The Sixth TvTropes Writing Contest

Count me in

I've got the barest wisp of an idea, but I've found a song so... worst I can do is not finish.

No, the worst you could do is write a story of a girl who cried a river and drowned the whole world.

Yep, Feo's right—you can use BB code in Free Text Host, which means you can use the standard web forum [URL=][/URL] markup.

I'm just wondering what the judges will see, is all. Because while linking to a piece in a story is all well and good, if the song gets sent to them right away in the judging PM, well, that won't work.

Did not know that. Handy.

Perhaps the people who are actually running the contest should weigh in? There's a value to uniformity in how the entries look (and I don't want to field a bunch of "Where's the song for entry #7?" questions), but I also want your entry to be optimally presented.

That's what I was initially gonna do, before I gave up on the idea of participating in favor of judging.

x4 I'll keep that in mind.

Story completed! I'll PM it over now.

Uh announcing that ruins your anonymity.

^ I PMed it to jewelleddragon, who will put them in random order before PMing them to the judges. That's how it's supposed to work, right?

Edit: Yeah, I announced when I was done in the fifth contest, too.

edited 11th Feb '12 12:26:20 AM by feotakahari

Yes, I always change the order before passing them off.

In answer to Freezair's request, what would people say to including the song and lyrics links somewhere within the body of the story in B Bcode? That gives the writer the freedom to include it at the beginning, middle, or end, as they see fit.

I like that.

And if you didn't care for that, could we just link it in an initial (or following) author's note? Or alongside the story?

I know, I know. But I'm just trying to get my bases covered. I'm still hammering out the details, after all!

I'm not entirely sure what that would look like. Example?

(My concern with sticking extra stuff into the actual document is that I don't want to mess up people's word counts.)

Not like word count is an important thing outside of fitting into the pretty broad required range.

Oh, pretty simple. "Hi. This is my story. Here's the song I based it on: [1]. The story is below."

Or the reverse: "Thanks for reading my story. This is what it was based on: [2]. Now you know, so you can go... grade that."

(Note: Not my actual song, but if someone could get a story out of that song, it'd be pretty amusing.)

Might as well go from lurker to poster with this contest. Count me in.

Finished a first draft, time to revise forever.

Words to the wise: when you upload your story, make an admin password to edit it. I'm still fixing minor issues.

Halfway done. Still inching along.

I want in. I have a very rough draft.

quick question

When is the deadline?. I am currently blocked lol and would like some time to flesh out this character

March 9. You've still got more than 3 weeks.

Holy damn there's a lot of contestants. I wonder how many I'll get to read, though...

Out of 27? Hmm...I'll guess 10.

Mon Dieu, I had no idea there's actually a writing contest going on on this site... Count me in!