craft: twenty master plots and allie's master plan

[sosayethallie]

1. Quest

A search for something specific, a grail object, and finding it changes the protagonist in some way. Often the object itself is not what s/he believes it to be, or lacks the powers attributed to it, but the lessons learned along the way enable hir to achieve the end for which the object was needed.

Ex. The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy

Comments

[hollywdbabylon]

It's funny how you can basically link every plot type to some SPN episode or another. Hee.

Hell, this should be the framework for a challenge comm. ;)

[sosayethallie]

Like I said to B, below, either a year or open-ended is fine. If we're only maintaining a link list when people finish and they have to notify us, then there's no need for a deadline really.

[hollywdbabylon]

So.... I'm actually starting this rules post now. Ahahaha.

Should I allow original fiction? What do you guys think?

[sosayethallie]

Hee. Make technosage not sosayeth a maintainer/mod if you do?

Ummmmm... I think sure why not? I mean... what's the purpose of the challenge?

[hollywdbabylon]

As a model, I was looking at wtf27, and they don't allow original fiction due to "copyright issues." What copyright issues could there be? I don't get it.

[sosayethallie]

Ummmm. Well, there's the possibility of someone stealing someone else's idea one supposes.

And yet, first publication is prima facie evidence of copyright ownership and web publication is sufficient.

So, it might be complex and require litigation between the users, but I don't think that there's any real danger to the comm because of it. Possibly directing people to put an "all rights reserved" message on their original fiction.

Also, copyright inheres at the moment of creation. So they can assert copyright. They just can't assert registered copyright.

Um...

/legal blather?

[hollywdbabylon]

No, I know. I took some basic law. I just feel like I'm missing something? Why would it be an issue?

[sosayethallie]

The only reason it would be an issue that I can think of is that they were worried about other authors stealing each others ideas.

I can't think of another thing.

What're we calling this thing? where are we running it? lalala. :D

[hollywdbabylon]

plot20

It's ready to go! I gave technosage maintainer rights.

[toxictattoo]

Looks good.

The only suggestion I have is for

12) When is this all due?
In the grand tradition of challenges like fanfic100 and wtf27, never. You can take the rest of your life to finish it.
When you are finished with all 20 stories, e-mail one of the mods here and you will be duly inducted into the Hall of Fame.

You could also set up an entry that will collect the user names that report they are finished and I would suggest you have them give you the link to their table so you can post that with their name and people can find it easier than trying to scroll through the user's LJ to find it (in the event they don't sticky post it).

[toxictattoo]

I think the reason wtf27 disallowed fanfiction was due to the nature of the challenge. It was to produce cracked out fanfiction from fandoms that didn't have/do the challenge themes. Original stories wouldn't have the WTF factor that having a Supernatural story wingfic would have.

That was my take on it.

[toxictattoo]

I am TOO awake....should read disallow original fiction...

[way2busymom]

Give them a year...

A year of fic challenge. 20 stories in a year?

Like they do with the table challenges.

[sosayethallie]

I'd be okay either with a year or open ended. Both work!