Fan Fic Contest - Are you the best writer?

[TGRF]

I'll have to read it in the morning... *thud on computer desk is heard in background followed by snores*

[Son of Arathorn]

What? No judging tonight? jk, get some sleep.

[dragonfire9788]

Alright folks, here comes the final word. First off, fantastic work everyone! I'm surprised this thread simply doesn't cave in upon itself, for there is no way it can contain this amount of creativity in one place. It was a hard decision, but in the end, only three people can place. Hopefully it isn't too controversial.

Here we go:

3rd Place

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Dadnarg434. Your story can be summed up well in one word. Epic. Its scope was large and you handled it well with beautiful writing and a touching ending. The story really flowed nicely and it was great to see only a few paragraph breaks, which drew me in wonderfully. However, I felt that it was lacking a certain aspect that only characterization could bring to the forefront. While Arerius was present, I don't think he was as fully developed as he could of been. Another thing that detracted from the story was the miraculous happening that saved the soldiers from every wave (The Imperium, the Samurai, the Archers, etc.) kind of became predicable. When the wave of minions was coming, I was thinking in my head, "What miraculous happening's gonna save them this time?" Every wave kind of ended the same way.

2nd Place

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Vader Fan 7. Your appearance in this competition certainly broadsided me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Though when I read your story I was thinking, "Man, I hope this guy is here to stay." The story was incredibly well written apart from a few personal grievances (influx of semi colons in the beginning and an influx of dialogue adverbs in the middle) and the dialogue was superb. I'm a person that really appreciates characters in a story and, even though this was a short story, I thought that they were very fleshed out and interesting. The action sequence in the end was both engaging and suspenseful and it kept me glued to the screen. Excellent work. The only major fault I could find was that your ending lacked a sense of finality. I understand that the use of cliffhangers is to let the audience decide their ending, but I'm one of those people that wants to be told the answer. (Unless of course, I don't want to see the Downer Ending, like in Thelma and Louise and Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. There I can just blissfully believe that the characters got away even though I know they didn't. In your story, it could've gone either way.)

1st Place

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Son of Arathorn. Your story lands at the top spot because it pulls together everything I want in a story and it executes it near-flawlessly. It was original, creative, descriptive, and the word choice was really good too. While the broken paragraphs made the story look chunky, the writing was really smooth and flowed nicely together. You had wonderful characters and characterization (Theodon, lolwhut?). I loved the originality of the plotline. It was nice to see a more unorthodox way of beating the bad guys instead of just charging into battle and shouting "FOR EINAR!" The ending was really powerful and satisfying seeing that slimy vampire get what he deserved (extra points for hinting at the ending earlier in the story.) The only flaws I found in the story were a few bits of dialogue where it was unclear who the speaker was and there was that already mentioned tense shift that seemed to disappear over-night. Excellent work nonetheless.

Other

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Honorable Mentions go to Elven Lord, Kaemon Awa 123, Bassist of Doom, and The Grim Reaper's Best Friend. Elven Lord's story had great characters and dialogue, but it got a little confusing in many parts. Bassist of Doom's story was good, but it just seemed to pass by like Christmas. Kaemon Awa 123 had a very different plotline and was intense like a shootout and The Grim Reaper's Best Friend had a beautifully written story that similarly lacked a sense of finality. You're all winners in my book, but, as I said, only three can place.

~DF, looking forward to writing up on the next prompt.

[dragonfire9788]

Originally Posted by Son of Arathorn

What? No judging tonight? jk, get some sleep.

Sleep? What's that?

[Son of Arathorn]

Whoa! Awesome! Thanks so much! honored, thanks to all, blahblahblah, etc. I'm grateful I should have the prompt up within a few hours, need to eat me some... whatever it is I'm having for breakfast.
Oh, and for the record, it was meant to be Eomer, not Theoden, but looking back, I see how one could not see it.

[BassistofDoom]

Congrats Son of Arathorn . I'll be waiting to redeem myself this round...

[bumper15]

Originally Posted by Son of Arathorn

Oh, and for the record, it was meant to be Eomer, not Theoden, but looking back, I see how one could not see it.

For the record, Theoden led the Eorlingas while Eomer commanded the Rohirrim. Unless your story took place after the War of the Ring and Eomer had been made king. I thought it was Theoden also because he had been killed at Pellenor and Eomer had survived until the end of the story.

Congrats, awesome story!

Broken Record: Since school is out for me on Wednesday, I should be able to have my story up earlier this time.

[Vader Fan 7]

If you only knew the power ... that I'm feeling right now!

I read most of the entries, and I'm really surprised I placed where I did. Son of Arathorn - kudos to you! Dragonfire pretty much said it all for me.
Dadnarg - I loved the idea of orc zombies. that was pretty cool

Can't wait for the next prompt!

[dragonfire9788]

Originally Posted by bumper15

For the record, Theoden led the Eorlingas while Eomer commanded the Rohirrim. Unless your story took place after the War of the Ring and Eomer had been made king. I thought it was Theoden also because he had been killed at Pellenor and Eomer had survived until the end of the story.

I figured it was Theoden as opposed to Eomer because of the white horse.

[Kaemon Awa 123]

For those of you who haven't noticed, Here is a thread I'm starting to make, to archive all the stories.

[Son of Arathorn]

Actually, Eomer rode a white horse when- he first encountered the Three Hunters, and- rode at the battle of Pellenor fields
Theoden also does not have a plume on his helmet, at least in the movie.
Ok, prompt time.
Valkrill's forces have begun to march on Utgar's lands. As they reach Utgars forces guarding his territory, they see that an army of the allied generals is already fighting desperately against Utgar's horde. Now the forces of the Allies are caught between two massive armies. Write from a viewpoint of a soldier in one of the armies, and MAKE. THIS. EPIC. Enjoy, and good luck to all.

[BassistofDoom]

Originally Posted by dragonfire9788

Bassist of Doom's story was good, but it just seemed to pass by like Christmas.
~DF, looking forward to writing up on the next prompt.

Can you explain what you mean by this DF? I'm not complaining, just a little curious. And great prompt SoA! Believe me, I will make it epic.