CONTEST: "The Keyword of the Week" / WETTBEWERB: "Das Schlüsselwort der Woche"
Deutsch im Anschluß...
Good morning, Dear Dreamers!
Last week's "Keyword of the Week" expired in the middle of the night, so I'm a little late in revealing what the round brought. Accordingly, please note the slightly shorter duration of today's action, so that we can get back into our Wednesday rhythm... ;-))
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Five wonderful contributions were written with and about the DANCER, which once again showed how many different ways you can approach and look at a single word! Many, many thanks to all the authors!
This time, I'm happy to pick my personal favourites:
@grebmot - https://steemit.com/hive-107855/@grebmot/melvin-s-last-song
who put so much more into his atmospheric post than I could initially grasp: You delivered the moment of my week! I really appreciate having you in our Community and I love your willingness to engage with us - about writing and more!
And
@realynacantoart - https://steemit.com/hive-107855/@realynacantoart/the-stranger-and-his-dancer-and-tempest
who combines a story with poetry to create a unique image of an everyday, yet special situation...
Congratulations from the bottom of my heart! You will each receive 2 STEEM immediately afterwards. All other participants will each receive 1 STEEM in recognition of their work. You can find the screenshot of the transactions in the comments section.
And that brings us to the new challenges...: in the coming days I'm interested in your associations with
ROSES
It's still too early in the year for their impressive bloom - but I'm sure we all have an image in mind... Tell me what it does to you!
Please use #roses as the first tag and link your articles under this post. All submissions up to and including Wednesday 1st May at 13.00 UTC will be considered. At least the two most successful entries will be rewarded with 2 STEEM each. More rewards are always possible ;-)) All participants will receive a small thank you.
Let's go!
Yours @weisser-rabe
Deutsche Version:
Guten Morgen, liebe Träumer!
Das vergangene “Schlüsselwort der Woche“ ist mitten in der Nacht abgelaufen; ich löse also mit etwas Verspätung auf, was die Runde so brachte. Entsprechend beachtet bitte die etwas kürzere Laufzeit der heutigen Aktion, so daß wir wieder in unseren Mittwochs-Rhythmus zurück finden… ;-))
Aber ich greife vor. Mit dem und über den TÄNZER wurden fünf wunderbare Beiträge verfaßt, die einmal mehr zeigten, wie vielfältig man so ein einzelnes Wort angehen und betrachten kann! Vielen, vielen Dank an alle Autoren!
Ich lege mich dieses Mal gerne auf meine persönlichen Favoriten fest:
@grebmot - https://steemit.com/hive-107855/@grebmot/melvin-s-last-song
der so viel mehr in seinen atmosphärischen Post hinein legte, als ich zunächst erfassen konnte: Du hast mir den Moment meiner Woche geliefert! Ich schätze es sehr, Dich in unserer Community zu wissen und ich mag Deine Bereitschaft, sich mit uns – über Texte und mehr – auseinanderzusetzen!
Und
@realynacantoart - https://steemit.com/hive-107855/@realynacantoart/the-stranger-and-his-dancer-and-tempest
die eine Geschichte mit Lyrik verbindet und so ein einzigartiges Bild einer alltäglichen, aber doch besonderen Situation erschafft…
Ich gratuliere Euch von Herzen! Ihr bekommt sofort im Anschluß jeweils 2 STEEM überwiesen. Alle anderen Teilnehmer erhalten jeweils 1 STEEM als Anerkennung für ihre Arbeit. Den Screenshot der Transaktionen findet Ihr im Kommentarbereich.
Und damit kommen wir zu den neuen Herausforderungen…: in den kommenden Tagen interessieren mich Eure Assoziationen zu
ROSEN
Es ist noch zu früh im Jahr für ihre beeindruckende Blüte – aber ich bin sicher, wir alle haben ein Bild vor Augen… Verratet mir, was es mit Euch macht!
Verwendet bitte #roses als ersten tag und verlinkt Eure Artikel unter diesem Post. Alle Veröffentlichungen bis einschl. Mittwoch, den 1. Mai, um 13.00 UTC werden berücksichtigt. Mindestens die beiden gelungensten Beiträge werden mit jeweils 2 STEEM belohnt. Mehr Prämien gehen immer ;-)) Alle Teilnehmer werden mit einem kleinen Dankeschön bedacht.
