The WA's first contest is finally here!
So, this contest is twofold--a Short Story contest, and an Epics contest. Here's how it's going to work--I've placed every entrant in groups of three (read on). Whether you choose to participate in the Epics contest, the Short Story contest, or both, your group plays a primary role in the writing of your submission. What role does your group play, exactly? Heck, what's this whole thing going on? Well--
Short Story Contest
If you choose to particip
Why, it's the first-ever weekly update of Writers' Alliance! For some more info on what this is, check out this blog entry, and then report back here!
This week's theme is, in honor of the initiation of the Writers' Alliance--
Beginnings
This week, write anything that follows the theme of beginnings. It can interpreted any way you want--this is to kick-start your inspiration for writing, and it's your choice how you filter that inspiration. Once you write a piece--remember, they can be
Well, first of all, the House is back!
Now, onto more important business.
That's right, it's the House of the Rising Moon's very first contest, Writing ABCs! Hosted by yours truly, RM. You know, that guy in the title. Instructions are simple enough--first to write 27 SSs, the title of each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet and one more beginning any number (7, not Seven), wins! What what, you ask? Well, at the moment, only eternal glory, but if anyone's up for donating a pr
I hereby declare this the initiation of the case of Moon and Firesword vs. Zarayna.
Zarayna, the offender, is in a lawsuit threatened by Rising Moon and Inferna Firesword. Captain Marvel is the lawyer from criminal defense--Zarayna--and Moon and Firesword remain in search if a lawyer. Experience is discouraged.
The case will be taking place in the House of the Rising Moon on October 21st, 2010, a Thursday.
Rising Moon will judge the case.
The jury is not limited to a number, and any
It looks like while I was gone a whole new league of active members formed--the guys who blog everyday and dominate GD are total strangers to me. Makes me feel kind of old and outdated, like I belong in the past and I'm rejected by the present. Rather than get to know them, I've decided to infiltrate their ranks and destroy them from within. League of Noobs, I have located your base and booby trapped your headquarters. My vengeance will not be satisfied until you beg at my feet for my mercy or
That's right, it's the Writers' Alliance's first contest!
What exactly is this contest? Well, stay tuned, girls and boys, and find out just what it is next week...All I can reveal now is that there will be both an Epics contest and a Short Story contest, both of which will be taking place in groups. The theme of the contest is characters of your teammates.
Curious as to what the heck that is? Want it? Post here in this entry now with a piece of writing, about 100 words, but no real limit.
WA? What's that?
Anyway, this week's Weekly Update is to write for the theme of--
Hooks
We're all going to write about fish!
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In all seriousness--It's the aspiring writer's dream to, you guessed it, write a book and actually get it published. Well, the first step in the actual writing process to do so is to hook your reader. As fast as possible. Whether it's the agent who's going to get your book published and out in public, your best friend, a complete stranger in
That's right, it's the WACISE!
No clue what this babbling madman is rambling about? Well here ya go, don'tcha know!
Now that the WA's oozed into its third week, it's time to spice things up a bit. In a couple of weeks, we'll have our very first contest! Any ideas on what it's going to be? Submit 'em here! No rules, go for anything you want!
Onetwothreesubmit!
So, I'm back. Dunno if anyone remembers me [/vie for social approval], but it's a weird sort of nostalgia, being back on here. Entering the BZPRPG shortly. Anyone think I should get back to writing on here? SS appears to be devoid of horror/thrillers--shall I take the challenge? EDIT: Too late, I did. Check out my new SS, http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=6166<----The Captain and his Beast (Can't figure out how to get the links right. God, it's been too long since I've
It's been a long while since I've taken a serious undertaking on BZP. You know, a full-fledged, multi-person effort that requires devotion, time, and unprecedented overuse of your creative engines until it explodes. I have a spark of an idea that would merit such a title, and it's called Worldscape. How it actually would function on a day-to-day basis, I have no idea, but it's an idea I've been toying with for a while, and the idea seems particularly tempting.
The basic concept is that a team
The WA has really leaped off the ground with a force behind it--and that force is you guys, the participants. Thanks a lot for really attempting to revolutionize this whole system, and hopefully you're having fun while doing it.
For some more info on what they hey the Writers' Alliance is, check out this blog entry!
This week's theme is--
Characterization
Characterization is, to state the obvious or tell you what you don't already know (depending on who you are, of course), is not on
Well, to start it off, it was fantastic. I mean, a really incredible movie, on nearly every account. Not going to spoil anything, go see it! Seriously, this was an amazing movie. Harry Potter is a huge event in my family. I'd list why, but that's really for another entry (you can request one, if you want to). Today I'm going to be bloggin' about one particular aspect of Harry Potter, that applies to all areas of writing and/or story production, and as such not actually going to be talking about
Hey RM, what're these weekly update entry things?
Check out this entry!
What is a theme, exactly? A theme is, as my English teacher put it, an element of the human condition. A humane concept that man enjoys reading about because he feels it, can connect with it. Or possibly because he's never experienced such an element before, and feels the need to integrate it into his persona. Either way, one such element of the human condition is--
Horror
People like horror for the same reason
What's your favorite instrument (whether you play it or not)? Why? Be as detailed as possible, I've got a lot to say on the subject and would love to talk about it.
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This week's theme--
Dialogue
Yup, dialogue. The art of speaking. Dialogue is, in short, when two or more of your chars get together and just talk. The topic has no limits--something as earth-shattering as destroying worlds, or something as casual as what he put on first this morning, and anywhere in between. I strongly believe dialogue is something that is, as a general rule (but there are always exceptions), entirely overlooked as a crucial aspect of fiction. Dialogue, first o
Prince Conventionality peered out beyond the window of his chamber, his kingdom an infinite expanse of utter satisfaction. Sheer contentment. Children ran through the streets, their mothers beckoning them in uncannily similar mild but quite proper British accents to get away from that weapons dealer before you get any ideas of joining an assassin's brotherhood or fighting armies on your own with your girlfriend, and don't you forget the way our glorious and unrealistically perfect Prince Convent
Welcome to Worldscape!
Whoa, What's This?
'Creation' is a pretty vague word. The immediate meaning is bringing something into existence that wasn't there before. Of course we can't apply this definition to physical objects, as in today's modern world it's slightly impossible to actually create a tangible thing from nothing. Creation, though, applies to thoughts as well as objects. There is a clear distinction between impulse, and creative thought--impulse is when a thought enters your mind
If I brought back the WA (not sure what it is? Ask!) while the League of Authors (see previous parenthetical statement) is still up, how many of you guys would join it? Along that line, how many would join it if it was a distinctly different entity from the LoA, as opposed to its previous format?
You might notice that little bit in my sig about joining a 'group that will revolutionize writing on BZP.' Allow me to explain.
I was surfing around BZP one day, specifically COT; I noticed a disturbing, almost total lack of any written works. There used to be a new SS or Epic chap almost every day by some author or another, and now it seems any trace of such activity has been wiped off the face of the earth by the author's deadly enemy, the eraser. The Epics and SS forum show similar signs,
