I sometimes feel like I need to move away from dialogue, because I'm into screenwriting; I feel like I rely too much on dialogue and not enough on prose.
D'you see what I mean? If you think about it in a certain way, it looks sort of like a teleplay, because my prose description is so spare.
This was extremely funny and very original. You should pity us females who can't ever know what it is like to participate in a beard growing contest:) (just joking) I really liked the ending where you talk about October and December.
The description of the beards was great too, very detailed and good metaphors.
Honestly? I'm growing a beard right now. It's been about eight days. I am disappointed, and I look kind of disreputable.
I'm glad you liked my story, though! I read it to Dan (because he's a real person) and he couldn't stop laughing. Obviously, this is a work of fiction, but he and his roommate Karl are totally growing Octobeards. -D
David, you are a very weird Jew. And I love you.mermaidbiaOctober 9 2008, 06:23:08 UTC
"Everyone has hobbies." That single line, right in the middle of the piece, made this gorgeously hilarious.
I'm so, so glad you've entered this community, and you're handling the contest with much more confidence and grace than I do, already. A beard growing contest, it's just precious, it's something I can imagine happening more vividly than I wanna admit, with your crafty dialogues. Your prose is beautifully funny.
Good luck this month! (I'll resign from mermechanic if this doesn't make it into next week at LEAST)
Great dialogue work- I'm always so jealous of my male friends who have beard growing contests. My coworkers at the City Museum used to do it, though I never really understood them. Then again, they were pretty strange people.
Oh jeez, what's her name, if you don't mind my asking? 'Cause I might know her. Then again, I worked from March to August '08, so, if she was gone before then I might not.
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That was interesting, and quite funny. Thank you.
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I'm pleased you liked it.
-D
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I sometimes feel like I need to move away from dialogue, because I'm into screenwriting; I feel like I rely too much on dialogue and not enough on prose.
D'you see what I mean? If you think about it in a certain way, it looks sort of like a teleplay, because my prose description is so spare.
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The description of the beards was great too, very detailed and good metaphors.
Keep Writing!:)
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I'm glad you liked my story, though! I read it to Dan (because he's a real person) and he couldn't stop laughing. Obviously, this is a work of fiction, but he and his roommate Karl are totally growing Octobeards.
-D
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That single line, right in the middle of the piece, made this gorgeously hilarious.
I'm so, so glad you've entered this community, and you're handling the contest with much more confidence and grace than I do, already. A beard growing contest, it's just precious, it's something I can imagine happening more vividly than I wanna admit, with your crafty dialogues. Your prose is beautifully funny.
Good luck this month! (I'll resign from mermechanic if this doesn't make it into next week at LEAST)
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Is it cheating if I say that my friends _actually_ are having a beard-growing contest? I embellished the truth but it's still the truth at the core.
And don't you dare resign on my account. You're the champeeeeeeeen. Er. Champion.
-D
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Those are always the best friends.
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Then again, I worked from March to August '08, so, if she was gone before then I might not.
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-D
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