Collaborative Creative Writing Community

I keep trying to encourage other writers to jump in here when I comment on their stories. A couple have expressed interest, I hope they come through!

I was about to pull an all-nighter. Interesting turn of events...

You are completely right, each and every chapter it just gets more and more difficult to write the next chapter. lol that and school! Well thanks for the up in the time limit and like Jeremy I was gonna spend a long long time on it!

The reason is simple . Due to civilizational collapse, everyone is sitting inside their shelters.

I'm not a fan of extended deadlines. I understand the rationale, but I'd be disappointed if I was voorhees and I didn't win the next entry. Waiting until the last minute doesn't connotate extra work as much as procrastination. It's $100 and a part of a significant story, but my initial trepidation that people wouldn't want to finish stories seems to be coming into fruition. If no one expresses interest (by submitting chapters), may I suggest opening it up to authors of former chapters? I'd be up for trying for another $100 and wrapping a plotline or three. (Hey, if rules are being bent/broken, why not?)

-- Nash

I had thought of that too, Nash. So far it doesn't look good for having a competitive number of entries for remaining chapters. I would certainly be willing to give it another crack or two...

Obviously I'd turn in my gavel, but I wouldn't mind taking another crack either. Not so much for the money, but to increase the competitiveness of the contest. (Though I'd take the money too.)
This time around we have four entries and it's looking less and less likely that we'll even have a fifth. Cumulatively, the entries are as high a caliber as any of the previous chapters, and each author has shown a tremendous effort and attention to detail. But I think the story still suffers from not having more creative minds throwing potential chapters into the mix.
I suspect participation will only dwindle further for the last two chapters.

You make a very good point Nash and I really want to win one of these remaining chapters (not just for the money but more importantly, for the recognition) but I would prefer to win because my chapter is the best and voted so by the judges. I would've been thrilled to be awarded Chapter 8 because I was the only entry but at the same time my competive nature wouldn't have allowed me to enjoy it. I agree that we should open up the last two chapters to all writers just to ensure that this story ends with a bang and not a whimper! With that being said, I still feel like I have the best Chapter 8 and really look forward to read what the judges have to say.

*competitive*

I hope the Round 9 deadline gets pushed back until I get around to submitting a chapter this time!

Hi, I just joined Storymash and am trying to find out the current contest. Can you tell me? Thanks.

Hi there and welcome to SM!
Simply go to the "Contest" page and catch up on the nine chapters that make up the story. Then, if you want to enter round ten, simply mash the ninth chapter (http://storymash.com/u/Aggeloi/verinihu/) and you are done! The top ten ranked chapters will then be eligible to win, and our judges will announce the winner when the contest is completed.