February / March 100 Word Anonymous Challenge Discussion

Provincial said:
I agree with @BT Jones’ first two guesses, but don’t know about the rest - apart from the two which were attributed to me, of course.

Here are my first reactions:
- even though two or three of my picks haven’t voted...

Now to draw up a table and make random guesses in a statistical way!
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Wrong one for me
 
I took a different approach this time and decided to not sit on what I wrote. The writing, proofing and submitting all happened within the space of half an hour. Very unusual for me, but I thought I'd see what happens when I try not to overthink it.
 
The Scribbling Man said:
I took a different approach this time and decided to not sit on what I wrote. The writing, proofing and submitting all happened within the space of half an hour. Very unusual for me, but I thought I'd see what happens when I try not to overthink it.
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Exactly the same here. 30 minutes and I threw it on the porch like a morning paper boy.
We can discuss how that worked out for us when the guessing is over. :cool:
 
elvet said:
Anyone hazard a guess as to who submitted 5 stories?
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Was it @Daysman with the 5? You said he scored 9 points and that he didn't get a 3rd placer (worth 3), meaning the most he got for another story was a 2. So, my guess is, he got a 6, a 2 and a 1, with 2 nils. I won't try guess the full list because I really only guess on the writers I think I am sure of (which, apparently, is far less than I think)!
 
Astro Pen said:
Exactly the same here. 30 minutes and I threw it on the porch like a morning paper boy.
We can discuss how that worked out for us when the guessing is over. :cool:
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I think that approach works... sometimes. It's all a bit random. There's nothing wrong with a quickfire genesis, I think, because an inspired idea is usually something that comes quickly. But I find it's worth giving the polishing process some extra breathing space. When I've churned out a quick 75 or 100, I usually find something doesn't read quite well enough when I review it, so I like to give it some thawing time until I've worked out how to say it right.
 
BT Jones said:
I think that approach works... sometimes. It's all a bit random. There's nothing wrong with a quickfire genesis, I think, because an inspired idea is usually something that comes quickly. But I find it's worth giving the polishing process some extra breathing space. When I've churned out a quick 75 or 100, I usually find something doesn't read quite well enough when I review it, so I like to give it some thawing time until I've worked out how to say it right.
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I think you're right @BT Jones. Usually, for me, I write the thing then re-read it the following morning. There's always the odd word that sticks out as not quite right and it's usually easily corrected. Same with the title. Very rarely is my first choice the one I end up with. Sleeping on it usually comes up with something better.
 
BT Jones said:
Was it @Daysman with the 5? You said he scored 9 points and that he didn't get a 3rd placer (worth 3), meaning the most he got for another story was a 2. So, my guess is, he got a 6, a 2 and a 1, with 2 nils. I won't try guess the full list because I really only guess on the writers I think I am sure of (which, apparently, is far less than I think)!
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Nope. Daysman did not write 5 stories.
Everything that Daysman wrote got at least 1 vote.
The person who wrote 5 stories had a total amount of 3 votes.
Our second place finisher submitted 2 stories for a total of 6 votes.
 
BT Jones said:
I think that approach works... sometimes. It's all a bit random. There's nothing wrong with a quickfire genesis, I think, because an inspired idea is usually something that comes quickly. But I find it's worth giving the polishing process some extra breathing space. When I've churned out a quick 75 or 100, I usually find something doesn't read quite well enough when I review it, so I like to give it some thawing time until I've worked out how to say it right.
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Yes , there's a couple of times over the last few months where I've kicked myself for the mis-placing or choice of a word in one of the Challenges. Titles I've never found much of a problem with.
 
elvet said:
Nope. Daysman did not write 5 stories.
Everything that Daysman wrote got at least 1 vote.
The person who wrote 5 stories had a total amount of 3 votes.
Our second place finisher submitted 2 stories for a total of 6 votes.
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Daysman is clearly a very talented guy.
 
Any more hints needed? I thought with giving the vote distribution, it would give a different way to narrow down the contributors and their stories. There are some authors with distinctive styles. I didn't mean to single people out, so sorry if it sounded that way.
 
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