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Wow, okay. I was totally not expecting this many people to sign up. I might shorten the deadline but we'll see how we go.
@Darkking, I'll explain in more detail when we get to it, but basically each word in the sentence has the same letters as digits in Pi. Do you know what Pi is? If not that is the perfect conversation for you and your math teacher.
Anyway, Pi starts with the number 3. So your sentence might start with "May" or "Dog" or "Hat" or anything you can think of that's three letters. Next is 1, one letter, so your word might be "I" or "A". Then 4, and so on.
If you still don't understand, I'm just terrible at explaining things.
@Moonlight, That's okay. Don't feel stressed; if you can't make the deadline, it's no biggie.
@Leafpool, short stories are really tricky but I believe in you!
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Count me in!
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Oooooh, I get it! I just didn't see the connection at first, now I do though!
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This is a great idea! I'll join in!
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Ok, thanks for joining everyone! We'll start when we get to 20 people.
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I'm in!
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when you say Free Writing (under 750 words) does it matter if there is a few words over the limit or will you be disqualified? It's just short stories are pretty hard
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No, that's just a rough guide. I won't be counting or anything but if it's hundreds of words over, then its a bit of a stretch. As I said, I'll get into more detail later on.
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Argh I'm so excited to start!
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I have a question about Round 2 as well–does each sentence have to have 8 words, or can you just use as many digits of Pi as you can to make words, and make a sentence? Could you use 24 digits of Pi, or 3, or however many you wanted? I guess that was the only part that confused me a little.
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@Micearanice, me too! We'll stick with starting on the 15th.
@Leafpool, the sentences can be as long as you want. You may do more than one sentence, but they have to be connected and relevant. It's pretty hard to maintain a theme for more than, say, 25 words.
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Let ROUND ONE commence!
As you can see, round one is writing a short story excluding one vowel. I think this is pretty self explanatory, but if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.
Just as confirmation, this is the list of participants.
Neko
Secret
Darkking
Gracia
Cassandra The First
Micearenice
Moonlight
Soren Infinity
Leafpool
Annabeth C
Quill
Arrietty
Please note that if you miss the due date for the first three rounds, it's no big deal, but in round four and the finals you will be eliminated if you don't post at all.
Also I know that everyone might be a bit busy around the holidays, so the due date is extended to the 12th of January. However if more than 7 of the 12 people who signed up submit their entries before then, I can judge earlier.
Have fun!
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Yay! I've already started mine on a Google Doc because I'm super busy- thanks, brain! *Smacks forehead appreciatively*
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