Auf geht‘s!
Euer @weisser-rabe
CONTEST: "The Keyword of the Week" / WETTBEWERB: "Das Schlüsselwort der Woche"
The unfortunate probably doesn't care about the beauty of the rose...
I present you:
Black Rose
Please accept 🖤🌹
A beautiful way to express affection!
Thank you for this. ☺️ Really appreciate it. Reading the works here is like getting a free access to a book. ☺️
Here is my entry.
https://steemit.com/hive-107855/@esvisionaria/contest-the-keyword-of-the-week-rose-alba-the-rose-of-dawn
Yes, it's a round story: at dawn, roses look particularly seductive and elegant when the blooms are half closed...
Indeed.
My post link-
https://steemit.com/hive-107855/@dove11/contest-the-keyword-of-the-week-roses-a-funny-love-story
Ho everyone, my entry for this word:
Be a Rose
I had exactly this quote in mind ;-))
Honestly, I'm grateful that you would have me!
The last month has been the most writing I've been done in years. It's cool to finally develop a little routine and allow yourself to be read for once. Some things are starting to click, or at least I think I'm beginning to grasp how my process could actually look like.
I wish you nice new experiences and always a good source of ideas ;-))
Likewise! I'm trying to write a bigger thing currently but it's going so so.
A bigger thing... Tell me more if you want ;-))
I've been trying to write a "novel", but so far none of it makes a lick of sense. Not even in a good way. The tone is all over the place, the characters are more or less indistinguishable, and the dialogue is non-existent. When I'm not dealing with severe resistance I keep rewriting the beginning, over and over again. It's not even the first time of me doing this. Years ago I wrote like 160 first pages, which is already all kinds of absurd. That said, at this pace I might finish a first draft in, mhm... maybe 200 years or so.
Currently I'm wasting my time babbling about nonsense in random chatrooms and casting actors for this imaginary project of mine, just to be able to visualize something. Now I'm browsing the image section of various search engines and keep adding people into a personal picture archive, which sounds like one beer short of a sixpack. I do anything but write.
Let me put it this way: I have published a few books, but apart from two specialised books and a biography, they were poems and short stories. That's nothing bad or less valuable, but I just don't trust myself to write a novel. This is not due to a lack of ideas or too little stamina. It's because I fail to meet my own standards of stringency and credibility...
I'm beyond that, I think. I'll never live up to my own standards, which are pretty low to begin with, but each day I'm starting to care a little less. Might some form of sunken cost fallacy, maybe it's me trying to proof something, or maybe it's some bullshit quest for self-actualization. I don't know actually.
I terms of my credibility, I feel like it's largely non-existent anyhow and any hope for wider acceptance is delusional. Especially in terms of the industry and the kind of crowd it usually attracts. There's a million wonderful artists with perfect technique and I'm not one of them. So I figure there's no sense in trying to outcompete people at their own game, but rather being a little more "punk rock" about it. Less Genesis more Black Flag. Guerilla warfare, artistically speaking.
My main issue with the whole "just be yourself" kind of stuff is that I'm not really that interesting, or punk rock for that matter. "Dorkcore" might be a better word for it :-). But again, it's not like people would care anyhow, so why worry about putting a sticker on yourself? Anything would be an accomplishment.
I'm always astonished at how differently people perceive themselves compared to how the outside world perceives them ;-)) Rest assured that neither your way of writing nor you yourself seem uninteresting! Maybe you just need a push ;-))
Hello @grebmot, I haven't seen your posts for the last 6 days. If you keep writing regularly maybe you will be more visible to curators. I know you're in the process of writing a novel but I suggest you to post regularly on this site.
Oh, I wasn't complaining about that. You're right though, I should post more.
Submitting my entry. :)
https://steemit.com/hive-107855/@realynacantoart/the-last-rose-and-his-moon
You've got the very, very last minute prize ;-)))
Thanks for this! And congrats to all of the authors. :))
I was in a hurry to post this, just right after my job😂
I was still hesitant to submit until the deadline made me decide.
Here we go:
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