We Need to Have A Talk About Writing...

Hello

What makes a WDC writing competition a success?
An attentive and creative host who has their eye on the flow of the site at the contest time. Responding to posts, acknowledging entries, updating the forum quickly with current information. And NOT holding big events or not having too big of expectations if another HUGE game is going on at the time. Schedule away from the WdC BDay month of August (I think), Game of Thrones, Masquerade Party. Things like that will ensure great success!

What makes YOU enter a WDC writing competitions?
I have to be motivated by the topics, the setup, or something in a contest here. I use them specifically not for ideas, but inspiration and a little nudge to write the stuff I have going on in my head. . . They help narrow my focus some

What do you think your favourite WDC writing competition does right?
My favorite competitions (I'm assuming you mean contests here) are Lexi s "Invalid Item"  because she gives a few words as a prompt, and they tend to be ones I can manipulate well. Well explained rules and expectations, and she always reviews all the entries. And I like her reviews!

I also enjoy entering 🌑 Darleen - QoD s "Invalid Item"  She uses image prompts that can cultivate creativity, and has guest judges that make it a bit interesting as far as your audience goes It produces some deep, not to mention disturbing, poetry

I Ẃeβ࿚Ẃỉtcĥ & StephBee s "The Bard's Hall Contest"  is a big favorite. They always review their entries, and I know Webby was super supportive of my fiction sputterings lol. It's a good environment to try something new! They throw spokes in the wheels here and there, and get my brain moving. They had a finish-this-story-which-is-pretty-ridiculous-in-16-sentences prompt, and I NEVER write fiction, and it was pretty good! And fun. Usually, I use contests for poetry

What do you think most WDC writing competitions do wrong?
THEY DO NOT review entries. If you're too busy, get judges to help. Or wait until you have more time. It's disconcerting to WIN or PLACE, but not to know why-- what they liked about it. Maybe it just is this way with my deep biographical poetry entries, I dunno. It just really bugs me!

These are the three that I enter MOST OFTEN. There's so many great contests out there in WdC Land I just can't even LOOK at them all

~(Adrienne) or just 'Whata' 

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