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I don't have time to go back and read your previous entries, but I will say that doing the ongoing thing in Idol is HARD. I did it with a-cheese-fan last season and although it's a lot of fun (I home gamed it after getting voted out first time and I love tweaking prompts to fit an existing story), you have to make sure that every story is standalone. Every. One. Every week you have new voters and not all of them will have read previous entries (or if they have, they might not remember them in amongst the 130+ other ones they read) and few people can be bothered to go back and fill in the blanks. In a Gatekeeper round where the selected judges often make a principle of not reading Idol until they're needed, you can almost guarantee an exit. I also have a tendency not to vote for cliffhangers unless I think the story is strong enough to carry one (some open ended stories are never finished and that can work really well if it's set up properly
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First, thank you for taking the time to post such a detailed and Idol knowledgeable response!
I can't honestly say that I don't care about the polls, as I'd hardly have started competing in Idol if that were true. Still, I think the primary reason I wanted to try Idol out was more for the ongoing push to write something every week. The unexpected side benefit has been all the wonderful people I can now count as friends.
So, decisions, decisions. LOL
Again, thanks so much for your feedback, it was very helpful!
I am a newbie, and find it difficult to remember all the writer's works. But it would be great to have more dog stories LOL. I do enjoy your writing.
I agree about the countless friends we make, and I have learned so much, I am busy but trying to hang in and read all the stories each week...just got back from painting for two hours, guess its good to be busy.
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I can't honestly say that I don't care about the polls, as I'd hardly have started competing in Idol if that were true. Still, I think the primary reason I wanted to try Idol out was more for the ongoing push to write something every week. The unexpected side benefit has been all the wonderful people I can now count as friends.
So, decisions, decisions. LOL
Again, thanks so much for your feedback, it was very helpful!
Dan
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I agree about the countless friends we make, and I have learned so much, I am busy but trying to hang in and read all the stories each week...just got back from painting for two hours, guess its good to be busy.
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