Rules for Short Story Contest

[Owaiz]

Haha Sohaib, you're antiquated. Heroes don't travel on horses no more. They drive!

[Sohaib]

Dude ghoron mein wo khaas baat hai jo car mein kahan?? they can talk, they can dance and they can fight with swords :-P:-P... not to mention give company to everyone freeing up the heroin for hero ;-):-P:-D:-D

[Owaiz]

The heroines who fall for heroes on horses probably never went to school, hahahaha!

[Sohaib]

Hahahaha... naa school goes to her :-P:-P... u never saw Robinhood?? ;-):-P:-D:-D

[Owaiz]

Nope.

[Sohaib]

Waisay aik baat hai... why do girls always fall for men they know they cant have?? :-\

[Sohaib]

Dekho ja kar :-P:-P

[Owaiz]

We all like things we can't have. Nobody wants a welcome mat.

I can't download movies ab.

[Sohaib]

Awww... kyon?? ab tau torrenys bhi allow hogae hain :-P:-P

Yeah but why?? Jo nhn mil sakta wo sub se valuable kyon hota hai?? :-\

[Owaiz]

My cousin has his xbox on all the time. And our houses is invaded by stupid guests for eid. Ek hafta pehle sir pe sawar hogay hain.

Ask Maira, or Lara, or Zenab. Don't ask Zenab, she's not one of those girls. She doesn't want; she's wanted.

[Sohaib]

Hehehehehe.... Aaho :P

Everyone wants to be wanted but everyone turns out to be the needy one :P:\

[Owaiz]

What happened in your case? Did you end up the needy one too?

[Ahmad]

o shit, i just missed this.
not much of a writer but i definitely would've participated.
damn it. :\

[Zenab]

Eid isn't Eid until you're tripping over people eating gahar ka halwa and kheer. Sadly in America woh Pakistan wala naza nahi aata. Yoy go to eid parties. Lekin no hangama. Is daga i have a bunch of cousins visiting. Can't be more excited!!!

Even the wanted ones want something!! Duniya un ke perchey aur woh kisi aur le peechey.
Door ke dhol uihaney
Grass is greener on the other side
Always want what you can't have
Etc...

[Zenab]

@ahmad there is still time. Give it a try. You've got until midnight!!

[Owaiz]

Our Eid is different. We don't have any family in Lahore. It's just Grandma and the uncles and their biwi bachay. We used to go to Ayubia or Kallar Kahar on Eid pehle but now we do nothing. We just wake up late, get ready, get eidi, go back to sleep. and sometimes go out for dinner. I hate Eid, though.

[Sohaib]

@Ahmed you can still participate... you have about 17hrs!!!!

@Zenab Both I guess... thats the irony :(... But why?? Why is there an inherent need to get what you cant get?? :(

[Owaiz]

Why do you want to know? Why can't you be content with all you know? Same reasons, yeah?

[Sohaib]

Well I know my reasons but dont know other's... Want to know what's the factor for them... Why is satisfaction out of reach for them... Just curious :\

[Owaiz]

Maybe it stems from motivations, a desire to do more and to get more. To reach higher.

[Sohaib]

Hmm...

[Zenab]

I think it's human nature. DNA. Encoded on our genes.
Survival instinct maybe. If you're content then you let your guards down. If you're always after something, especially knowing it's unattainable, it keeps you alive and going.

[Sohaib]

Nearly same as mine @Zenab :-P:-)

[Lara]

I will quote a verse here, sorry don't remember the poets name: mil jaayay tho mitti hai, kho jaayay tho sona hai
It's human nature
The only positive side to dissatisfaction comes in the creative world, keep adding strokes until the painting looks better and better; keep rewriting your manuscript, or short story!!! until you can't see straight--
satisfaction is the death of creativity, isn't it?
Zaada philosophy ho gayee shayad..

[Owaiz]

@Lara: Yaar aap Urdu bhi bolti ho?

[Hassan]

Actually,desiring what you can't have or do,it's called "forbidden fruit syndrome" and it mutated in our DNA right from the start (The Adam and Eve story).What comes easy,no matter how awesome it is,has little value in the eyes of a person possessing it.

[Ramisha]

Zenab wrote: "I need to reiterate something guys. Please keep your submissions clean. No adult content, that included language. This is a reminder of the ruled already stated above."

I just read this.. Mine has some r rated language and I already sent it. =/ You could just replace it I guess. Shrug.

