Anyone up for a Fic Battle? :: Mini Challenge 6 Sign Up Sheet (take 2):: (*CLOSED*)
Sign Up: Now ---------> Ends: Tuesday 18th September, 12AM (AEST)
Welcome to Mini Challenge SIX, which is taking on a new format just this once…turning it into a - FIC BATTLE. Duh Duh DUUUUUUH.
This requires signing up to be an Author now, so you can play Tuesday when the Entry post is posted.
THE SIGN UP IS OVER. IF YOU MISSED OUT, PROMPTING IS IN YOUR FUTURE.
+ 3 things...
1 // You need to specify your likes and dislikes in the form below, so Prompters know what to prompt you with. Then remember to come back and copy and paste (whatever you comment here) onto the Entry post - so that you can start your own Author thread. Which is where you'll receive and Fill your prompts.
2 // WE (for the first time ever) WILL BE DOING AWAY WITH THE ANONYMOUS AUTHOR PART OF THE CHALLENGE (LE GASP).
- - - All Prompts and Fills/Author starter comments MUST be posted with your Username.
3 // There will be no Voting. (Again, for the first time ever.) The Winner will simply be: the one who Fills the most prompts.
PART A (The Form)
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To Sign up, copy and Paste the below form into a comment to this entry -
+ Username:
+ Maximum Rating (G - NC17):
+ Genres (underline all you're happy to write): Angst, Fluff, AU, Crossover, Smut, Humor, Gen.
+ Crossovers/AUs I'll try:
+ I like to write/wish in general:
+ Lastly, I won't write these topics/characters:
Example:
+ Username: Mustbethursday3
+ Maximum Rating (G - NC17): NC17
+ Genres (underline all you're happy to write): Angst, Fluff, AU, Crossover, Smut, Humor, Gen.
+ Crossovers/AUs I'll try: Doctor Who, Modern AUs, Hunger Games, and Buffy
+ I like to write/wish in general: Parallel Words, Girls getting some screentime, Gwen/Morgana friendship, Crack, I wish there was a direct comparison between the relationships Gwen & Morgana have, and the one Arthur and Merlin have - like, if Morgs had told Gwen about the magic (SHE KINDA DID IN S1 BUT IT WAS REBOOTED)...and the fallout/consequence from that, compared to Merlin keeping the magic secret.
+ Lastly, I won't write these topics/characters: Gaius, Merlin/Morgana, Dragons, Major Character death, PWP, and please not Baby!fic.
You have until Tuesday 18th September, 12AM (AEST) to sign up.
PART B (The Guidelines)
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After the Sign up has closed, the Battle Entry post will be posted, then Authors will need to copy and paste their forms (from this Sign Up entry) into the comments to start their threads.
!IMPORTANT! - Please track your comment thread (click the pushpin symbol of your comment) on the Entry post, and make sure you get Alerts sent to your email account every time someone replies with a fresh prompt for you. Otherwise, make sure you check back regularly so you can keep up.
CHALLENGE THEMES: Record | Astronaut | Teammates | Reunion | Stockholm Syndrome
1) You must use something of the five (5) Themes above to direct how you write your Fills.
1) You may ONLY Fill prompts left for you in your comment thread. Even if you see the most delicious prompt somewhere and you know just how you'd write it - leave it be. You'll have enough of your own to deal with.
2) You must Fill the first 4 prompts you receive IN THE ORDER YOU RECEIVE THEM. After those first 4, you can do your favourites first, or tackle the extra hard ones - whatever your muse is in the mood for.
3) Each Fill must be at least 200 words to count towards your Total Number of Fills. You can write more than 200 if you wish to, but keep in mind: the whole time you'll have other prompts waiting impatiently for your attention.
4) The aim is to write as many Prompts in the timespan as possible. Since Prompters may only have one (1) prompt awaiting fulfilment by an Author at a time (and must wait for that prompt to be written in order to prompt that Author again) you may have to drag your friends over to submit prompts - but not just for you, mind, let's keep this fair.
