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Post by RAVENEYE on May 28, 2021 13:44:54 GMT -6
As writers, we long to compose stories that our readers find too magnetic to put down. How do we begin to accomplish this? The narrative hook.
Narrative Hook = “a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that they will keep on reading. The "opening" may consist of several paragraphs for a short story, or several pages for a novel, but ideally it is the opening sentence.”
Our goal for this contest is to establish the narrative hook within a story’s first 200 Words. YOUR THEME:
MYTHIC
Choose a mythical creature, god, or demi-god from any cultural tradition. Write from the perspective of that mythological figure. The central conflict is up to you, but be sure to hook your readers in 200 words or less.
“…a galaxy of mythologies must be taken into account in any study of the spectacle of our own titanic age. … Mythological symbols touch and exhilarate centers of life beyond the reach of vocabularies of reason…” ~ Joseph Campbell, Creative Mythology, The Masks of God
CONTEST SCHEDULE Submissions open: Monday, May 31 Submissions close, voting begins: Monday June 14, 11:59 pm, US Central Voting closes, winners announced: Monday, June 28 CONTEST BASICS One entry only
Word limit: 200 (Your entry may be fewer than 200 words, but not more. Your entry may end in the middle of a sentence.)
I am using THIS WORD COUNTER to ensure entries do not exceed the limit.
Your story must be unique, written specifically for this contest. You may not submit a story you have already been working on or wrote in the past. Nor will we accept fan fiction for this particular contest.
Do NOT disclose which entry is yours.
SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY No template required. The prompt and word count restriction make a template rather pointless.
Send your entry to me (Raveneye) via Private Message in BB Code according to THESE INSTRUCTIONS. Each entry will be posted anonymously in the Poetry Forum. I will not edit mistakes, typos, or for readability.
NOTE: The ProBoards private message system does NOT allow us to edit our PMs. If you see a problem with your entry, you may resend it up to the moment I post it for judging.
Each entry will be posted anonymously in the 200 Words forum.
CONTEST JUDGING Voting is open to all Legendfirians! Every contestant is REQUIRED to vote.
Unless excused for serious reasons, you must vote on all entries. You will receive reminders of this requirement 1 week, 3 days, and 1 day prior to the end of the voting period. If you do not vote on ALL entries, your entry will be disqualified.
Please follow these steps:
1. Critique each entry according to the following questions. Answer them as thoroughly as possible. Two sentences minimum per question. The goal is to help the author improve their craft. NOTE: voters who leave one-liner critiques to justify their vote will receive warnings according to our warning system.
Technical writing elements: Which elements were technically sound in this entry? What still needs work? (Particularly surrounding the narrative hook.)
Artistic writing elements: What appealed to me in this entry? What might benefit from revision? (Consider things like how engaging the hook is, appropriate word choice, metaphor, imagery, uniqueness, etc.)
Prompt: How well does this entry relate to the prompt?
2. Assign each area a numerical value: Rate each entry from 1 to 5, with five being the most favorable.
3. Add your scores and divide by 3 to get an average score. For example: 3.5 + 3 + 4 = 3.5 (The contest host will collect all the averaged scores for each entry and tally the overall average to determine the winners.)
You may vote for yourself to maintain your anonymity. This vote will not count toward the final score.
All entries must have the same number of votes for each vote to count. For example, if over half the entries receive 7 votes, we will set the final vote requirement to 7 votes per entry.
RESOURCES WINNERS! 100 Hard Honor Points for all entrants, upon submitting their entry
1st Place winners: an additional 200 Hard Honor Points, for a total of 300. A 3500 word edit by ScienceGirl . Entry’s inclusion in the LegendFire Compendium.
2nd and 3rd Place winners: an additional 100 Hard Honor Points, for a total of 200. Entry’s inclusion in the LegendFire Compendium.
