I am going through and reading them all again and making notes on each. What I like, how I felt, etc. Because I love them all, it is going to be hard to choose.
I'd love to see your notes and responses, Trish, after the voting is over. It would be fun to have a Book Club type discussion about all the submissions. I'm sure we'll all have so many insights and words of appreciation to share!
Why don't you pencil it in for start of Sept? I would love to have group chat about these
Add it to Week of Sept. 7 maybe? Or something...
Great idea, Munter! We can do this every month. We'll have the second week of each month devoted to discussing the Short Story Challenge stories!
YAY! I love it when things dove-tail and fit together, right @Carewren123 ? I love community projects that feed each other. Totally awesome.
Yes it's awesome! Waiting until the second week of the month is perfect too, because then the voting will be over.
Could we discuss them in this thread? I mean otherwise the only thing this thread is really for is saying you submitted sth. Would be perfect to do the discussions here too right?
Fine with me! @Munterbacon - what do you say? Shall we discuss the stories here in this thread and not in Book Club?
(I'm fine with anything! I just like us to talk about the amazing work everybody is doing, and I want every single story to get its moment in the sun.)
Makes sense to me. It does split discussion up over two threads though, but I think that it does belong here?
I am going through and reading them all again and making notes on each. What I like, how I felt, etc. Because I love them all, it is going to be hard to choose.
I'd love to see your notes and responses, Trish, after the voting is over. It would be fun to have a Book Club type discussion about all the submissions. I'm sure we'll all have so many insights and words of appreciation to share!
Why don't you pencil it in for start of Sept? I would love to have group chat about these
Add it to Week of Sept. 7 maybe? Or something...
Great idea, Munter! We can do this every month. We'll have the second week of each month devoted to discussing the Short Story Challenge stories!
YAY! I love it when things dove-tail and fit together, right @Carewren123 ? I love community projects that feed each other. Totally awesome.
Yes it's awesome! Waiting until the second week of the month is perfect too, because then the voting will be over.
Could we discuss them in this thread? I mean otherwise the only thing this thread is really for is saying you submitted sth. Would be perfect to do the discussions here too right?
Fine with me! @Munterbacon - what do you say? Shall we discuss the stories here in this thread and not in Book Club?
(I'm fine with anything! I just like us to talk about the amazing work everybody is doing, and I want every single story to get its moment in the sun.)
Makes sense to me. It does split discussion up over two threads though, but I think that it does belong here?
I Second this ^^ it makes sense to discuss them here. I feel like the book Club is more for longer "book-like"-stories
Well whenever you guys reach a decision please let all of us know. Lol. I'm not apart of the book club. So I think it would be better to do it here for those that aren't apart of the actual book club thread can chime in and listen to things related to the short stories only. Just a suggestion.
Edit: nothing against the book club but I don't read Sim stories that often. So don't think it's necessary for me to join it. Having it separate can separate the short story contest and the book club all together. And better help those that aren't in the book club.
I'm gonna weigh in and say that we should talk about the submissions here. I agree that otherwise the thread just does become a place to state you've submitted and it gives Book Club space to continue running without having to tweak the schedule
Well whenever you guys reach a decision please let all of us know. Lol. I'm not apart of the book club. So I think it would be better to do it here for those that aren't apart of the actual book club thread can chime in and listen to things related to the short stories only. Just a suggestion.
Great suggestion, putacece4lyfe! I think we'll discuss them here, after the polls close.
How does that sound, @Carewren123 ? Do you think that will work fine for the purpose and function of this thread?
Well whenever you guys reach a decision please let all of us know. Lol. I'm not apart of the book club. So I think it would be better to do it here for those that aren't apart of the actual book club thread can chime in and listen to things related to the short stories only. Just a suggestion.
Great suggestion, putacece4lyfe! I think we'll discuss them here, after the polls close.
How does that sound, @Carewren123 ? Do you think that will work fine for the purpose and function of this thread?
Sounds perfect to me.
