The Reading Duel
This is a reading challenge that was thought up in the romance debate thread. Since so many of us are so devoted to our genres of choice, this is a challenge to read something you might otherwise not even consider reading.
Here are the rules:
1) Send me your name in a PM with the words reading duel as the subject line
Once you do that, I'll be sending you a short survey to answer. Fill it out and return it to me and then you'll officially be one of the duelers.
By sending me your name, you are telling me you are willing to read someone's story and to offer up one of your stories to be read. This means you are also willing to get constructive criticism from the person who is reading your story and you as a reader are willing to give feedback to the story you are reading and that you promise to see the story through to the end. If you don't think you can handle doing any of those things, please don't agree to do this challenge. I am not one to tolerate flakiness and will call you out about it!
I'll be posting your surveys in the thread so this way you all can decide who you would like to challenge.
2) When I say the challenge is on, you may pick any of the duelers and challenge them to read your story and in return you have to read theirs.
3) The person you challenge may refuse but they have to explain why. It could be they have read the story already or have been challenged by someone else already.
4) You can be challenged more than once, it's up to you if you want to read more than one story. You don't have to, just remember you HAVE to finish reading it, so if you don't have the time please don't say yes to a thousand people.
5) You must give feedback to the person while you are reading the story. You can leave them on the actual story on AC but also in the thread from time to time. This may help people decide to read some of these stories.
6) When you are done, you need to fill out another survey about the story which will then post on the forum.
I know it sounds like a lot but it's really not. Long story/short...just read the story and review.
I hope you guys enjoy this and are willing to participate. We really need at least 10 people to have this work or make sense. If you are one of those people who keep insisiting people try something new, I expect to see you doing this one!
Have fun!!!
You have until Sunday (7/17) to enter this challenge, because the sooner we start, the better.
The competitors so far:
Rose
RokofAges75
DelphinaCarter
Carter-Orange
Mellz Bellz
TheDistantHear t
Colorguard_div a
carterkid
Julilly
Mare
cabybakes
Purpura Lipstick
kevmylove
Summer03
alota_cookin
myconfession
Sakabelle