(Contestants must edit their Honor Points themselves within their profile settings)
CONTEST PROMOTING Tell everyone about the contest by adding the contest badge to your signature. [img]https://i.ibb.co/fkYndrs/mythic.png[/img] REGISTRATIONPlease post below, telling me you plan to enter. 1. Raveneye 2. Alatariel 3. ScintillaMyntan 4. Cruci 5. Bird 6. Aubrey 7. wolfwriter089 8. Foxxglove 9. ScienceGirl 10. Jib 11. Frostguard 12. tglassy 13. Pelwrath 14. yankoo 15. ruhaab 16.
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Post by Alatariel on May 28, 2021 13:53:16 GMT -6
Yes yes yes!! One of my favorite contests! Sign me up.
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Post by RAVENEYE on May 28, 2021 14:09:11 GMT -6
Done!  ---- @everyone - Note that you need not include a template with this submission. The prompt destines the entries to be on the fantasy, dark fantasy, or magic realism side. ALSO, that the prizes include publication in the Compendium, if you so choose.
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Post by ScintillaMyntan on May 28, 2021 14:51:02 GMT -6
This prompt sounds really fun. I'd like to sign up.
I don't have an idea yet, but a couple questions. It says "creature, god, or demigod," so does that exclude non-divine humans who were characters in myths? And "from their perspective" doesn't necessarily mean first person, right? I could do third person as long as it's third-limited to them?
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Cruci
Smoke
Posts: 21
Preferred Pronouns: he/his/him
HARD: 100
MEDIUM: 200
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Post by Cruci on May 28, 2021 18:38:20 GMT -6
I'm up!
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Bird
Counselor 
Posts: 282
Custom Title: World Creator and Destroyer
Preferred Pronouns: they/them/their
HARD: 1200
MEDIUM: 400
EASY: 110
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Post by Bird on May 28, 2021 20:44:13 GMT -6
ohhh, i can try for this. 
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Aubrey
Counselor 
i like to write broken things
Posts: 159
Custom Title: Lady Kraken
Preferred Pronouns: she/her
HARD: 10
EASY: 20
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Post by Aubrey on May 28, 2021 20:47:24 GMT -6
Signing up, because it never hurts.
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wolfwriter089
Smoke
Posts: 38
Custom Title: Historian Extraordinaire
MEDIUM: 50
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Post by wolfwriter089 on May 29, 2021 4:26:46 GMT -6
I will sign up too please Raveneye
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Post by RAVENEYE on May 29, 2021 7:16:30 GMT -6
This prompt sounds really fun. I'd like to sign up. I don't have an idea yet, but a couple questions. It says "creature, god, or demigod," so does that exclude non-divine humans who were characters in myths? And "from their perspective" doesn't necessarily mean first person, right? I could do third person as long as it's third-limited to them? Sure, any non-divine human from myths works too. Limited third person is totally permissible.
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Post by FoxxGlove on May 29, 2021 10:19:57 GMT -6
Count me in. Just to clarify, this must be a character who is already known....not one that we create, correct?
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ScienceGirl
Forum Leader  
In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. -- Seth Godin
Posts: 248
Custom Title: Idea Girl
Preferred Pronouns: She/her
HARD: 400
MEDIUM: 50
EASY: 50
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Post by ScienceGirl on May 29, 2021 12:01:17 GMT -6
I'm in. No earthly idea what to do, but I'm in 
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Jib
Spark

Posts: 63
Preferred Pronouns: she/her or they/them
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Post by Jib on May 29, 2021 13:07:42 GMT -6
I'll join! This sounds like fun!
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Post by Frostguard on May 30, 2021 13:41:41 GMT -6
I'd like to sign up as well.
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Post by tglassy on May 30, 2021 21:04:36 GMT -6
Put me down!
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Post by RAVENEYE on May 31, 2021 10:41:29 GMT -6
Count me in. Just to clarify, this must be a character who is already known....not one that we create, correct? Yes, one that we can recognize is the idea. But the personality you give them will likely be unique to your interpretation of whoever that persona is.
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