I will think over the options and most likely come up with my own list of possible topic titles.

I liked your ideas in the beginning about a metaplanar quest or something similar.

The problem I have with the list mentioned is that they are entirely goal oriented, they answer the questions "how to..." or "what to..." . More specifically, heist stories are entirely built on those lines. More generally, you have a puzzle, which needs to be solved.

The other problem is a much more deeper one, I needed answering and something you have mentioned before. "My summer" in the Vignette thread is an exemplar of this problem. I can take the entire story and put it in 1970, 2007 or 2070, with some minor modifications, it was written with Shadowrun in mind, but I feel is not Shadowrun, because impovrished children do not necessarily have access to the technological culture of their time. It leads to the question: What is Shadowrun? Is a meta-planar quest written in a similar manner as the Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, well Shadowrun?

Halloween is goal oriented? I thought ot more a setting suggestion.

Finding a baby is a complication and could happen during a run, or on the way to or from a run.

Getting shot up is a complication.

I'll agree the others are objectives, but I tried to give a wide variety of suggestions. I thought Halloween might be perfect, especially if I can post the stories on Halloween or a day or so before. I just had a funny idea for a real challenge and that would be working all the suggestions into a single story. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif)

I kept on thinking of Three Men and a Baby, and its Animal House remake, in which the entire premise of the plot turns around "how do you get rid of a baby". But agreed Halloween is a setting.

I will still think about the options tonight, but now I want to buy food.

Ta-ta.

-Chrysalis

I've been looking for something to write...got this sweet typewriter sitting on my desk, fully restored...and this is a great way to put it to use!

Tisoz:

Are your theme and idea suggestions optional, or required?

Are you wanting topic suggestions for motivational purposes, or ... See last quote.


If that gets you writing - fine. But you are going to need to re-enter/re-type the story to electronic format, or am I envisioning a LOT older type writer? (Like from back in my college days.)


I thought they were optional.

I do like the idea of Halloween as a topic or tie in though. It would be nice to get the stories all up a few days prior to Halloween or on Halloween and have them entertain us on the day.

As of this moment, NO, there is not a required topic or required tie in.

Yeah, you are envisioning the right thing...1946 typewriter...

And yeah, I will certainly be getting you an electronic format for my final draft.

Are we doing this or putting it on hold to let the fiction go to other formats? Those formats being Knasser's anthology of fiction project and collections of fiction, and the newly proposed Webzine Bull is querying about.

I have no preference, but the other venues will likely carry a bit more prestige for the submitter.

42,000 words for the log of either the only 3e game I ever played or my first 4e (I don't remember which). God Jim wrote a lot.
80% of a novel?

Hai.

Next time I get a chance I'll see if I or he can post it to the forums.
Gotta make sure it's ok with him and all that.

Tisoz, your post of Aug 22nd, beginning, "Are we doing this", has confused me. Do I understand correctly that this contest is on? I have my entry ready. How do I go about submitting it?

it's looking like tisoz will be the editor for the new dumshock fanzine's fiction segments. you may wish to submit to that instead, since he'll probably be fairly busy with that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Tisoz:

Is that the case? The contest is nixed in favor of the Data Haven?

Nope, I volunteered to help, but haven't heard anything back and looks like they are using others.


That is what I was asking. About the time I asked about interest a couple of Fan Fiction venue projects were bandied about. One was the Data Haven, as it is now named, and the other was a fiction anthology by Knasser (who seems to be one of the main outside editors chosen by Bull and Caine Hazen for the Data Haven.)

I have no problem putting together the contest, IF there is interest. I will wait to get 10 submissions, but don't want the contest to languish if the majority of those that planned to contribute would rather see their work elsewhere.

I'll take submissions by Personal Messenger through Dumpshock.
Please make it easy on me in the following ways -

• Use 2009 Fiction Contest as Subject of PM.
• Please create a Title for your story. This is how it will be listed to be voted upon.
• To get it copied into the Contest Thread, I use the quote funtion to reveal the coding and enable it to copy. (Things like italics, bold and paragraph breaks.) So the way it appears in the PM is largely the way it is going to look when I copy it.
• If you send updated versions, add 1.0, 2.1, etc. sort of descriminator in the subject line and I'll only keep and use the highest numbered version.
• If you want it proof read or edited, I can do it and others have volunteered. If you send it to me for this DO NOT use Fiction Contest as subject, just say EDIT and include a note about what you would like me to do. I have seen some potential to make a so-so story really good (IMO) and have suggested some big changes in the past that I think scared off the author, but I was shooting for memorable, not just acceptable.

