You should read the kind of entries those nerds throw in. The competition is just intense, to say the least, and what makes it better is that Ms Zafra takes the time to critique each entry. It's not just a contest, though. It's also free writing lessons.You, my punk reader, should submit something if writing gets you hard.
Anway, I have won five of Jessica Zafra's Litwit Challenges. The fifth is My Letter to the Tin Man. I'll update this page enough with the necessary amendments.
I'm not saying this to brag, well that too, but winning these LitWit Challenges is the only validation that an unschooled writer like myself can get for his efforts. I never got me an enrollment, I have no institutionalized training, the most writing I got is reflected through this darling blog, and I sometimes doubt my grammar. My spelling is occasionally suspect, and my choice of words isn't always sterilized. I edit myself, sure, but I don't censor. I call it "ornamental foul mouthing," and there's no changing that. It is dear to me.
Writing without expletives is like a life without masturbation. It doesn't satisfy.
This blog does, in a way, offer some testimony. But seeing as most bloggers have a different motive, and their writing's boring seven times out of ten, compliments from this source, blogging in general, don't hold water. Not much. Understand that you punks in my roll rock, and you all write fantastic (with truth to the letter), but she's Jessica Zafra.
I love you guys, though, in the same way that a man loves his paramour -- with secret enthusiasm.
Meanwhile, these wins greatly enlarged my personal estimate. That is why I have elected to dedicate an area of my blog for these shining triumphs, and I shall mind them with a song in my head and sunshine in my pockets.
By the way, Pussy Kamagong™ is this recurring character I created for those LitWit Challenges. I googled it, and nobody else has used that name in a story, so I am laying claim to it.
That being said, here are my winning entries.
1. LitWit Challenge: Snap Novels (November 2009) Challenge: "So this week’s LitWit Challenge is to recommend a novel you love, tell us what it’s all about, and explain why everyone should read it. Keep it under 500 words, please."
2. LitWit Challenge 2.11: The Squid is the Whale. (May 2010) Challenge:"Write a story (maximum 1,000 words) based on this photo. What story can you glean from this photo? Don’t be too literal: I don’t want to read any stories about a guy who catches a 9 kg squid. We’ll take all genres: horror, thriller, SF, whatever you feel like."
3. LitWit Challenge 3.9: Mirror, Mirror (October 2010) Challenge:"Tell us the story of this picture. Extra rule: Your story cannot have a guy looking at himself in the mirror."
4. LitWit Challenge 3.11: Stabbed in the Heart (November 2010)
Challenge:"Your assignment for LitWit Challenge 3.11 is to write a story based on this photograph."