I'm trying to think of an easy way to make sure that every submission gets it's moment in the sun as you said before.
Should we organize it so that we discus 3-4 of them per day? Or should we just have an open discussion all week; in this case I could keep a track of which stories hadn't been mentioned yet and make sure they receive some attention towards the end of the week? Or does someone else have another possibly better idea?
Well whenever you guys reach a decision please let all of us know. Lol. I'm not apart of the book club. So I think it would be better to do it here for those that aren't apart of the actual book club thread can chime in and listen to things related to the short stories only. Just a suggestion.
Great suggestion, putacece4lyfe! I think we'll discuss them here, after the polls close.
How does that sound, @Carewren123 ? Do you think that will work fine for the purpose and function of this thread?
Sounds perfect to me.
I'm trying to think of an easy way to make sure that every submission gets it's moment in the sun as you said before.
Should we organize it so that we discus 3-4 of them per day? Or should we just have an open discussion all week; in this case I could keep a track of which stories hadn't been mentioned yet and make sure they receive some attention towards the end of the week? Or does someone else have another possibly better idea?
Well, I was just thinking of being responsible myself to make sure that I said something about each, and possibly to toss out a few questions for some, but a more formal approach could be useful, also.
My personal goal is to point out three-to-five strengths for each piece.
I think we can keep it unstructured. No need to overthink everything (which I tend to do). Let's just trust that everyone will try to discuss them all. And writers, if you are looking for any specific feedback, feel free to ask. And if anyone feels like their story is being overlooked you can ask for feedback or PM me and I'll make sure we get you some feedback
I think some structure here would be better and have a day or two per set of stories. Otherwise discussion would become a jumbled mess of everyone talking about different stories at once especially with as many submissions as we have.
We could group them by theme as well when we are discussing them? Or is it better to spread the similar themes out? I was thinking @Munterbacon and my story theme well together and there's a couple other "death" ones ... weird the tagging appears not to be working... guess it is on save
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We can always divide them up by how many days in the week and how many submissions at the end when the month is over
I can certainly do this. And it seems as if at least some of you want to give a little structure to the discussion week, so this is probably what we'll do.
OMG! I can't even believe this month is almost over and I've not even done much of any submission. I have an idea for one (again...different than the other two). If I have time, I'll try to work on it this weekend. But it seems like I start it, but the story doesn't write itself. I mean, why can't the story just jump on the page for me?
I've already read half the submissions, but people have been very busy and more have been added since I checked last. Hopefully, I can get my on that list, too, but if not, then no biggie. There is always next month.
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Makes sense to me. It does split discussion up over two threads though, but I think that it does belong here?
I Second this ^^ it makes sense to discuss them here. I feel like the book Club is more for longer "book-like"-stories
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Edit: nothing against the book club but I don't read Sim stories that often. So don't think it's necessary for me to join it. Having it separate can separate the short story contest and the book club all together. And better help those that aren't in the book club.
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Great suggestion, putacece4lyfe! I think we'll discuss them here, after the polls close.
How does that sound, @Carewren123 ? Do you think that will work fine for the purpose and function of this thread?
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Sounds perfect to me.
I'm trying to think of an easy way to make sure that every submission gets it's moment in the sun as you said before.
Should we organize it so that we discus 3-4 of them per day? Or should we just have an open discussion all week; in this case I could keep a track of which stories hadn't been mentioned yet and make sure they receive some attention towards the end of the week? Or does someone else have another possibly better idea?
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Well, I was just thinking of being responsible myself to make sure that I said something about each, and possibly to toss out a few questions for some, but a more formal approach could be useful, also.
My personal goal is to point out three-to-five strengths for each piece.
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I can certainly do this. And it seems as if at least some of you want to give a little structure to the discussion week, so this is probably what we'll do.
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Me too!! I still don't know who to vote for bc everyone did an amazing job!!
I've already read half the submissions, but people have been very busy and more have been added since I checked last. Hopefully, I can get my on that list, too, but if not, then no biggie. There is always next month.
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