http://www.humorpower.com/blog/2008/03/writing-humor-creative-caption-contest/ Better thinking -- Better speaking -- Better living Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:48:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.humorpower.com/blog/2008/03/writing-humor-creative-caption-contest/#comment-61925 sol morrison Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:36:56 +0000 http://www.humorpower.com/blog/2008/03/writing-humor-creative-caption-contest/#comment-61925 John : The "Honorable Mentions" Long LIST would be Easier to Read -- IF EACH NEW answer had a "Bullet" in front of it -- or a Dash -- or a # -- or a * . Used ONLY to Introduce ( precede ) First Word in each New Answer. Try it; you'll like it. Your readers will Really like it ! John : The “Honorable Mentions” Long LIST would be Easier
to Read — IF EACH NEW answer had a “Bullet” in front of
it — or a Dash — or a # — or a * . Used ONLY to Introduce ( precede ) First Word in each New Answer. Try it; you’ll like it. Your readers will Really like it !

]]> http://www.humorpower.com/blog/2008/03/writing-humor-creative-caption-contest/#comment-61041 John Kinde Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:47:14 +0000 http://www.humorpower.com/blog/2008/03/writing-humor-creative-caption-contest/#comment-61041 I meant to put in an explanation with the results post. And I forgot to. We normally get an average of 400-500 submissions. And surprisingly, we rarely have duplicates. In a normal contest we might have one line duplicated in all the entries. In the pirate contest, over 20 people submitted jokes with "say arrrrrrgh" as the punchline. Good writing. I like the line. The problem with recognizing the line with so many duplications is that when you publish it, 20 other people are thinking "hey, that was MY line!" Or they're thinking, "there's my line, but they mixed up the words." A second consideration, was that with so many people submitting the line, it was considered too obvious. In my opinion, however, it's good writing and is funny. I had intended to publish one of the variations with an explanation. Arrrrrrrgh! I meant to put in an explanation with the results post. And I forgot to.
We normally get an average of 400-500 submissions. And surprisingly, we rarely have duplicates. In a normal contest we might have one line duplicated in all the entries. In the pirate contest, over 20 people submitted jokes with “say arrrrrrgh” as the punchline. Good writing. I like the line. The problem with recognizing the line with so many duplications is that when you publish it, 20 other people are thinking “hey, that was MY line!” Or they’re thinking, “there’s my line, but they mixed up the words.” A second consideration, was that with so many people submitting the line, it was considered too obvious. In my opinion, however, it’s good writing and is funny. I had intended to publish one of the variations with an explanation. Arrrrrrrgh!

]]> http://www.humorpower.com/blog/2008/03/writing-humor-creative-caption-contest/#comment-61021 @Randem » Blog Archive » Doh! Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:36:35 +0000 http://www.humorpower.com/blog/2008/03/writing-humor-creative-caption-contest/#comment-61021 [...] I didn’t even get honorable mention for my submission to the latest caption contest. [...] [...] I didn’t even get honorable mention for my submission to the latest caption contest. [...]

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