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Check your Links!
I guess this is more of a public service announcement. Check your links. Some members, including myself have been here at WDC a lonnnnnnng time. So things we created some time back, have lost links in the item.
For instance, I have a Christmas forum called "Secret Santa - Closed for the Season" , that honestly, I pretty much abandon after the event. One, it's right during the holidays, and I need to focus on my family and such. But eventually, the season rolls around again and I have to tune up the forum for the next season.
That includes making sure that all the links guiding members to activities and cNotes are still good links and if they require the participation of the item owner, make sure they're hosting that item again this year.
So when you're looking for something to do...like when you're on hold, listening to that fun elevator music, open an item or two and clean house so you're ready for the next round.
 [Refresh to load countdown.] until Christmas!
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This month's question: Are you punctual with your portfolio housekeeping? Send in your answer below! Editors love feedback!
May's "Contests & Activities Newsletter (May 8, 2024)" question: What rules do you find difficult to follow?
Nixie  : I have trouble with the prompts, especially the longer ones.
HollisFrances  : Well, my dad called me, good ol' rebellious Hollis! Need I say more?
Bilal Latif  : I've seen some contests with overly-detailed prompts that essentially outline the entire story, beat by beat. In cases like that I just end up wondering what the contest host needs me for.
oldgreywolf on wheels : We're only allowed 2,500 characters, so this won't be all-encompassing.
Have always had issues with the rules of grammar. I can imitate them, but don't expect me to state them.
If it doesn't go bang, boom, pow, or cut, it probably has too many rules.
Many rules, esp when a multitude are involved, test adaptability more than creativity. Which tells you something about the rulemakers, as well.
I'll admit that some competitions need some rules.
H❀pe : I find it hard to follow a required 'theme' for a prompt, and prefer to just discover whatever direction the prompt leads to.
Mousethyme-no romance  : small word counts, short deadlines.
bonnie8910: Word counts in general are awful. I hate being restricted with my writing. It makes the story feel rushed or that it has too many unnecessary things in order to meet the word count.
jackson : I employ the free-will method of writing, so it's difficult to include a prompt in my work.
deemac  : Any contest rules that seem to have been included just for their own sake which too often lead to perfectly good entries being disqualified on silly technicalities. Like "Sorry, but you included your word count in the wrong place". Contest rules should be welcoming, not prohibitive.
TheBusmanPoet  : Anything to do with prompts, I won't bother with.
~SilverMoon~  : I like prompts. I don't always respond to all of them. But writers are like artists, they paint a picture with words. And so anytime they write, it is expressive, and without realising they share a part of themselves too. A perspective. Everyone's got one.
What I've found as far as myself is that it helps me make my story more concise and that's a good thing.
bobconstable: Having to wait 60 seconds before reposting a grammatically corrected comment.
keyisfake : commas are such a pain but I really try.
Kile Johnson : I'm not supposed to comma splice but I always do.
stevengepp: In writing?
Well, the rule I struggle with is more a guideline as opposed to a real rule - I like adverbs and adjectives.
People who say "don't use adverbs" only refer to "-ly" words as adverbs, which is stupid and shows a lack of understanding, because there are very many adverbial forms. But I still don't care. I even use "-ly" adverbs as well as the rest.
But the actual rules of writing? As in the way things are punctuated and syntaxed? I am fine with all of them.
Cubby~On the road again!  : stevengepp - I like using adverbs, too.
Beholden  : What rules do I find difficult to follow? None. The trick is to know the rules but take no notice of them unless they happen to be appropriate.
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