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| What We Are |
This writing community is based on "The 36 Basic Plots" by Georges Polti. The theory is that all fictional writing is based on one of these core 36 basic plot lines. |
| The 36 Basic Plots - (Needed Characters and Elements) |
1. Supplication - (Persecutor, Suppliant, a Power in Authority)
2. Deliverance - (Unfortunates, Threatener, Rescuer)
3. Revenge - (Avenger, Criminal)
4. Vengeance by Family upon Family - (Avenging Kinsman, Guilty Kinsman, Relative)
5. Pursuit - (Fugitive from Punishment, Pursuer)
6. Victim of Cruelty or Misfortune - (Unfortunates, Master or Unlucky Person)
7. Disaster - (Vanquished Power, Victorious Power or Messenger)
8. Revolt - (Tyrant, Conspirator(s))
9. Daring Enterprise - (Bold Leader, Goal, Adversary)
10. Abduction - (Abductor, Abducted, Guardian)
11. Enigma - (Interrogator, Seeker, Problem)
12. Obtaining - (Two or more Opposing Parties, Object, maybe an Arbitrator)
13. Familial Hatred - (Two Family Members who hate each other)
14. Familial Rivalry - (Preferred Kinsman, Rejected Kinsman, Object)
15. Murderous Adultery - (Two Adulterers, the Betrayed)
16. Madness - (Madman, Victim)
17. Fatal Imprudence - (Imprudent person, Victim or lost object)
18. Involuntary Crimes of Love - (Lover, Beloved, Revealer)
19. Kinsman Kills Unrecognised Kinsman - (Killer, Unrecognised Victim, Revealer)
20. Self Sacrifice for an Ideal - (Hero, Ideal, Person or Thing Sacrificed)
21. Self Sacrifice for Kindred - (Hero, Kinsman, Person or Thing Sacrificed)
22. All Sacrificed for Passion - (Lover, Object of Passion, Person or Thing Sacrificed)
23. Sacrifice of Loved Ones - (Hero, Beloved Victim, Need for Sacrifice)
24. Rivalry Between Superior and Inferior - (Superior, Inferior, Object)
25. Adultery - (Deceived Spouse, Two Adulterers)
26. Crimes of Love - (Lover, Beloved, theme of Dissolution)
27. Discovery of Dishonor of a Loved One - (Discoverer, Guilty One)
28. Obstacles to Love - (Two Lovers, Obstacle)
29. An Enemy Loved - (Beloved Enemy, Lover, Hater)
30. Ambition - (An Ambitious Person, Coveted Thing, Adversary)
31. Conflict with a God - (Mortal, Immortal)
32. Mistaken Jealousy - (Jealous One, Object of Jealousy, Supposed Accomplice, Author of Mistake)
33. Faulty Judgment - (Mistaken One, Victim of Mistake, Author of Mistake, Guilty Person)
34. Remorse - (Culprit, Victim, Interrogator)
35. Recovery of a Lost One - (Seeker, One Found)
36. Loss of Loved Ones - (Kinsman Slain, Kinsman Witness, Executioner)
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| How To Participate |
STEP ONE: Make your claim. You can claim a couple, a character, or a general fandom. You can do up to 2 claims at one time. Upon your claim you'll have the opportunity to give us a link to your table. The mods will tag for you!
STEP TWO: Write and post!
STEP THREE: When you're done, or you want to drop your claim, leave us a note.
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| Posting Guidelines |
All of those things must be included. LJ cuts are required, and of course fake cuts are okay too! Minimum word requirement is 200 words. That's one solid paragraph. Don't post stuff you've used for other challenges here. That defeats the purpose of a writing challenge right?
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| FAQ's (last updated 4/25/07 |
What can I post?
Art and fiction.
No, what can I post content wise?
You can post whatever you want. Just put a warning in your rating if it's going to be something graphic or really offensive. Flaming other writers will not be tolerated.
What can I claim?
A character, a general series, or a pairing. This includes original characters, original stories, AU, RPF, whatever you want.
Is there a deadline?
No, but your claim will be purged at the end of the year if you've dropped off the face of the planet. You can always get an extension if you need one.
Wait, I thought this was a low pressure thing?
It is. The clean out happens at the end of the year and I'll only be purging claims of people who haven't posted for a very very very very very very very...very very long time.
Do I have to go in order?
Nope!
Is this a prompt challenge community? How does this work exactly?
While the plots are considered prompts for writing, they need to be followed. How strictly is up to you the writer, but the basic gist of the line should be seen. For example....
The prompt plot is adultery. You don't have to write about your characters having an adulterous affair necessarily, but the plot does need to be used somehow in the story whether it be a hypothetical, a conversation, however you want to interpret it and be inspired.
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| I have another question! |
Go ahead and ask whatever you want to here.
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| Affiliate List! |
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10_sues - Writing challenge with 10 prompts, parody of the Mary Sue character.
100_colours - Writing challenge with colors for prompts.
12_fics - Writing challenge with 12 prompts.
12_stories - Writing challenge with 12 stories with varying pairings/fandoms.
20_est_relships - Writing challenge with 20 prompts writing about a couple.
30_forbidden - Writing challenge based on forbidden fruits.
50alternates - Writing challenge for AU's, multiple tables.
50episodes - Writing challenge for 50 different scenes.
50originals - Writing challenge for original fiction.
family_15 - Writing challenge to write 15 fics about family.
meritinabox - Writing challenge with the same prompts as this community.
psych_30 - Writing challenge for psychological fanfic.
word_guru - Writing challenge with a variety of tables. Goal is to complete as many prompts as you possibly can.
writing_anon - Database of various challenge postings so writers don't have to flood their personal journals with their responses to challenges.
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