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bobandbill July 5th, 2014 7:13 PM

Small Writing Competition
 
Small Writing Competition
2014 GT
Judged by bobandbill, Nolafus, and Bay Alexison



Welcome everyone to the Small Writing Competition! Ready to write a story based on this year's prompt that will impress the three judges and the rest of PC? Great!

But first, a few rules to keep in mind.



Rules

1.) Follow PC's rules and Fanfiction and Writing's rules.
2.) The stories written for this competition must be completely new. In other words, they must not have been written before and not posted anywhere else until judging is over.
3.) You must PM your entries to all of the judges. (This is so if someone loses their PMs the others still have them and so forth). The judges in question are bobandbill, Nolafus, and Bay Alexison. You also must post in this thread when you send your PMs so we can confirm you did send us an entry.
4.) One entry per member only, sorry.
5.) You have until 11:59 pm EST, July 11th to get your entry in.
6.) The story can be based on Pokemon or be original fiction. Note the judges may not all be familiar with any other fandoms.
7.) The entry can only be a completed one-shot as this is a small writing competition - no chaptered entries, please!
8.) Please don't publicly post your stories until the competition is over! Once the scores are posted and the competition is over, you may post your story in Fanfiction and Writing so that others may see it. Make sure to add [SWC] to your title if you do!

If you have any other questions, ask away!


Scoring

Each entry can have a maximum score of 30, with the points broken down into three categories equaling 10 points in total like in previous years. The categories are:

Spelling and Grammar
Characterization, Plot, and Description
Relevance to Prompt


The prompt is rivals/rivalry, so good luck with making use of that in your story!


Emblems
First Prize
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/209016427/Writing%20competition%201st%20place%20emblem.jpg

Second Prize
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/209016427/Writing%20competition%202nd%20place%20emblem.jpg

Participant
[TBA!]


Entrants:
Mega Venusaur
Aisu
Logical Cabbage
Elite Overlord LeSabre™
icomeanon6
countryemo
solovino

icomeanon6 July 5th, 2014 8:32 PM

I think this is the first time I saw the prompt and came up with an idea in literally seconds. o_o

So yeah, I'm totally doing this! I've seen lots of new writers around the FF&W forum, so I'm hoping to see lots of entries this year!

Happy writing, folks!

El Héroe Oscuro July 5th, 2014 9:16 PM

Considering I blog a lot, I might as well take a shot at this. It's been awhile since I've created my own, unique story, but it sounds like a blast! Count me in! Hopefully this gets a pretty good turn out.

Daixtey July 5th, 2014 9:42 PM

Hmm... I actually wanted since 2 months start to write on a fan fiction, that I could post then on here but this might as well my first one, giving it my best shot, let's see how good that one is.

Necrum July 5th, 2014 10:56 PM

I will participate in this event. Writing is fun :3

Abby July 6th, 2014 3:16 AM

Is there a minimum amount of characters we can use?

bobandbill July 6th, 2014 4:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by megaabsol - (Post 8333046)
Is there a minimum amount of characters we can use?

No. Of course, entries that are just way too short to effectively tell any story won't score well. But given this is a small writing competition don't feel the need to make it 'long enough' - just go with however long it takes to tell the story.

Given I was already asked via VM, a tentative maximum guideline of 10-15 pages is set, but you can go over that. We just will have more to read and hence judging will take longer. =p

Mochika Rage July 6th, 2014 4:14 AM

I might as well join. The thing I've wanted to write a fanfiction about for ages (but could never be bothered) links in with this topic. Well, partly. Would the evil teams count as rivals?

bobandbill July 6th, 2014 5:25 AM

Depends on how you use them! They certainly could, but it does depend on what the story is about and what happens in it. That may be an unhelpful answer, but then I can't be helping you when I'm also judging entries. =p

gimmepie July 6th, 2014 9:36 AM

I'm in! I'll get started ASAP!


Assignments can wait right?

icomeanon6 July 6th, 2014 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimmepie (Post 8333612)
Assignments can wait right?

Yes! That's the spirit!

For people worried about writing a complete story in the time available, my advice is to think carefully about the scope of your story. Unless you're Cutlerine and can write a novella in one day and a novel in two, I'd suggest taking a small idea and fleshing it out instead of taking a big idea and abbreviating it.

Logical Cabbage July 6th, 2014 10:24 AM

Don't forgot about me! I'm totally taking this challenge! New adventures everyday...

Aisu July 6th, 2014 7:09 PM

Aisu is in. So everyone, back up, because the winner is before your eyes. Cool as ice.

gimmepie July 6th, 2014 7:19 PM

I find the 10-15 limit a bit disconcerting for such a small time period.
With my time constraints and tendency to develop writers block it will be a real struggle for me to write that much given I have to stick to a theme. :/

icomeanon6 July 6th, 2014 7:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimmepie (Post 8334460)
I find the 10-15 limit a bit disconcerting for such a small time period.
With my time constraints and tendency to develop writers block it will be a real struggle for me to write that much given I have to stick to a theme. :/

Let's make this super clear: There is no page or character limit, neither minimum nor maximum. Make your story as long as your story needs to be. What b&b was saying with 10-15 pages is that if your entry is longer than 10-15 pages the judges might be annoyed with the length. If you can tell the story you want to tell in 1 page, that's perfectly fine. All you need is a beginning, middle, and end. (Try to go longer than 1 page, though. It's hard to tell a good story in that little space.)
Quote:

Originally Posted by Aisu
Aisu is in. So everyone, back up, because the winner is before your eyes. Cool as ice.

Oh ho, I do believe this is the first trash-talk of the event!

Venia Silente July 6th, 2014 8:44 PM

I might join in. Still not sure. This week I have a work travel, some meeternity stuff, and am hosting a stand on an event.

Though I could use meeternity and stand time to write for the story. After all, clients who paid to install Windows instead of doing what I told them to do deserve to wait, right?

Nolafus July 7th, 2014 12:59 AM

I would just like to wish everyone good luck and I hope to see a lot of stories come judging time! I'm looking forward to reading what you people have come up with.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aisu (Post 8334443)
Cool as ice.

Your avatar suggests a more fiery approach, like lava or Magcargo's body temperature.

Wicked3DS July 7th, 2014 11:10 AM

I'm not sure if I'm going to do this or not (dependent on time) but I'm gonna see if I can come up with something.

Aisu July 7th, 2014 4:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nolafus (Post 8334763)
Your avatar suggests a more fiery approach, like lava or Magcargo's body temperature.

Don't question the ice or it will find you and freeze all that you hold dear.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ July 9th, 2014 1:09 PM

I might enter, but not to win. Only since the prompt is a perfect way for me to make one of my trademark angry tirades - in story form!

Braxien July 9th, 2014 2:33 PM

I've sent in my entry. It might not be amazing seeing as I did write it at 23:00 at night, but it's the taking part that counts, right?

Aisu July 9th, 2014 4:08 PM

I've submitted as well.

Logical Cabbage July 9th, 2014 5:25 PM

I just submitted my work. Highly doubt I'll win, but I'm doing this for passion. May the best writer win!

bobandbill July 9th, 2014 5:30 PM

^ Confirming that I got entries from the three of you. =) I will update the first post to reflect that when I have time!

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ July 9th, 2014 6:58 PM

Just submitted my angry rant story!


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