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1k Words: A Writing Contest

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Re: 1k Words: A Writing Contest

#21
post #18

This is an exceptionally boring picture to write about. You can of course be imaginative about anything, but seriously.

from the dog’s pov; so much noise and so many strangers. the smell of fresh dirt, then cement, water… so much water. the kids were excited and when it was done, oh the days of swimming, fetch, and fun. soon the stress was forgotten. the hot days of cool water and the smell of the food on the grill. but then the kids grew and left. and then the adult male was gone, too. now this is a reminder of how much fetching and roughhousing we did. now she’s gone a lot too. stupid fence; at least i could swim… but no.

Re: 1k Words: A Writing Contest

#24
I can't find any restriction on the submission language, maybe that should be explicitly spelled out. 1000 words in German would carry a different amount of information from 1000 words in English or 1000 characters in Japanese.

Re: 1k Words: A Writing Contest

#25

I can't find any restriction on the submission language, maybe that should be explicitly spelled out. 1000 words in German would carry a different amount of information from 1000 words in English or 1000 characters in Japanese.

It doesn't need to be spelled out when it's clearly indicated by context alone.

Re: 1k Words: A Writing Contest

#27
Very fun!

I submitted this more 'nonfiction-y' entry:

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/gregsadetsky/08b6cdd56902...

It looks like it's only one entry per person, so I'm playing fair and not submitting this second entry, which encodes a compressed version of the image using a 128 word dictionary (ie each word encodes 7 bits).

The explanation + the dictionary + the encoded image result in 1000 words.

https://gist.github.com/gregsadetsky/97ac9c8efe9c2a9f08c9cfe...

Re: 1k Words: A Writing Contest

#28
Curious if allowing AI-based submissions was because there is no reliable way of filtering this out 100%? Would have loved to read these submissions in search of some stellar non-ai writing.

Re: 1k Words: A Writing Contest

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post #28

Curious if allowing AI-based submissions was because there is no reliable way of filtering this out 100%? Would have loved to read these submissions in search of some stellar non-ai writing.

That is a very good point, such a rule would place a huge burden on the organizers.

Re: 1k Words: A Writing Contest

#30

Very fun! I submitted this more 'nonfiction-y' entry: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/gregsadetsky/08b6cdd56902... It looks like it's only one entry per person, so I'm playing fair and not submitting this second entry, which encodes a compressed version of the image using a 128 word dictionary (ie each word encodes 7 bits). The explanation + the dictionary + the encoded image result in 1000 words. https://gist.git…

I read your nonfiction entry, my thoughts where somewhere along the line of "well this escalated quickly".
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