edonil Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Hey everyone, and welcome to the new round of the Iron Quill! As usual, we've got some great story ingredients for you to all try writing with. I hope you liked the musical interludes, the first is by Vernian Process, the second by Abney Park, both excellent steampunk bands. Just want to thank all the past and current participants, and encourage people to try their hand at writing stories of their own! I was able to leave some feedback for our authors last round, and I hope that was useful and am excited to see what they come up with this time! As usual, for both the newbies and veterans alike, here's the rules: 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. 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: In the Shadow of GiantsCharacter: The Clockwork Girl Line: Nobody panic, I know basic stuff! [if you use this line, feel free to replace 'stuff' with something story specific] Item: Severed ThumbStarting Date: January 13, 2014 00:00 EST Ending Date: February 3, 2014 23:59 EST Authors: ScrewedUpDice mephiston StormLordXIII Hateful Darkblack- In the Shadow of the Giant Black Mountains ThePandaDirector Grue- The Ballad of Ladyface Ashenlion- A Chain of Clockwork Edited January 22, 2014 by edonil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrewedUpDice Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Sign me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mephiston Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Ok this time I will write, even if I have to tie myself to the computer chair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Good to see you again, mephiston! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormLordXIII Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 I'm in! What a cool mix of themes for this round! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hateful Darkblack Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Super good! Here's my entry: In the Shadow of the Giant Black Mountains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 ...I hope you don't take this the wrong way, Hateful Darkblack...but I might hate you a little now. :-P Good lord I wish I could write at that pace, lol. Thanks for the link, I'll try to get you some feedback before the end of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hateful Darkblack Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 ...I hope you don't take this the wrong way, Hateful Darkblack...but I might hate you a little now. :-P Good lord I wish I could write at that pace, lol. Thanks for the link, I'll try to get you some feedback before the end of the week. Thank you! And I'm flattered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrewedUpDice Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Well, I'm impressed, and slightly scared. Well done for getting a piece up so quickly Hateful Darkblack. I'll take up the speed challenge, and get my story written in, being realistic, the next two day. Expect it Wednesday night, UK time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePandaDirector Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 *Two stars glisten under a ragged hood. The stranger leans forward, flickering light casting panda eyes in sharp relief, and pushes a pile of worn tokens towards the centre of the table. The stranger holds his position for a moment, and declares with a smirk* I'm all in :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Panda! \o/ Welcome back my friend! Good to see you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePandaDirector Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 You know when you plan a story, and in your plan the opening is nice and short, but when you start writing that short nicely planned opening, it ends up being over 800 words? I know I do ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashenlion Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Hello everyone! I haven't introduced myself yet, (still poking at the forums trying to see what works, I'm not sure how that quick reply thing works with my computer, or more likely I am a noob XD ). In any case, I'm really enjoying some of the stories I've been reading in my off time. Hopefully the things I write wont cause people the compulsion to scoop out their eyeballs with a spork (but if they do, do let me know so I may indulge in schadenfreude) Oh yeah, here it is - A Chain of Clockwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrewedUpDice Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 I've put up my WIP story in the previously vacant Cog Fight post. Sorry for the delay, go see what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePandaDirector Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Here's my story. I'll be sure to post feedback on everyones' stories, hopefully next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewmaster Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Well, let's see about throwing my (totally bigger) hat to the ring : Eyes on the Prize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mephiston Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 When is the deadline? Ohhh, still have time Hope to scribble this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormLordXIII Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hi all, Sadly I was caught up with another writing project this month and cannot contribute to what looks like a really interesting round! That project is done, so at least I should be able to contribute next time! Best of luck to everyone, can't wait to read what's been written! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mephiston Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Gah.... foiled again. I have a character in mind, just can't seem to work a way in with this set of ingredients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grue Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 I apologize for not doing anything with my story apart from submitting it. It appears my net was of the capped variety and we are able to escape that company but beyond at work I have been unable to get onto the internet. I know that my story is disqualified and that is fine, I appreciated the oppurtunity to write. Hopefully by the next Iron Quill I should have my net sorted out and should be able to write, edit and change my story in time of the next deadline. As always, The Grue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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