Brothers and Sisters,just created this thread to get an approximate number of interested brothers and sisters that are willing to partake in this contest,insha'Allaah.
Update:
The contest is for fictional stories on any subject.
The maximum word limit is 5,000 words.
The contest closes on 30 November 2011.
Please PM entries to Ramadhan before 30 November 2011.
I am game to give you a good run for your money. I think I have a good chance because a reliable source told me that age comes before beauty and I am quite sure you are not a wizened old hag and I am not going to win any beauty contests.
A lot of incomplete manuscripts and one long ago completed one that needs a major overhaul.
Talking about ideas for writing about, I have one that has been sitting on the back burner - make that way, way back burner - for donkey years. I am now releasing this idea under GPL, meaning anyone who feels inclined to is welcome to expand on it and make millions out of it, you know, book sales, movie rights, video games, toys franchise, the whole shebang.
TITLE:
The Centuarians
IDEA
Part of this idea is derived from the myth of the Centaurs, who are creatures with the bodies of horses and heads and arms of men. They look somewhat like these:
centaurmale.jpgcentaurfemale.jpg
The other part of this idea was triggered by the reports of the Vietnam war casualties. Apparently a large number of soldiers maimed in that war were injured by land mines. So they lost a leg or two.
Putting the two ideas together, I conceptualized a bio-mechanical war device - part man part machine. The human part will be supplied by the soldiers who have lost both legs in the war. The machine part is a fighting vehicle with four legs and various armaments like machine guns and canons, much like a tank.
The name came from combining two words - centaur, the half-man, half-horse mythical creature, and centurion, which is a well-trained Roman soldier.
Over to you. Don't forget to throw me some left-overs when you pass by in your limo.
Part of this idea is derived from the myth of the Centaurs, who are creatures with the bodies of horses and heads and arms of men. They look somewhat like these:
The other part of this idea was triggered by the reports of the Vietnam war casualties. Apparently a large number of soldiers maimed in that war were injured by land mines. So they lost a leg or two.
^ when I read this first paragraph only, I thought you were writing about disabled centaurs. LOL.
That sounds a lot like something one of my gamer friends would come up with his for his games.
Long ago, when I was really into German WW2 stuff, I wrote a story about a group of German paratroopers fighting in the Spanish Civil War. It was my first (and so far my only) full length prose fiction story. I thought it was so cool at the time, but I re-read it not long ago and was shocked and disgusted by the poor quality of writing. I may re-write it at some point.
Someone said to the Prophet, "Pray to God against the idolaters and curse them." The Prophet replied, "I have been sent to show mercy and have not been sent to curse." (Muslim)
What a co-incidence ! Mine is too. Pakistani? Well,they do have an Urdu section over here,ask the admins if this competition is for Urdu writers too.I wish I could write something worth reading in Urdu.
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Brothers and Sisters,just created this thread to get an approximate number of interested brothers and sisters that are willing to partake in this contest,insha'Allaah.
i cant write things like stories or essays etc in english..
or it seems not even a writing of primary student
Pakistani? Well,they do have an Urdu section over here,ask the admins if this competition is for Urdu writers too.I wish I could write something worth reading in Urdu.
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