IslamicBoard Writing Contest

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A'salamu alaykum. Do you have to formally join or you just submit it at the time of submission?
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Wa Alaikum Assalam

There is no formal sign up for the contest. You can just submit it to the host before the deadline, 31 December 2016.
 
Scimitar said:
I think I'll pass again :D

Scimi
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Boo this man.


I'm in a...gestation period...I have a couple of ideas bouncing on the insides of my super head, just need to narrow them down...and you know write them...
 
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aamirsaab said:
Boo this man.


I'm in a...gestation period...I have a couple of ideas bouncing on the insides of my super head, just need to narrow them down...and you know write them...
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boo indeed lol - I've now failed each one five years in succession. At least I never promised :D
 
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I always think about participating in these writing contests but can't get past "once upon a time.. " :unsure:
 
piXie said:
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I always think about participating in these writing contests but can't get past "once upon a time.. " :unsure:
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Wa alaykum assalam,

I sometimes find that the most difficult part of writing. Sometimes I *really* want to write and express my creativity but I have no idea what to write about. I suppose it's like 'writer's block'.

Sometimes you just need to write about something which comes from your own life experiences or a subject you're really interested in. Or maybe there is a book you really enjoy, and then you can write something on a similar vein.
 
Better not to try too hard. Just let the story comes from your mind. Quite same like in the other thread of pictures and short stories about them.
 
:wasalamex

We are looking for a host for this year's competition :ia:. Is anyone interested in being the host?

Note that you can't participate in the competition if you become the host.
 
piXie said:
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I always think about participating in these writing contests but can't get past "once upon a time.. " :unsure:
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once upon a time, when time folded backwards, split upon itself and then reformed, it revealed a curious little thing called a mite...

there you go, play on that lol
 
BUMP

Less than 2 months left for the deadline. You can still join now if you haven't already. Just start writing and we will announce whom to submit your entries at the end.
 
noraina said:
Wa alaykum assalam,

I sometimes find that the most difficult part of writing. Sometimes I *really* want to write and express my creativity but I have no idea what to write about. I suppose it's like 'writer's block'.

Sometimes you just need to write about something which comes from your own life experiences or a subject you're really interested in. Or maybe there is a book you really enjoy, and then you can write something on a similar vein.
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Free writing is a prewriting technique in which a person writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling, grammar, or topic. It produces raw, often unusable material, but helps writers overcome blocks of apathy and self-criticism. It is used mainly by prose writers and writing teachers. Some writers use the technique to collect initial thoughts and ideas on a topic, often as a preliminary to formal writing. Free writing is not the same as automatic writing.

Unlike brainstorming where ideas are simply listed, in freewriting one writes sentences to form a paragraph about whatever comes to mind.
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Scimi
 
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Scimitar said:
Free writing is a prewriting technique in which a person writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling, grammar, or topic. It produces raw, often unusable material, but helps writers overcome blocks of apathy and self-criticism. It is used mainly by prose writers and writing teachers. Some writers use the technique to collect initial thoughts and ideas on a topic, often as a preliminary to formal writing. Free writing is not the same as automatic writing.

Unlike brainstorming where ideas are simply listed, in freewriting one writes sentences to form a paragraph about whatever comes to mind.
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Scimi
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Now that I think of it, that could really help.

Sometimes we can put so much pressure on ourselves to produce a beautifully written, grammatically correct, completely original miniature masterpiece and you are left there staring at a blank paper because you have just put so many expectations on yourself.

It's like with painting, you end up not touching a blank canvas for weeks because you're scared to produce something anything less than 'perfect'. When in reality it's so much fun to just splash some colours around without expecting a result.
 
noraina said:
Now that I think of it, that could really help.

Sometimes we can put so much pressure on ourselves to produce a beautifully written, grammatically correct, completely original miniature masterpiece and you are left there staring at a blank paper because you have just put so many expectations on yourself.

It's like with painting, you end up not touching a blank canvas for weeks because you're scared to produce something anything less than 'perfect'. When in reality it's so much fun to just splash some colours around without expecting a result.
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And the same applies to character - we have lost the understanding of individualism and then end of caving into a norm always wondering when will we ever break the glass ceiling.
 
I just finished reading Herodotus (all books/volumes) and my brain hurts.

I won't be reading any book between now and next solar new year, so I'm really looking forward to some light and airy short stories to help balance my heavily weighed down cranial substance you guys call brains. :D

Scimi

EDIT: no host yet, and deadline is 31st Dec 2016... get a move on peeps. (I'd offer to host, but I'd probably mess it up so,)
 
Just a few days more than a month left now. I hope you are all progressing well.

Anyone ready to host the contest? If not, then one of us mods will take the responsibility :ia:.

AabiruSabeel said:
BUMP

Less than 2 months left for the deadline. You can still join now if you haven't already. Just start writing and we will announce whom to submit your entries at the end.
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I nominate Scimitar as host. He's been ducking the story contest for years!

I'd host but I'm entering this year, sorry folks.
 
aamirsaab said:
I nominate Scimitar as host. He's been ducking the story contest for years!

I'd host but I'm entering this year, sorry folks.
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I'd be happy to host, in sha Allah.

sister herb said:
So we can now send stories to br Scimi?
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Yes in sha Allah, send by PM with the heading "Writing Contest Entry" so I know it's for this.

Scimi
 
Assalaam alaikum,

There is still time for this competition.

You have until 31st of this month so you still have time to put your thoughts to paper and spin a yarn or two in sha Allah.

You don't have to have a masters in English either lol... you just need a good story you think will interest others, and it should be your own work. See first post in this thread for more details.

So all ya'll budding writers of imaginative tales, fantasists, plot enthusiasts, word geckos and linguistic mystics - do yer thang.

Scimi
 

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