How will it work?
If you are interested in participating in the challenge this year all you have to do is fill out the form below. I would like you to choose anywhere from 1 to 5 stories of yours that you feel deserve the chance to be read. You probably want to avoid stories that are really popular and well read because the chances of someone picking it as a challenge will be slim, but even still if it does fall under that category but yet you feel there are some who have avoided it until now, add it to the list.
Obviously if you've only written one or two stories, just use those!
Once you have filled out the form, you
MUST participate in the challenge. Even if no one picks one of your stories you are agreeing to read one of the ones posted. If you are a reader and not a writer you must pick
TWO feel free to read more then one, especially if you happen to pick a short one. In fact, if you do pick something with 15 chapters or less, I will ask you to read two.
The reading rules pretty much are the same as always:
Once you commit to a story you have to see it
all the way through to the end and give feedback along the way. Feedback which consists of more than "Great job!" or "Can't wait to read the next chapter!" Real feedback having to do with what you just read.
I will be leaving you 'friendly' reminders to do so!
You may pick something you started reading but never finished. I mean just started, maybe only got to the first few chapters and then fell behind and stopped. Please don't pick something you've already read all the way through or only have a few chapters to go before you're done. Where's the challenge in that?
Try to pick something that's slightly out of your comfort zone, but it's okay if you just go with something you might have just missed the first time through.
So, there ya go ladies! If you plan on participating, fill out the form below by
Friday, May 23rdPlease follow these rules below before you decide to participate. Even if you've done this before, the additional rules were put in place for a reason.
Some new rules starting in 2015:
~ You can only submit a collaboration if all writers are participating in the challenge. The story can be submitted by both people and it can be read by two different people but I think it's fair. Otherwise, it can be an awkward situation for the person reading it. And you never know if the other person who wrote it would want it to be read for a challenge.
~ When you volunteer to participate in the challenge, before I allow you to submit stories you need to meet the following guidelines:
-Under your username where it says reviews, you must have at least 200 there, unless you are a newer member (less than two years) then I will allow 100.
- I will check to see if you respond to the reviews that you receive, if you don't then this challenge is not for you.
~Before I allow a story, I will actually click on the first chapter and if it's laced with a ton of grammatical errors, I will not allow it as part of the challenge unless it's fixed.
The one thing I am trying to get rid of, is the element of feeling like something is homework or just not reciprocal. When a story is full of errors it becomes more of a chore for the person reading it and could be pretty awkward if that person isn't accustomed to giving concrit. In turn, no one gets anything out of the challenge. Same on the opposite end, if you happen to have someone reading your story who doesn't give concrit and isn't the best at reviewing or responding, it becomes very one sided.
I would prefer only a handful of people who take this seriously than a ton of people who don't.
Happy Reading!
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