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Originally Posted by wassupimviet
Well, fair in the sense that, if we're going to cut out someone's idea, a coin-flip would be pretty objective and all.
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Picture this: We have two winners one chooses "Genesis" another "Robots". Mario does the coin flip and comes to us and tells us "Genesis" won.
Can you spot the problem with the objectivity?
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Originally Posted by wassupimviet
I see where you're coming from, I concur on many parts, and I do think that having themes can be limiting. On the themes, though, I think limiting what you can write about encourages creativity, in the whole "desperation breeds innovation" kind of way, and gives some form of unity to all the entries in a particular month. The advantage-disadvantage is something that needs some talking about, though, I agree.
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Did you know, there are no prodigies in writing (unlike all the other arts). There's no child-genius, actually most established writers started at a fairly old age. This is because writing is a very conscious act, and reflects a lot on the person. A theme does not mirror any of this. If anything I'd compare it to a monkey wrench thrown into the works for fun sake. The more I think about it, the more I feel a "theme" adds nothing to the creativity of the entries, and just steers writers into various directions they don't want to go, leading to weaker entries then we could have. And that's if it doesn't discourage them from entering at all. I would not enter at all if the theme was "giant robots" for example, I could think of a few other themes I would not even consider entering.