5) YOU CAN PROMPT OTHER AUTHORS. (But must follow the same 1 unfulfilled prompt per Author at a time, rule as the rest of the prompters)
6) All Fills must be in reply to the comment containing the prompt, with: [TITLE], [GENRE], [CHARACTER/PAIRING], [RATING] in bold up the top of the comment - ie:
Left foot forward, Angst, Arthur/Gwen, Gwen/Merlin, G
Streets of Neon, Modern AU, Arthur, Gwen, Merlin, Morgana, NC17
Lonely Boy, Canon, Arthur, PG
1) You may only have ONE (1) prompt awaiting to be filled, per Author, at a time.
ie, You can prompt 'Author A', 'Author B', 'Author C' etc - all ONCE.
But you MUST wait for your prompt to be Filled before you can give that Author another prompt.
ie, if 'Author A' Fills your prompt, you can prompt 'Author A' again.
(But you'll still be waiting on the other Authors that you've prompted to do the same before you may prompt them again.)
2) TEXT only - quotes, song lyrics, specific/vague stuff from your tangled imagination…it's all good. But do remember that the Authors will want to wrap it up in 200 words, so they can move on to the next prompt.
3) All Prompts should be in reply to the original comment the Author used to start their thread.
4) Read the Author's preferences before you prompt, because it's no use asking for a mini Gaius adventure... if the Author has listed that they will not write his character.
5) ALL PROMPTING WILL END ONE DAY (24hrs) PRIOR TO THE END OF THE CHALLENGE. (To give Author's a real chance to Fill all their lonely prompts.) Any prompts posted after that will be deleted.
TO ALL PARTICIPANTS:
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Most Pairings welcome, but this is an Arthur/Guinevere Community and there will be no rubbishing the pairing, so we've decided to make it easy - Arthur and Gwen can only appear in a 'romantic' relationship with each other, unless you're writing a triangle, or about past relationship mistakes.
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- PLEASE DO NOT delete your own comments. Please ask a Mod to do it. If you've replied to the wrong comment - Edit it and write 'ERROR' up the top, before replying to where you meant to.
- You may Edit your comments, for spelling mistakes and the like, but you shouldn't be making huge changes to your original.
- If you see comments that violate the rules, let a Mod know.
- If you have a question reply to this entry.
- If you want to thank an Author for writing your prompt, or Squee at someone else's Fill - you can. BUT REMEMBER, ONLY AUTHORS MAY REPLY TO PROMPTS, AND ONLY TO THE ONES IN THEIR OWN THREAD.
- The results of the battle - the Winner (person who filled the most Fills), the Survivors (those how filled ALL of their prompts) and everyone else - will be announced by the Mods after the challenge has ended. Mods have final say as to what counts as a Fill in terms of word count and content.
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TL;DR
To be an Author you must sign up now.
Sign up ends: MIDNIGHT on Tuesday the 18th of September (AEST).
Writing/Prompting Starts: Later that day on the Entry Post.
>>>>> Prompting Ends: 24hrs before the end of the challenge. (aka - Saturday the 22nd of September, 12AM.)
>>>>>>>> Writing Ends: Sunday the 23rd of September 12AM (AEST).
Fill word count: 200+
Authors: Start a thread, respond to the prompts they attract, and try and fill them all before the end of the challenge.
Prompters: Respond to an Author's starting comment with TEXT, and maintain only 1 unfilled prompt, per Author, at a time.
List of possible Genres: Angst, AU, Canon, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Fluff, Friendship, General, Missing Scene, Modern AU, Romance, Sci-fi, Smut, Western.
List of possible Ratings: G, PG, R, NC17.
List of possible Characters: Any.
[TITLE], [GENRE], [CHARACTER/PAIRING], [RATING] must be in bold up the top of all Fills, along with any Warnings.
Only Mods may delete comments.
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Mod Note: I want to attribute the idea and the inspiration for the rules of this challenge to the wonderful Mods over at milady_milord (a Jeff/Annie Community Comm) who ran a Fic Battle back in May which I enjoyed immensely! ...enjoyed enough that I had to bundle up the idea and run off with it.
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Any Questions feel free to ask below.
To Everyone from the First Sign Up Post: I'm really sorry that we lost all your lovely (competitive and yes, occasionally ominous) comments. We had almost 120, and so many lovely Sign Ups \o/ ...and they're lost to the winds (or the digital equivalent).
I'll repost the forms (I still have a tab open on the original post) that you all posted below and you can come and copy and paste them into your own comments if you like - with any additional thoughts/changes you may have come up with in the meantime.