edonil Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 (edited) Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen, to another round of the Iron Quill. Hope you all (readers and writers alike!) have been enjoying the stories so far, I know I have! We're in round three of the Quill, and it's about time we tossed you guys something just...strange for Malifaux as your Ingredient. So, this round is the curveball folks...let's see how many of you are up for giving it a shot, eh? Standard disclaimer: This contest is open to anyone who wants to participate, whether you've been in previous rounds or not. As before, if I need to make any changes, I'll edit those into this thread in red. The Rules: 1. The list of participants will be brought together in the starting thread as people sign up. Participants may sign up at any point in time, by posting their interest in this thread, or by posting up a story. The Mystery Ingredient will be announced in the starting thread for each round. When you post up your story, please include the name of the round in the title. 2. The Mystery Ingredient will be two of four things. The Ingredient may be a character, a phrase, an item or a more generic theme. The Mystery Ingredient should be used in each entry, but doesn't necessarily have to be literal. Be creative here! (As an example, the Character: The Black Knight could be an armored knight in black, or a villain with a code of honor. It's up to you as the writer to interpret!) 3. All entries must be set in the universe of Malifaux, or a recognizable Alternate version thereof. 4. Entries should be no more than 1,500 words in total, and should be complete self contained stories. Try to stick to this length as much as possible, a reasonable overage will be allowed at the Judge's discretion, but stories that are too long by the deadline will be disqualified. If your initial draft is too long at first submission but, through author feedback, is brought to the word count, that's fine. I have bent this in the past, I will not be in the future. If you go too far over, I'm sorry, but you will be disqualified for this, much as I don't want to do so. 5. Participants will have three weeks to complete their entry and post it on the forums in a new thread using a format that identifies easily that the story is an entry and what round. For example: Iron Quill Round 1: The Dark of the Night (or something).ON EDITING: All stories can be edited as much as people would like. If a story is going to be modified to such an extent that it no longer matches the original story, please start a new thread. WIP will not be necessary in the title, but it is requested that any story that isn't completed have it at the top of the post. When the story is finished, please remove WIP from the post. Edits can be made up until the deadline, but any edits made on the deadline or afterwards will disqualify the entry from the competition. (As an editorial note- please don't make me do this.) 6. The winner(s) of each round will be determined by a blind score from a public and a private poll. The public poll will be a thread created in which anyone who reads the stories can vote. The private poll will be for Judges and Authors who have weighted votes they can hand out. Each Judge/Author can award each of the following to different stories: 3 votes, 2 votes, 1 vote. At the same time, the Judges/Authors are requested to leave criticism and feedback. These polls will be open for one week, at which point the winner of the round will be announced. Any Judge/Author votes that have not been submitted by that point will be spoiled. You cannot vote for yourself.Most Improved Award: Now that we have some competitions in the bag, I want to start a 'Most Improved' award for each round. When you give me your weighted votes (or any readers who want to join in on this one), name the author you think has improved the most this round, either from last round or from the beginning of the competition. 7. When you put up your story, put up a post in here saying so. That way, we have a central location that is being updated as time goes on, which lets people subscribe to the thread and keep track of what's going on. I'll have a central list here as always, but please take the time to do this, it'll make life easier for me and other writers to give you feedback when we know the story is up before the round end. MYSTERY INGREDIENTS: Continuing from the last round, you've got four options to pick from. Pick two or more of these. Because of this, you're going to need to put in your entry, either at the beginning or the end, which Ingredients you used. And with that out of the way, here's what you're all waiting for anyway: THEME: The Power of Love! CHARACTER: Starving Artist LINE: Well, there's no way this can go wrong. ITEM: Jack o' Lantern Round Begins: Monday, November 12th, 2012, 00:00 EST Round Ends: Monday, November 26th, 2012, 23:59 EST And because it needs to be done... Authors Silver Chocobo rancor709 cybogoblin Ender101 Edited November 12, 2012 by edonil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Beacuse Love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 oh no, not THAT song..... *ears bleed* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 oh no, not THAT song..... *ears bleed* And that *puts on sun glasses* is the power of Love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancor709 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Looks great count me in again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybogoblin Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 I've already got a couple of ideas floating around in me noggin'. Sign me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender101 Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 I'd love to take a swing at this Iron Quill ~b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Anyone else up for this challenge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 I've been busy lately >.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 I am going to try. I was away this week for work, so lost that time. I think I can still find time to put something together. I got a couple of ideas rolling around.... .... .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted November 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Little under a week left folks. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Hopefully finish mine tomorrow or Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Mine's in a finished state, but I also want to add another paragraph or two at some point Hope someone else enters, I don't like the idea of winning by default Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender101 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Hiya! Sorry it took me so long to get mine in, its been a weird month for me schedule wise. Here we are: http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?37225-Iron-Quill-The-Curveball-Flicker-and-Fade&p=475871#post475871 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybogoblin Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 It's been a weird month for me as well. I would much preferred a Wyrd one, but you take what you get. Here's my entry: Life's Work Conceived, written, and quickly edited in the last couple of hours. I'll take another look at it tomorrow to see if I can polish it up a little more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Ah well - work, holidays and no laptop means no story this round. I will be in next round gosh darn it! I look forward to reading your stories though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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