If there's more questions, just ask.

As of this moment, I have no stories submitted. I would encourage you to make the submission a story and not just a vignette. There is an outlet for vignettes if that is all you feel capable of, but I'd rather not have a slot taken by one over a complete story. I think voters will feel the same.

Hey (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I have a few emails I haven't caught up on. The websites taking a little longer than I was hoping to get up, and I was hoping to be able to post up some general submission guidelines there, to save me from repeating a whole pile of info 20 times (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Anyways, if you sent an email recently, I may not have gotten to it. If it was before that, I don't think I got it. Please resend (dsdatahaven@gmail.com) if you can or still want. Even if we don't use you right away, Real Life crops up and we may need people to step in or fill in down the line. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Anyways, as for the fiction contest, keep going with it. We don't want to compete with anyone for Shadowrun material. We'd rather there be multiple outlets for this stuff. The more people out there creating Shadowrun material, the better! Plus, we're likely only going to have a couple stories per issue, and the issues are only coming out every 2 months. And with the amount of fiction floating around, there needs to be better outlets than just one.

Finally, and this will answer a couple questions (Though I'll handle this individually as well), regarding fiction (and other) submissions for the DH Data Haven... Yes, you can still submit something for the magazine even if it's something you posted to Dumpshock, or submitted to something like Tisoz's fiction contest, providing tisoz' doesn't mind, and providing the contest you submitted it for is over. Something like Knasser's anthology, again, I'd say is partly up to him, but for my own part, as far as I'm concerned, you retain all rights to anything you publish in the DSDH. Which means you can submit that material anywhere else, no questions asked on my part (It's none of my damn business, really (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )

For my part, I don't want to "Scoop" anyone, especially in the case of the fiction contest. So anything you want to submit there, wait till that's over to send my way, that's the only thing I would ask (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

If, of course, that material's been submitted somewhere and seen official print and there may be any question of copyright issues (Magazine, official products, etc), that's another story. We're a simple fan zine done by a bunch of volunteers, and we'd like to avoid potential legal issues, or Cease & Desist letters (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Bull

I have received the first submission, so I guess the game is afoot!

Tisoz:

Have you gotten any more submissions?

I'll give it a go, if you allow me. I'll need some explaining about how and what and where and such.
I'm totally not expecting to win though. I'll PM it to you.

Come on! Where's your story? I was counting on you.


It could be.


Where's the Story?


Several months, apparently.


I want it last week.


Come on, guys. Where's the stories?


That typewriter is so sorrowful, not getting to clickity clack out a Shadowrun story.


No.


I'll take submissions by Personal Messenger through Dumpshock.

Please make it easy on me in the following ways -

Use 2009 Fiction Contest as Subject of PM.

Please create a Title for your story. This is how it will be listed to be voted upon.

To get it copied into the Contest Thread, I use the quote funtion to reveal the coding and enable it to copy. (Things like italics, bold and paragraph breaks.) So the way it appears in the PM is largely the way it is going to look when I copy it.

If you send updated versions, add 1.0, 2.1, etc. sort of descriminator in the subject line and I'll only keep and use the highest numbered version.

If you want it proof read or edited, I can do it and others have volunteered. If you send it to me for this DO NOT use Fiction Contest as subject, just say EDIT and include a note about what you would like me to do. I have seen some potential to make a so-so story really good (IMO) and have suggested some big changes in the past that I think scared off the author, but I was shooting for memorable, not just acceptable.

Very interested. I am a casual writer, as are most people looking at this post and willl be submitting my piece within the next couple of days. Thanks for this incredible opportunity to get my brain working again.

I'll finish up something this weekend and get it to you and I may have a friend with one as well.

bump.

This needs more attention than people are giving it, seems like too much fun to go to waste.

2 stories are in.

Tisoz,

Any new submissions come in?