12HORRORS ROUND 2016-THE_TRAUMA_ROUND: INTRO POST
12 HORRORS ROUND 2016-TRAUMA
EMBARK ON OUR MISSION INTO THE HUMAN PSYCHE.
Seeing as to how last year went, 12Horrors Round 2016 will be much alike Round 2015-but with some changes at hand. We have taken the feedback from our first round and bent it to meet your needs as a writer or prompter! As well as that, we bring you the theme of this round: TRAUMA
SO, HOW DOES A FIC FEST WORK?
A fic fest is a community where promoters submit their own prompts to the community. A these prompts are added to a spreadsheet, and claimers choose one from the selection to write. It moves onto the writing period, where writers have to answer to a couple of check-ins. Check-ins track the writer's progress with the fic and make sure they have a reasonable word count. When the deadline comes, writers submit their fics and they are posted to the fest account.
We will talk about this more whenever claiming period arrives, but we have changed things up a bit. To write for this fest, you do not have to claim. There is a separate option of writing your own TRAUMA story. Again, we will get into more detail when the time comes.
This fest will have goals for number of writers participating with us, but the fest will run regardless of number of participants. Be it one, five, or twenty stories, we will continue to run the fest to satisfy your dark-minded needs.
WHAT IS TRAUMA?
The theme of our 2016 round is TRAUMA. Although this is 12Horrors, the prompts/fics do not have to include any gore or such. Of course you can add those things-it correlates well with TRAUMA-but we are focusing on the human psyche for this round.
To have a valid prompt/fic in this fest, one or more of the main characters in it must experience a trauma, be it in the past or present. Examples of traumatic events are witnessing a death or torture, experiencing a torture, family death, natural disasters, etc.
The point of this round is to challenge the writer-writing a person who is mentally troubled is not an easy job. This must be taken seriously, because people in real life suffer daily from these things.
THE_RULES
1. The minimum word count for this fest is 2,000 words. Of course, we encourage you to go well over this line!
2. There are little to no limits in this fest-but, if you plan on having a character experience dubcon/noncon, incest, pedophilia, or any other illegal activities, be sure to take it up with the Mods. Having it in a character's past is okay, and should be warned in the tags, but we just need to make sure what exactly you're writing about whenever it comes to these sensitive topics. Mods have a right to turn down a fic if it's too much.
3. You MUST tag your fics with anything that could potentially trigger anyone. If you have any questions about tagging, please email us.
4. Pairings are totally optional! If you include a pairing, keep in mind that OT3+ is allowed and encouraged.
5. Please keep your claim our little secret-we don't want to ruin the surprise! Fic discussion may run between you and the Mods, a beta, and close friends who are helping you write. Keep your eyes peeled, we're watching you.
6. You may not claim a second prompt/write a second of your own prompts until you have finished and submitted your first one to us.
7. We do give out extensions, but still try to stay on time and make a commitment! It would relieve a whole ton of stress off the Mods' shoulders.
THE_TIMELINE
Prompting Opens: May 20th
Prompting Closes: June 11th
Prompt Spreadsheet Reveal: June 12th
Claiming Opens: June 13th
Claiming Closes: July 3rd
Prompt Confirmations: July 4th
First Check-in (informal): July 31st
Second Check-in (1.5k): September 21st
Final Submissions Due (2k): October 19th
Posting Begins: October 26th
Posting Ends: October 31st
Guess Post: November 4th
Reveals: November 11th
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