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by **Kalon Ordona II** Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:01 pm

I've been trying to increase my progress rate on my own novels as well, so count me in! cheers

Are we allowed to start now, or just finish before the end of May?

by Guest Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:55 pm

by **Kalon Ordona II** Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:38 am

Maybe I'll prepare now and do the writing in May. ^_^ That should work better, yeah. Plus it gives us April to do some ruppin' (that's RPing. xD).

OH! Do we post our work here? Or do we just say we've done it (honestly)? Plagiarists are generally caught and executed, Razz

, so we probably needn't worry about that very much. *shrug* What was your thought on that?

by Guest Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:38 pm

by Tartra Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:03 pm

Might as well. I need something to get my ass in gear anyway. I'm in.

by Tartra Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:09 pm

Start your story off with a bang! Kill off a major/semi-major character within the first three chapters. [15 pts.]
Describe your character, location and basics of the world-type in the first sentence [50 pts.] or first two sentences [25 pts.]
Ex. from Octavia Butler's Wild Seed: "Doro discovered the woman by accident when he went to see what was left of one of his seed villages." Doro, a village, and likely a fantasy setting.

From Make A Scene by Jordan E. Rosenfeld
Hatch your plot in the form of your significant situation. [10 pts.]
Introduce your protagonist and provide a brief glance into his/her inner or outer struggles. [10 pts.]
Introduce a significant situation that challenges your protagonist's status quo. [10 pts.]
Provide a catalyst with whom the protagonist can interact. [10 pts.]

None of these apply because I'm beyond the first chapter already. I'm doing the word count stuff.

by Guest Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:36 pm

by Guest Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:21 pm

I'm thinking about joining. It depends if I've gotten far enough in my preparation work to start writing by then, and May will be full of tests and assignments and stuff. Definitely thinking about it though.

by Guest Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:49 pm

by HawktheThird Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:32 pm

Hell, I'll get in on this. I'm getting too lazy anyways.

by Guest Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:39 am

by HawktheThird Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:32 pm

So at the end of May, just add the points and let you know? I'd be happy to email you a word doc with proof or something.

And thanks for putting this up by the way, I'm sure a lot of us are in need of some motivation.

by Guest Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:40 pm

by Tartra Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:41 pm

You could always put it up in the Written Works part of FOG. If Silvone says the next challenge is going to be about editing, it might help to get some feedback, too.

by **Gadreille** Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:48 pm

That is a good idea, Tartra Smile

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by **Artorius** Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:00 pm

Count me in! I know I'm a newbie and fairly young, maybe not a great writer as a few of you other guys, but I'll try and hang in there. I'd love to make some buddies along the way too!

by Guest Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:33 am

by Guest Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:46 am

by Guest Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:48 am

Sounds like a nice idea, Silvone. I'm in by the way. I'll just say otherwise if I notice I'm not ready. Smile

by **Kalon Ordona II** Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:08 am

Great idea, Silvone!

by HawktheThird Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:43 am

That is a good idea.

by Guest Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:35 pm

by Guest Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:14 pm

by Dio the Awesome Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:15 pm

I'm in like a dirty shoe. Whatever that means. I already have the most basic stuff for my story down, but I will hold off until May. It's not typed anyways. I'll make a post in the writing section when I start and update is 500 word chunks.

One question. How to we fulfill this part of the challenge?

Hatch your plot in the form of your significant situation.

by Guest Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:23 pm

by Dio the Awesome Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:26 pm

I think my story accomplishes that. It's kinda of a thing that varies from person to person, what will grab their interest. I suppose you can be the judge when the story goes online.

by Guest Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:32 pm

by Dio the Awesome Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:33 pm

I think it will benefit me as a writer if other people can comment.

EDIT: Oooh. Just a random idea. Maybe if everyone who submits a story can be assigned a reading buddy, that way everyone won't feel obligated to review everyone else work, and people still get feed back.

by **Kalon Ordona II** Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:57 pm

Not a bad idea, since if we all submit stuff for critiques it might tax our writing time to read it all. xD

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