Season Challenge 02 - The Return of the Big Damn Prompt Table
erinm_4600 and midnight_burn present
tm_challenge's Second Annual
BIG DAMN CHALLENGE
This challenge is basically the same as last year, but with a few, minor changes. :)
Prompt usage: All work must be Tin Man-related, and prompts can be used however you want. You can use the word exactly as it appears, you can change tenses, or you can invoke the feeling of the word or its meaning. You may only use one prompt per entry and only new works written for this challenge will be allowed.
Teams: As with last year, we are honoring tinman100's original format. This year we have THREE teams. Team Tin Man, Team Longcoats and Team DeMilo. If you choose Team Tin Man or Team Longcoats, you’re choosing to participate in the team challenge, which means that you'll be earning points for your team per entry. If you choose Team DeMilo, however, you're choosing the no-competition option - aka you're simply writing to write - and they will NOT earn team points.
And, because we have this kind of time...
Using a team icon is NOT required, but, if you choose to use one of these icons, please remember to credit midnight_burn.
(and erinm_4600 claims responsibility for the DeMilo icon. It was said as a joke and I didn't think she'd actually do it...)
Points: Each entry will count for ONE (1) point toward your team points. For every ten entries you complete, you will earn an extra ONE (1) point. Complete the whole table and get an additional FIVE (5) points. Tables are worth 115 points if fully completed. The team with the most points wins! And, by "wins", we mean that you'll get bragging rights. And, possibly, a shiny banner...
Deadline: For Team Tin Man and Team Longcoats, your deadline is January 7, 2010. For Team DeMilo, your deadline is non-existent. Due to your non-competition status, you can work on the prompt table for as long as you want.
EDIT: As the question was posed below, for Team DeMilo: If you decide, before the deadline for Team Tin Man and Team Longcoat, that you want to pull a DeMilo and "switch sides", you may do so. BUT!! You may only switch teams ONCE. So, be sure that you really want to switch. And that you pick the team you want.
If you do switch teams, please delete your comment under Team DeMilo and repost under the appropriate team.
Posting Process: If you would like to participate, please copy the following table and post it wherever you post you fic. Then, comment on this post using the provided, pre-formatted entry. As you finish an entry/entries, come back and reply to your original comment. If you would like to wait until you hit a mark of five or six or ten or twenty before commenting back, that's fine, too.
The Big Damn Prompt Table:
summer
fall
winter
spring
simmer
leaves
bohemian
kooky
proximity
plans
felicitous
leave
moxie
split
prodigal
city
weather
spy
inexplicable
bride
truant
truculent
loquacious
redolent
disaster
family
furniture
holiday
gang
light
dusk
dawn
secrets
fuss
courage
bear
photograph
ambush
anchor
nature
shell
pin
frame
shoe
color
dream
cards
towel
erase
perplex
myth
bone
time
stone
mistakes
life
street
ash
quiet
paint
sink
singing
border
dent
peril
path
market
box
language
rust
glimmer
reflection
popular
jingle
scatter
trip
point
under
next
choice
location
document
title
royal
miscreant
symbol
noise
connection
spell
food
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
Need a definition?
And a pre-formatted version, ready for posting:
The Only Rules: (with some reptition from above)
* Entries MUST be Tin Man-related.
* There is no word limit. Write as much or as little as you want - 100 drabbles or one sweeping epic of 100 chapters - and use the prompts however you see fit. It's your muse, after all...
* When cross-posting completed entries to other comms, please be aware of the posting rules already set in place (formatting, tags, etc.). We know you already know this... but a little refresher never hurts. ;)
* Please be kind and remember to post warnings for anything you wouldn't the kids or your mother to see. Some of us are reading at work, after all...
* Got a question? A comment? A general concern? Please don't hesitate to ask!
Want to sign up? Copy and paste the following to the appropriate comment below.
LJ username:
Link to your posted table:
EDIT 2: There's a conversation POST over at tinman100, for all your plotting/brainstorming/jibber-jabbering needs. Throw out some ideas, ask for a prompt - SOCIALIZE!
EDIT 3: LONGCOAT VICTORY!!!
tm_challenge's Second Annual
BIG DAMN CHALLENGE
This challenge is basically the same as last year, but with a few, minor changes. :)
Prompt usage: All work must be Tin Man-related, and prompts can be used however you want. You can use the word exactly as it appears, you can change tenses, or you can invoke the feeling of the word or its meaning. You may only use one prompt per entry and only new works written for this challenge will be allowed.
