Eminence Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Voting for this month's competition is now open; skim through the rules and then let us know who you think deserves to win! As usual there's no voting for yourself and of course, make sure you read every entry before deciding! How to Vote To vote, simply reply to this topic giving the name of your chosen piece. However, there is one rule: You must give a reason why you think the story deserves to win. This can be as short or as long as you want - but it must be valid. This is basically to make sure people don't turn it into a popularity contest by getting randomers to come in and vote for their story - that's not what this is about! Votes without a stated reason will not be counted, and voting this month closes on the 29th. This month's theme:Deal with the Devil ENTRIES August Eminence Black Dalia UglyCasanova Deathbed Typhus The First Time I Met Music Craig Three Ladies The Unvirginiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitz Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Typhus' Deathbed, because the way Typhus wrote that story was just an overwhelming feeling of powerful, rich vocabulary and context that made every sentence and paragraph seem so real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhus Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I'm voting for August by Eminence because it was such a strangely serene piece for such an outwardly fearsome theme. The central issue of the story, in which a man calmly accepts his fate, is handled with subtlty and sensitivity and is one of those rare stories which speaks to me on a very personal level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 August, by Eminence, has my vote as well. There was nothing I could pinpoint that was wrong with that piece. Very nice work to everyone who participated, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminence Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 I'm going with The Unvirginiser's Three Ladies for the really powerful way it dealt with quite heavy subject matter. It's a little dialogue heavy, but this doesn't take away from the impact of its ending, and the way Will's constructed it with parallels between the two sets of characters is brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I'll cast my vote for Eminence's August. I didn't post in the topic for it, but I believe it to be the stronger entry for this month's competition because it's almost as if it doesn't know just serious it is. It's a strange thing to say, but you get so wrapped up in the way things are set up you're left sat there at the end wondering just what happened for a second or two. I liked the detail, and the way the characters were built up was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I'm going to vote for August because of the way that it sums up a dilemna which doctors and their patients will almost certainly have to face at some point in their lives. At what point does the hippocratic oath fail to take account of people and their feelings? The doctor is bound by this to try and make the man choose life, but it is clear that the man doesn't want to live with the pain of the treatment. Although this isn't made explicit by the dialogue until the very end. And the description of the "[doctor's] one failure" is something which we all fail to do. While we would like to be able to convince others to do what we want them to it is but a pipe dream to be able to do so all of the time. And no matter how many "diplomas" and certificates you have you will always be somebody who is a slave to human emotions and decisions, because at the end of the day we are not rational beings. Another reason why I liked Eminence's story was because of the dialogue. I am a sucker for good dialogue (possibly because I'm not very good at it ) and I love it when it is well done. I think it was Typhus who said that the dialogue framework fitted the two characters perfectly and I find myself inclined to agree with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Voting closed. Thank you to those who took part in either writing or voting. Expect next month's theme on the 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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