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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zhaneel" data-source="post: 1482323" data-attributes="member: 15829">I'm also going to respond about picture usage, even though my story isn't judged either.I have done other similiarly styled competitions where a list of elements to include were required.  When the judging happened (7+ judges, 100 point scale, anonymous judging, one round best score wins) the picture usage was worth 10-15 points out of 100.  The other things were plot, realism, dialogue, characters, description, overall story quality, sex [it was an erotica competition], title, and something I can't remember.  So while the items [sometimes names, situations, lines, physical items, etc.] were important, they were only 10-15% of the weight.  The rest was how well the story was told.  So, yes, you could win, technically, with poor usage.  I never saw it happen, though.Here, I tend to think along the same lines.  The pictures need to be used.  However, great picture usage with a poor story will not win.  And I think that a great story with okay-decent picture usage should win over a mediorce story with great picture usage.  Now, Orchid did not write a poor story.  She wrote a great story.  Mythago did too.  My opinion on picture usage:Accordian: Orchid winsMantis: TieMountain: Mythago wins by a landslideRest: Both seemed throw-away to me.Rest wasn't my picture.  I didn't see a great story in it.  I thought both were fine usages.  True, I agree that if I were illustrating the story, Orchid did better for rest.  But I wouldn't have illustrated the mantis for Orchid's story, but maybe for Mythago's. I know we are supposed to write as if the pictures were illustrating.  OTOH, it is a damn hard thing to do, and I also think a poetic license is taken with the pictures.  I've seen great usage of a portion of the picture rather than the whole thing.  I've seen a metaphoric usage over a literal.  I think there is a lot of lee-way here and I think Mythago did a good job overall.I loved both stories.  I'm glad I didn't have to judge.  But I think I would have gone with mythago's 'cause I think her usage of climb was original and compelling.  One of the best usages of a picture I've seen.Zhaneel</blockquote>

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