Echoes of War
Preptober Tasks:
Task 1 - Make a Plan
What ideas do you have? Think about organising them in some way so they create a coherent storyline (e.g. a synopsis, a timeline, etc). There are a few different structures you can use to help with planning, Freytag's Pyramid and The Hero's Journey being some of the more well-known ones, but you don't have to use those if you have another you think fits your storyline better.
[Word Count minimum: 400 words | Rewards: 2 HP]
Task 2 - Create a Character/Setting
Who do you want to be in your story? Where do you want it to be set? You have a choice of either developing a character for your story or the setting of your story (or both if you can), but I'd like to see as much detail as possible for either. If you are creating a character, you can describe their appearance, their backstory, any strengths or weaknesses or character flaws, their motivations and maybe even why they are significant to the plot. If you are creating a setting, you can develop the area's history, describe its current appearance, mention any significant characters that are located there and again include the location's significance to the plot.
[Word Count minimum: 400 words for either character or setting (not both) | Rewards: 1 HP for 1 completed, 2 HP for both completed]
Task 3 - Make a schedule
How often will you be able to work on your story? Set a daily/weekly goal to reach, and hopefully it can help to motivate you, or make it seem easier to complete 50,000 words in November. To reach 50,000 words, you will need to do at least 1670 words per day, or 12,500 words per week, but you are welcome to create a schedule that fits your availability.
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Mateo Sáez
Librarian, Hogwarts I
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29 minutes ago
Preptober Weekly Writing Prompts 2023
Alongside the standard tasks for Preptober [LINK], we have come up with some writing prompts that can help support developing your characters and settings for your novel.
There are 10 prompts that can be chosen from, and the expectation for this errand is that at least one prompt of your choice is completed each week of October. The minimum word count for each weekly prompt is 400 words, and the rewards are below:
Week 1 (2nd - 8th October) : Reward is 20 sickles
Week 2 (9th - 15th October) : Reward is 4 chocolate frogs
Week 3 (16th - 22nd October) : Reward is 20 sickles
Week 4 (23rd - 29th October) : Reward is 4 chocolate frogs
An extra 10 sickles will be given for any additional prompts completed; these additional prompts have a lowered word count of 250 words.
Please create one thread tagged [Preptober Prompts 2023] in the Shelves forum [LINK], with each prompt completed as a new post in that thread (please write which prompt you are doing at the start of each new post). To qualify for the rewards, prompts must be posted before the deadline, and the rewards will be given out at the end of the month/early November.
The Prompts:
1. The Magician
Character Prompt: Write about your character performing a trick of some sort, or a daring feat. Will it work? Will they get into trouble for doing it?
Setting Prompt: Write about a fair or carnival visiting your setting. Does it effect the setting? If so, how?
2. The Tower
Character Prompt: Write about your character making a mistake or causing something bad to happen by accident. What happens? Can they fix it?
Setting Prompt: Write about the aftermath of a disaster occurring in your setting. How are people coping? Is it going to be repairable?
3. The Sun
Character Prompt: Write about your character doing something that they love or winning a competition. Why do they enjoy it so much?
Setting Prompt: Write about a good day in your setting. What is there to do? Why would people enjoy visiting?
4 . The Wheel Of Fortune
Character Prompt: Write about your character taking a big risk, and how it turns out. Does it fail, or succeed?
Setting Prompt: Write about a big change that has recently happened in your setting. What is the change? How big are the consequences?
5. The High Priestess
Character Prompt: Write about your character giving advice, or taking advice from someone. Is it good advice?
Setting Prompt: A soothsayer/oracle passes through your setting. Do they have any prophecies to tell? Any good signs, or concerning omens?
6. Death
Character Prompt: Write about the end of something important to your character. How do they react?
Setting Prompt: Write about about the end of something important to your setting. Is this a good or bad thing? Will it have an effect on any people living there?
7. The Fool
Character Prompt: Write about your character trying something new for the first time. Do they enjoy it? Are they good at it, or do they need to practice more?
Setting Prompt: Write about a new traveller arriving at your setting. What do they think of the place?
8. The Hierophant
Character Prompt: Write about a tradition your character carries out. Why do they do so? How important is that tradition to them?
Setting Prompt: Write about a celebration/festival/tradition that occurs in your setting. Why does it occur? Does everyone enjoy it?
9. Justice
Character Prompt: Write about your character doing the right thing (or what they believe to be the right thing). Why do they believe it is right?
Setting Prompt: Write about a new law being passed in your setting. Why is this law necessary? Is it the best outcome for everyone in your setting?
10. The World
Character Prompt: Write about your character's dreams and goals for their life. Why do they want to accomplish this? Do they know how they can do so?
Setting Prompt: Write about your setting's ideal world or situation for the area. Is it possible for them to achieve it?
