Fan Fic Contest - Are you the best writer?

[TGRF]

Originally Posted by Tornado

Ok, could not find that list so going to hope this has not been done before.

A Wellspring gets all cool and glow-y as a portal opens beneath its surface. From the pool emerges Valhalla's newest resident, you.


You have been summoned. Why? Perhaps your knowledge of Valhalla?
Who knows. Did you swallow some special water and is that now changing you on a molecular level? Maybe?

Feel free to use your knowledge of Scape to your advantage and take some stuff with you. You only have the knowledge you would have but perhaps the Wellspring has given you other abilities.

Hmm. I tried to write this story once and it was terrible. Definitely an interesting prompt, Tornado, I'll see what springs to mind.

~TGRF.

[TheAverageFan]

I've already chronicled the adventures of the comically obvious self-insert gary-stu Avarius Fantus. I might be able to use that or come up with something similar, though if I do expect something short and very tongue-in-cheek.

~TAF, who has a prompt too good to lose now

[Elven Lord]

Originally Posted by TheAverageFan

Damn -1 title. At least now I don't need to hesitate so much about entering any prompt out of fear of the record.

To answer your plot question, the ground only needed to be fed with warfare up until a certain point when it could manifest properly: like a quota. At that point battle was no longer needed. I guess it wasn't clarified especially well. There was also an idea that the wellsprings would summon the dead from other worlds on their own to maintain self-feeding, hence the "die in battle = go to Valhalla" religious connection on Earth. But it was too late to add that in. The idea needed some more time in the oven to cook thoroughly.

You may prompt when ready, T.

~TAF

The quota thing was clear to me, but they are 10k word prompts and TGRF had to read them all at once. It's understandable a few things slipped through the cracks. I guess we need to keep that in mind when writing for a judge vs the wider community.

@TGRF In the same line of reasoning, you're right, I probably should have made the story more about the design and the magic and how the magic is pulled from the realms etc etc...because it's you :P, Mr. Technical. The main conflict in the story was meant to be Ruddy's interaction with his master but I think I spent too much time on the design and not enough developing the relationship and tension between Ruddy and Finarion Starweaver.

Well judged as always. Looking forward to reading your submission for the next one.

[TGRF]

Originally Posted by Elven Lord

@TGRF In the same line of reasoning, you're right, I probably should have made the story more about the design and the magic and how the magic is pulled from the realms etc etc...because it's you :P, Mr. Technical. The main conflict in the story was meant to be Ruddy's interaction with his master but I think I spent too much time on the design and not enough developing the relationship and tension between Ruddy and Finarion Starweaver.

Well judged as always. Looking forward to reading your submission for the next one.

I did definitely like your magic system - it felt like something which could yield a really cool world. I did get the relationship between Ruddy and Finarion - though I'll agree it was light - it was really just me not knowing what was possible in the final duel. It was written as a big epic duel and pivotal moment for Ruddy, but because he'd just found a way to use magic to do whatever he wanted until that point, I had no context for how or why Finarion was more powerful and such a threat, and why Ruddy couldn't just turn him into a gnat or something.

~TGRF.

[Elven Lord]

Originally Posted by TGRF

I did definitely like your magic system - it felt like something which could yield a really cool world. I did get the relationship between Ruddy and Finarion - though I'll agree it was light - it was really just me not knowing what was possible in the final duel. It was written as a big epic duel and pivotal moment for Ruddy, but because he'd just found a way to use magic to do whatever he wanted until that point, I had no context for how or why Finarion was more powerful and such a threat, and why Ruddy couldn't just turn him into a gnat or something.

~TGRF.

Ohhh, that makes way more sense.

[TGRF]

Ooh, I have a great idea. It'll take some work to flesh out, but I'm really excited about this one. Bring the competition!

~TGRF.

[Tornado]

[Elven Lord]

Originally Posted by Tornado

Hey, so do the entries all have to be 100% separate from each other? There's just so much more I can do with the character from the last prompt, so I'm working on a draft for this prompt as a sequel to my last entry.

I will add a couple things.

1. They are different enough that you do not really need context from the first entry.

2. They are completely different stories with some shared characters and set in the same world.

[TGRF]

Originally Posted by Elven Lord

Hey, so do the entries all have to be 100% separate from each other? There's just so much more I can do with the character from the last prompt, so I'm working on a draft for this prompt as a sequel to my last entry.

I will add a couple things.

1. They are different enough that you do not really need context from the first entry.

2. They are completely different stories with some shared characters and set in the same world.

The only rule is that you don't submit something you've previously written. I've used past characters plenty. Tornado can of course provide additional limitations if he wants.

~TGRF.

[Tornado]

Sounds good