Thread: Justice is Blind

Since this competition involves blind judging, that'll be our working title, at least for discussion purposes.
I've selected some of the submitted pics, and we'll have a vote on which one we prefer to write about.
Here they are:





We still need one judge, preferably not a moderator or administrator.
Judges so far are Sam, Kat, and myself. The judging will be blind-nobody will know who has written which critiques, at least until after the contest is closed.

I like number two, it looks like it has potential for a unique and interesting background, and the partially concealed woman is very mysterious. I find myself wanting to know who she is and what her story is.

Ah. Very good...and thank you for the pm response. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Kang will be our fourth judge. That gives us a wide range of age and experience with which to adjudicate the anticipated works.
Now let's see a show of hands for the pics...

My vote is for number one.

Just to be annoying - I vote for number three.

I like number 2. I think it's mysterious and mystical in how the woman is concealed behind the shadows.

I also like #2. I am interested in doing one of these, if not this one then one soon, but I am seriously new to short stories and would really like a mentor to start, if anyone feels like giving their take and answering questions. Thanks.

Oh Eluixa - I love short stories. I'm trying to write a novel now and finding it really difficult because I miss the short form.
My suggestion is - Read short stories (obviously) and then just try one out, see how it goes. Put it up here, and then see what sort of feedback you get.
I learnt how to take a ramble and make it into a story in my first few months of coming to this site. Before then I had no idea.
Now if only y'all could teach me how to write a novel Haha.

PS - if you want to PM me I would certainly love to help though I do not by any means claim to be an expert.

And likewise...'Fox, I can help with the novel writing. Eluixa, thisd'd be a good place to start with a short story-you can write a REALLY SHORT ONE *chuckles* 500 words.

Naww well that's nice. I have to submit 5000 words for uni pretty soon along with a Synopsis.
I might put them up here in The Workshop before then to get some thoughts.

Thanks guys! I am presently somewhat stuck on the novel and think I need to loosen up a bit, lol. I just read the stories for 'gone' and was thinking I've missed a gem here in all the quick bursts of creativity.

Oh, and writing a novel feels a lot like juggling, and I keep dropping the axes.

How many toes do ya have left?

picture no. 2

Duly noted.
So far-
pic #1-1 vote
pic#2-3 votes (Kang's doesn't count because he's a judge)
pic#3-1 vote
Let's give it a couple of days at least before we make any decisions.
I could add a poll but the polls here go by Chicago rules.

I'll go for number two.