edonil Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) A new year, a new challenge for our forum writers! We've got a great set of stuff to work from this time around, drawn from all four of the contestants of the previous round, and I hope you guys have some fun with it! Because we had such a small group last time, I just want to say that so long as people are looking for writing prompts, I'll keep putting this up each month as I can, regardless of how many people we have. The goal of this is to write, and that goal is being met. So, without further ado, here we go! 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: To the Stars Character: The Glass Man Line: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Item: Clockwork Pistol Round Begins: Friday, January 4, 2013, 00:00 EST. Round Ends: Friday, January 25, 2013, 23:59 EST. I tried to find a music video for this one, but sadly failed...ah well. Authors: Silver Chocobo rancor709 Wulfen ThePandaDirector Alfndrate Webmonkey Kalkris cybogoblin Victoria StormLordXIII Mordeqai Ender101 Edited January 7, 2013 by edonil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 And now to plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancor709 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Its back and so am i. Put me downdor this round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfen Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Also a song video for Ed http://youtu.be/XtoepjhWcSk ---------- Post added at 08:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:18 PM ---------- And I know the song is called fly me to the moon, but the next line is relevant sort of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePandaDirector Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Ah Hel, put me down too. I need an excuse to start abusing you all again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Welcome back, regulars! Good to see you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfndrate Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Sign me up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Hah! OTT for the win! Welcome in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmonkey Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 hrmm,. to write,.. or not to write,.. that is the question. Just not sure if I have the time to fit it in. Plus, my writing/storytelling obviously needs some work. My spelling is fine, but I tend to have bad grammer and do wierd things like end sentences with prepositions and such. I guess I could, if you guys don't mind child-like writing that falls just short of actually being written in crayon,.. *grin* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Heh, feel free to join in! The goal of this is to write, even if you're brand new to writing. Just don't be surprised for a lot of suggestions offered on phrasing and such! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalkris Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 I'm in. I was kind of camping out on this specific board for this one to start... A bit later than expected, but still, I'm not complaining! XD ~Lil Kalki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Sorry about being a little later than planned, Kalkris! Glad to see you along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilbleachman Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Sounds like a lot of fun! Unfortunately I have about 40 models to paint, which will be consuming my hobby time! >_< Maybe next time. :'D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalkris Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Might I inquire a rough estimate of the maximum one can go over their 1500 word limit? ~Lil Kalki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 About 150 words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybogoblin Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 I've still got another week of enforced holiday before I go back to work, so I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Welcome to another round, cybogoblin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 I think I'd like to try this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfndrate Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Would we be able to do a children's book? with illustrations and what not, or is it just pure text? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Would we be able to do a children's book? with illustrations and what not, or is it just pure text? Only if it's in the style of superman family adventure Then you auto win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Nobody's done it before, but if a picture is worth a thousand words doesn't that mean you get one picture and 500 words? *grin* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Huh. I hadn't ever thought of that...let me do some research, because that might be really interesting for a project! ---------- Post added at 06:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:57 PM ---------- I'm going to say, provisionally, that each image is going to be worth 200 words...and we'll revisit that decision at the end of the round after we see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmonkey Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 How about a choose your own adventure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 How about a choose your own adventure? O.o Huh. I never even thought of that, lol. Well, if you think you can pull it off in three weeks and stay within 1500 words, I say go for it, that'd certainly be a fun experiment! And Victoria, sorry for missing your post earlier, welcome to the Quill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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