to ramble on too far and too long away from the topic at hand. We hope that the change each month will help to remind all of us -- moderators, too, because we've helped to derail the thread on occasion -- what these threads are supposed to be about.

Of course we want the conversations to remain fun, but ... well, there are limits. It's important to remember that this is the Workshop, not the Lounge.

Accordingly, I've locked this thread and started a new thread for January. The last twenty messages have been moved to the new thread, because they are mostly on topic.