Task 1 - Make a Plan
What ideas do you have? Think about organising them in some way so they create a coherent storyline (e.g. a synopsis, a timeline, etc). There are a few different structures you can use to help with planning, Freytag's Pyramid and The Hero's Journey being some of the more well-known ones, but you don't have to use those if you have another you think fits your storyline better.
[Word Count minimum: 400 words | Rewards: 2 HP]
Task 2 - Create a Character/Setting
Who do you want to be in your story? Where do you want it to be set? You have a choice of either developing a character for your story or the setting of your story (or both if you can), but I'd like to see as much detail as possible for either. If you are creating a character, you can describe their appearance, their backstory, any strengths or weaknesses or character flaws, their motivations and maybe even why they are significant to the plot. If you are creating a setting, you can develop the area's history, describe its current appearance, mention any significant characters that are located there and again include the location's significance to the plot.
[Word Count minimum: 400 words for either character or setting (not both) | Rewards: 1 HP for 1 completed, 2 HP for both completed]
Task 3 - Make a schedule
How often will you be able to work on your story? Set a daily/weekly goal to reach, and hopefully it can help to motivate you, or make it seem easier to complete 50,000 words in November. To reach 50,000 words, you will need to do at least 1670 words per day, or 12,500 words per week, but you are welcome to create a schedule that fits your availability.
[Optional]
Avatar
Mateo Sáez
Librarian, Hogwarts I
124 126
29 minutes ago
Preptober Weekly Writing Prompts 2023
Alongside the standard tasks for Preptober [LINK], we have come up with some writing prompts that can help support developing your characters and settings for your novel.
There are 10 prompts that can be chosen from, and the expectation for this errand is that at least one prompt of your choice is completed each week of October. The minimum word count for each weekly prompt is 400 words, and the rewards are below:
Week 1 (2nd - 8th October) : Reward is 20 sickles
Week 2 (9th - 15th October) : Reward is 4 chocolate frogs
Week 3 (16th - 22nd October) : Reward is 20 sickles
Week 4 (23rd - 29th October) : Reward is 4 chocolate frogs
An extra 10 sickles will be given for any additional prompts completed; these additional prompts have a lowered word count of 250 words.
Please create one thread tagged [Preptober Prompts 2023] in the Shelves forum [LINK], with each prompt completed as a new post in that thread (please write which prompt you are doing at the start of each new post). To qualify for the rewards, prompts must be posted before the deadline, and the rewards will be given out at the end of the month/early November.
The Prompts:
1. The Magician
Character Prompt: Write about your character performing a trick of some sort, or a daring feat. Will it work? Will they get into trouble for doing it?
Setting Prompt: Write about a fair or carnival visiting your setting. Does it effect the setting? If so, how?
2. The Tower
Character Prompt: Write about your character making a mistake or causing something bad to happen by accident. What happens? Can they fix it?
Setting Prompt: Write about the aftermath of a disaster occurring in your setting. How are people coping? Is it going to be repairable?
3. The Sun
Character Prompt: Write about your character doing something that they love or winning a competition. Why do they enjoy it so much?
Setting Prompt: Write about a good day in your setting. What is there to do? Why would people enjoy visiting?
4 . The Wheel Of Fortune
Character Prompt: Write about your character taking a big risk, and how it turns out. Does it fail, or succeed?
Setting Prompt: Write about a big change that has recently happened in your setting. What is the change? How big are the consequences?
5. The High Priestess
Character Prompt: Write about your character giving advice, or taking advice from someone. Is it good advice?
Setting Prompt: A soothsayer/oracle passes through your setting. Do they have any prophecies to tell? Any good signs, or concerning omens?
6. Death
Character Prompt: Write about the end of something important to your character. How do they react?
Setting Prompt: Write about about the end of something important to your setting. Is this a good or bad thing? Will it have an effect on any people living there?
7. The Fool
Character Prompt: Write about your character trying something new for the first time. Do they enjoy it? Are they good at it, or do they need to practice more?
Setting Prompt: Write about a new traveller arriving at your setting. What do they think of the place?
8. The Hierophant
Character Prompt: Write about a tradition your character carries out. Why do they do so? How important is that tradition to them?
Setting Prompt: Write about a celebration/festival/tradition that occurs in your setting. Why does it occur? Does everyone enjoy it?
9. Justice
Character Prompt: Write about your character doing the right thing (or what they believe to be the right thing). Why do they believe it is right?
Setting Prompt: Write about a new law being passed in your setting. Why is this law necessary? Is it the best outcome for everyone in your setting?
10. The World
Character Prompt: Write about your character's dreams and goals for their life. Why do they want to accomplish this? Do they know how they can do so?
Setting Prompt: Write about your setting's ideal world or situation for the area. Is it possible for them to achieve it?
WHAT IF I FALL? OH, MY DARLING
WHAT IF YOU FLY?
WHAT IF YOU FLY?