[Ramisha]

Ramisha wrote: "Zenab wrote: "I need to reiterate something guys. Please keep your submissions clean. No adult content, that included language. This is a reminder of the ruled already stated above."

I just read t..."

The bad language or should I edit and resend. OK you know what I'm just going to do that in case.

Yes, I'm talking to myself.

[Awais]

ohhhhhhhhhhhh i missed this chance. i saw this notification today as i was badly indulge in my domestic affairs. soon as i am hopeful will enjoy a prodigious opportunity again from u all buddies butt must participate by reading and commenting....

[Sohaib]

@Ramisha u can resubmit ur story before midnight as a whole with a request to Zenab....

Let me remind you all that anything that is not as per the rules of this thread, group and GR as a whole will be censored and marks will be deducted from the total for each transgression.... Thus the reason why we are emphasizing on proofreading your work before submission

[Sohaib]

@Awais there is still time if u want... u can submit ur story by midnight today

[Maira]

Sohaib wrote: "Waisay aik baat hai... why do girls always fall for men they know they cant have?? :-\"

the girls you are talking about are looking for a hard to get game. in the end they usually get stuck with guys their parents set them up with. :P

i agree with Hassan's theory too.

[Rao]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I have written 2300 words and still story has not completed yet.

[Sohaib]

Hehehehe... @Rao seriously people I am surprised at how many words u can manage in a short story... i write max 1000 words and I feel exhausted :-P:-P... Remember its a "short" story... the first rule of short story writing is to keep the plot as manageable as u can... too many arcs and u ruin it, too few and u make it tasteless... prudence people.. follow prudence!!!

[Zenab]

Okay guys. Almost 4 hours left. Tick tock. Write like you've never written before!!!

You can do it.

[Sohaib]

Aaa... Zenab its still 7pm in Pakistan ;-):-P.... 5hrs and counting down!! chop chop people!!!!! :-):-)

[Owaiz]

I forgot what my philosophy was. Jog my memory?

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@Aalia i think the correct term is Dissociative identity Disorder...multiple personality disorder sounds too layman-ish ;)

i guess that's it when it comes to @Owaiz...one personality is him and the other is of whoever currently possesses him...so two personalities...a hybrid of DID and possession...simple ;)

[Sohaib]

Aalia wrote: "Haha seems like Rao and I have the same problem. I cut down my story to exactly 2000 words. I hate word limits. If anyone needs help reducing or increasing words, give me a holler!
@Owaiz you shoul..."

Heheheh @Aalia your views are always welcome dear :)

Again I dont know how you write sooo much!!! And for those who think they can improve their short writing skills do give this book a read... I recommended this to my students and it helped :)

The Collected Short Stories

[Danyal]

i just sent it, Zenab.
plz check. thanks

[Zenab]

Got it D

[Sohaib]

@Aalia thats the beauty of it all... in short stories you dont need to take all the ideas... use just max two and combine them... dont overdo it with the brainstorming :)

[Danyal]

i know aaliya, thank you. but my internet is having issues, so i thoought better to ask then to miss deadline. lol.

Thanks again Z. :-)

[Maira]

Sohaib wrote: "@Aalia thats the beauty of it all... in short stories you dont need to take all the ideas... use just max two and combine them... dont overdo it with the brainstorming :)"

what a short story means it should be SHORT. i can't go into more details because their aren't any needed. :p

[Maira]

Aalia wrote: "Yeah,yeah, I get it :/ But my mind has been full of so many storms for the past few years, it has forgotten what it was like to be a gust of wind. Anyway, I can manage short stories so stop complai..."

hahahahahahaha! i swear to god i never even thought of directing it to you. lol. defensive much?? i like depth in books without them the book is empty you may as well read a dialogue. depth separates a book from a dialogue.

[Zenab]

Alright folks. Time is up. That is all she wrote.

Thank you and Good Luck to all the authors who submitted their stories. It was an amazing experience to read the stories.

Be on the lookout for the stories posted by their titles. Give me a couple if hours.

[Danyal]

good luck to all.
Lets see whats next.

[Owaiz]

Bad luck to all (myself excluded)!

[Maira]

Owaiz wrote: "Bad luck to all (myself excluded)!"

you are mean. loser. :P

[Maira]

Aalia wrote: "Now the warlock side of you rises, han, Owaiz? Never mind. Your hexes and jinxes are too weak to work on us."

his arse was kicked lately by the person he was stealing the jinxes and hexes from. so he is sore and give badduain to us innocent people. :P