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<blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 1630633" data-attributes="member: 13098"><p>MarauderX - I can only speak from having competed twice. the first time, I was up against Sialia in the first round. The second time, I made it to the semi-finals, so that gives me a little more experience.</p><p></p><p>It is very difficult to predict what your opponenet might throw out there. If anything, I devour the judges comments on the things that have dinged other people. I could make all the same mistakes myself, but when I can read the mistakes that somebody else made, I can try to avoid those pitfalls on my own. I keep telling myself "Show, don't tell". Remain consistent in the style you choose. If you are going to attempt a literary technique, it is much more helpful if you were consciously trying to achieve that rather than being subconsciously imitative. As Piratecat says in his self-analysis, it is much better to know you were trying to achieve something and have people not like it. The contest is still subjective. Sooner or later, it comes down to like/dislike. If you tried a technique that you pulled off well, but was disliked, you know that you wrote to the wrong audience. If you tried to pull off a technique and failed, you know that you tried to write beyond your current capabilities. It is important to understand the difference and you can only do that if you know what you were aiming at.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSF, post: 1630633, member: 13098"] MarauderX - I can only speak from having competed twice. the first time, I was up against Sialia in the first round. The second time, I made it to the semi-finals, so that gives me a little more experience. It is very difficult to predict what your opponenet might throw out there. If anything, I devour the judges comments on the things that have dinged other people. I could make all the same mistakes myself, but when I can read the mistakes that somebody else made, I can try to avoid those pitfalls on my own. I keep telling myself "Show, don't tell". Remain consistent in the style you choose. If you are going to attempt a literary technique, it is much more helpful if you were consciously trying to achieve that rather than being subconsciously imitative. As Piratecat says in his self-analysis, it is much better to know you were trying to achieve something and have people not like it. The contest is still subjective. Sooner or later, it comes down to like/dislike. If you tried a technique that you pulled off well, but was disliked, you know that you wrote to the wrong audience. If you tried to pull off a technique and failed, you know that you tried to write beyond your current capabilities. It is important to understand the difference and you can only do that if you know what you were aiming at. [/QUOTE]
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