BuckyDuckman
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It’s not looking good. As much as I hate to do this, I’m afraid I’ll have to respectfully remove myself from this writing exercise. Four days have passed since I last heard from my partner. That follows their previous absence of six days. It’s been two weeks since our partners were assigned and my partner has been absent for ten of those fourteen days. With a competition deadline looming, a half written story, the interference of a personal deadline and the lack of communication by my partner; I don’t see where I have a choice. For those interested in judging me, a longer timeline follows:
Shortly after writing assignments were made, my partner and I exchanged a couple PMs and 10 emails.
By the end of March 3rd, we had exchanged 36 emails, developed characters, the plot was hammered out and we had swapped several drafts back and forth. And then?
Nothing.
Radio silence. I waited a couple days, tossed out an email asking if everything was okay and waited another day before notifying our fearless organizer how my partner appeared MIA. LC suggested we give it a couple more days. In the background, LC did a wonderful job trying to find me a secondary partner. I exchanged a couple preliminary emails with them before my partner showed up again.
On March 9th, my partner mentioned the intrusion of business as the reason behind their six days of silence. They had also extended the story and said they had more they could add more pending my input. I gave the story a light edit, answered a few questions and finished with <i>“You appear to be in a good groove with the direction. If you're comfortable extending from your stopping point, I am, too. Let me know how I can help with the driving.”</I>
It has been four days since their last email and my reply. I’m not sure how much time I should allow between emails, but I’ve reached my limit. Perhaps they are writing? No way for me to know. Should I pick up the gauntlet? Again, no way for me to know.
I believe we had a good idea. I liked many elements of my partner’s writing style. I was excited about combining two different styles and believed we had stumbled on a good system that included equal influences. Full disclosure: I have a major work project pending. It’s slipped forward from the end of the month and will begin on March 18th. I am unsure how deeply this project will impact my writing availability but I’m anticipating it will steal most of my writing time. (Yes, I shared as much with my partner.) Could I have continued as a good co-writer? I believe so, but not with a partner whom, to me, appears fickle. It’s not my style to pester someone to play with me. For these reasons, I’m withdrawing my participation from this competition. I sincerely hope all is well with my former partner.
Lovecraft68 deserves huge kudos for his Herculean efforts to resolve the issue of a MIA partner and trying to find a way to keep me in the competition. Additionally, two authors very generously offered to co-write with me following the first extended gap in communications. After I heard back from my partner, it didn't appear I needed their help. After another four days of silence? Well . . .
To LC and those two other authors: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I’m anxious to read the stories this friendly competition generates. I hope it’s a success and I look forward participating in a future version.
Shortly after writing assignments were made, my partner and I exchanged a couple PMs and 10 emails.
By the end of March 3rd, we had exchanged 36 emails, developed characters, the plot was hammered out and we had swapped several drafts back and forth. And then?
Nothing.
Radio silence. I waited a couple days, tossed out an email asking if everything was okay and waited another day before notifying our fearless organizer how my partner appeared MIA. LC suggested we give it a couple more days. In the background, LC did a wonderful job trying to find me a secondary partner. I exchanged a couple preliminary emails with them before my partner showed up again.
On March 9th, my partner mentioned the intrusion of business as the reason behind their six days of silence. They had also extended the story and said they had more they could add more pending my input. I gave the story a light edit, answered a few questions and finished with <i>“You appear to be in a good groove with the direction. If you're comfortable extending from your stopping point, I am, too. Let me know how I can help with the driving.”</I>
It has been four days since their last email and my reply. I’m not sure how much time I should allow between emails, but I’ve reached my limit. Perhaps they are writing? No way for me to know. Should I pick up the gauntlet? Again, no way for me to know.
I believe we had a good idea. I liked many elements of my partner’s writing style. I was excited about combining two different styles and believed we had stumbled on a good system that included equal influences. Full disclosure: I have a major work project pending. It’s slipped forward from the end of the month and will begin on March 18th. I am unsure how deeply this project will impact my writing availability but I’m anticipating it will steal most of my writing time. (Yes, I shared as much with my partner.) Could I have continued as a good co-writer? I believe so, but not with a partner whom, to me, appears fickle. It’s not my style to pester someone to play with me. For these reasons, I’m withdrawing my participation from this competition. I sincerely hope all is well with my former partner.
Lovecraft68 deserves huge kudos for his Herculean efforts to resolve the issue of a MIA partner and trying to find a way to keep me in the competition. Additionally, two authors very generously offered to co-write with me following the first extended gap in communications. After I heard back from my partner, it didn't appear I needed their help. After another four days of silence? Well . . .
To LC and those two other authors: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I’m anxious to read the stories this friendly competition generates. I hope it’s a success and I look forward participating in a future version.