Teams: As with last year, we are honoring tinman100's original format. This year we have THREE teams. Team Tin Man, Team Longcoats and Team DeMilo. If you choose Team Tin Man or Team Longcoats, you’re choosing to participate in the team challenge, which means that you'll be earning points for your team per entry. If you choose Team DeMilo, however, you're choosing the no-competition option - aka you're simply writing to write - and they will NOT earn team points.
And, because we have this kind of time...
Using a team icon is NOT required, but, if you choose to use one of these icons, please remember to credit midnight_burn.
(and erinm_4600 claims responsibility for the DeMilo icon. It was said as a joke and I didn't think she'd actually do it...)
Points: Each entry will count for ONE (1) point toward your team points. For every ten entries you complete, you will earn an extra ONE (1) point. Complete the whole table and get an additional FIVE (5) points. Tables are worth 115 points if fully completed. The team with the most points wins! And, by "wins", we mean that you'll get bragging rights. And, possibly, a shiny banner...
Deadline: For Team Tin Man and Team Longcoats, your deadline is January 7, 2010. For Team DeMilo, your deadline is non-existent. Due to your non-competition status, you can work on the prompt table for as long as you want.
EDIT: As the question was posed below, for Team DeMilo: If you decide, before the deadline for Team Tin Man and Team Longcoat, that you want to pull a DeMilo and "switch sides", you may do so. BUT!! You may only switch teams ONCE. So, be sure that you really want to switch. And that you pick the team you want.
If you do switch teams, please delete your comment under Team DeMilo and repost under the appropriate team.
Posting Process: If you would like to participate, please copy the following table and post it wherever you post you fic. Then, comment on this post using the provided, pre-formatted entry. As you finish an entry/entries, come back and reply to your original comment. If you would like to wait until you hit a mark of five or six or ten or twenty before commenting back, that's fine, too.
The Big Damn Prompt Table:
summer
fall
winter
spring
simmer
leaves
bohemian
kooky
proximity
plans
felicitous
leave
moxie
split
prodigal
city
weather
spy
inexplicable
bride
truant
truculent
loquacious
redolent
disaster
family
furniture
holiday
gang
light
dusk
dawn
secrets
fuss
courage
bear
photograph
ambush
anchor
nature
shell
pin
frame
shoe
color
dream
cards
towel
erase
perplex
myth
bone
time
stone
mistakes
life
street
ash
quiet
paint
sink
singing
border
dent
peril
path
market
box
language
rust
glimmer
reflection
popular
jingle
scatter
trip
point
under
next
choice
location
document
title
royal
miscreant
symbol
noise
connection
spell
food
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
freebie
Need a definition?
And a pre-formatted version, ready for posting:
| summer | fall | winter | spring | simmer |
| leaves | bohemian | kooky | proximity | plans |
| felicitous | leave | moxie | split | prodigal |
| city | weather | spy | inexplicable | bride |
| truant | truculent | loquacious | redolent | disaster |
| family | furniture | holiday | gang | light |
| dusk | dawn | secrets | fuss | courage |
| bear | photograph | ambush | anchor | nature |
| shell | pin | frame | shoe | color |
| dream | cards | towel | erase | perplex |
| myth | bone | time | stone | mistakes |
| life | street | ash | quiet | paint |
| sink | singing | border | dent | peril |
| path | market | box | language | rust |
| glimmer | reflection | popular | jingle | scatter |
| trip | point | under | next | choice |
| location | document | title | royal | miscreant |
| symbol | noise | connection | spell | food |
| freebie | freebie | freebie | freebie | freebie |
| freebie | freebie | freebie | freebie | freebie |
The Only Rules: (with some reptition from above)
* Entries MUST be Tin Man-related.
* There is no word limit. Write as much or as little as you want - 100 drabbles or one sweeping epic of 100 chapters - and use the prompts however you see fit. It's your muse, after all...
* When cross-posting completed entries to other comms, please be aware of the posting rules already set in place (formatting, tags, etc.). We know you already know this... but a little refresher never hurts. ;)
* Please be kind and remember to post warnings for anything you wouldn't the kids or your mother to see. Some of us are reading at work, after all...
* Got a question? A comment? A general concern? Please don't hesitate to ask!
Want to sign up? Copy and paste the following to the appropriate comment below.
LJ username:
Link to your posted table:
EDIT 2: There's a conversation POST over at tinman100, for all your plotting/brainstorming/jibber-jabbering needs. Throw out some ideas, ask for a prompt - SOCIALIZE!
EDIT 3: LONGCOAT VICTORY!!!