IT’S TIME FOR SEKRIT SANTA 24!
Hosted this year by Provincial and THX1138
The Sekrit Santa challenge is this: You select; 1) a genre; and 2) a subject/precept/theme/etc. We’ll collect these and they are then distributed randomly to participants.
For example; "Phyrebrat wants a weird fiction story where the Moon begins to speak to the population."
If you receive that particular gem, you'd then have to write the story (usually no more than 10k, and anonymously) and PM it to me (THX1138). As I receive them, I will send them out to the recipients. The timeline to write the story is shorter this year, about 6 weeks this time.
Once they have all been received and sent, we’ll post the first 100-500 words and we’ll then guess who wrote what.
There've been some great offerings in the past and it's a really good community event.
THE RULES
Please post your story requests in this thread and you will be matched to your Santa story recipient when everyone has signed up.
1. All stories written are to be at least 500 words as a minimum. Otherwise, there is no constraint to length, and they can be as long a literary journey as your muse wishes to take you.
2. PM your completed work directly to me. THX1138
3. If you wish to get your story, you must write a story.
4. Should your muse prove fickle and abandon you partway through your magnum opus, feel free to deliver whatever you've managed up till then.
5. Guessing paragraphs can be handed in before the full work.
6. Guessing for what story was written by whom will begin as soon as enough samples are turned in.
7. ALL ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE. Just get your request in and participate in your fashion. This is a workshop thread, so all skill levels are welcome. And of course you don't have to enter to guess.
The quicker the requests are in the more writing time there will be..
We are setting a timeline as follows. (shorter this year)
On November 10th, we will send story requests out.
On November 22nd, we will post a reminder on the thread to complete the request you were given.
On December 5th, repeat above post, and friendly PM participants that have not sent in their assigned stories.
On December 11th, post to the thread recipients that have not received a story yet; open to all to give to knowing that the story will be late, and you might get more than one…
Stories will be sent out to their recipients on Dec 19th.
At which point, let the guessing begin!
Please submit your story to me, THX1138, by 19th Dec 2024. If you're done sooner we can start the guessing sooner.
Things to bear in mind:
This used to be very popular but we got a bit fatigued because it seemed to become "who could devise the most outlandish stimulus". Being asked to write a story about a bread factory that takes over the world by sentient central heating radiators might sound entertaining for example but is quite draining to keep motivated about. This is quite a commitment as the stories always seem to be longer than the minimum as we get invested, so please think a little about the person writing your request.
Most of all it's meant to be fun and to improve our writing, so don't worry about writing or receiving Booker Prize type stuff! If you want to get an idea of what the SS is, you can search Sekrit Santa in the workshop forum and find the past ones.
Any takers for this shorter Sekrit Santa challenge?
Hosted this year by Provincial and THX1138
The Sekrit Santa challenge is this: You select; 1) a genre; and 2) a subject/precept/theme/etc. We’ll collect these and they are then distributed randomly to participants.
For example; "Phyrebrat wants a weird fiction story where the Moon begins to speak to the population."
If you receive that particular gem, you'd then have to write the story (usually no more than 10k, and anonymously) and PM it to me (THX1138). As I receive them, I will send them out to the recipients. The timeline to write the story is shorter this year, about 6 weeks this time.
Once they have all been received and sent, we’ll post the first 100-500 words and we’ll then guess who wrote what.
There've been some great offerings in the past and it's a really good community event.
THE RULES
Please post your story requests in this thread and you will be matched to your Santa story recipient when everyone has signed up.
1. All stories written are to be at least 500 words as a minimum. Otherwise, there is no constraint to length, and they can be as long a literary journey as your muse wishes to take you.
2. PM your completed work directly to me. THX1138
3. If you wish to get your story, you must write a story.
4. Should your muse prove fickle and abandon you partway through your magnum opus, feel free to deliver whatever you've managed up till then.
5. Guessing paragraphs can be handed in before the full work.
6. Guessing for what story was written by whom will begin as soon as enough samples are turned in.
7. ALL ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE. Just get your request in and participate in your fashion. This is a workshop thread, so all skill levels are welcome. And of course you don't have to enter to guess.
The quicker the requests are in the more writing time there will be..
We are setting a timeline as follows. (shorter this year)
On November 10th, we will send story requests out.
On November 22nd, we will post a reminder on the thread to complete the request you were given.
On December 5th, repeat above post, and friendly PM participants that have not sent in their assigned stories.
On December 11th, post to the thread recipients that have not received a story yet; open to all to give to knowing that the story will be late, and you might get more than one…
Stories will be sent out to their recipients on Dec 19th.
At which point, let the guessing begin!
Please submit your story to me, THX1138, by 19th Dec 2024. If you're done sooner we can start the guessing sooner.
Things to bear in mind:
This used to be very popular but we got a bit fatigued because it seemed to become "who could devise the most outlandish stimulus". Being asked to write a story about a bread factory that takes over the world by sentient central heating radiators might sound entertaining for example but is quite draining to keep motivated about. This is quite a commitment as the stories always seem to be longer than the minimum as we get invested, so please think a little about the person writing your request.
Most of all it's meant to be fun and to improve our writing, so don't worry about writing or receiving Booker Prize type stuff! If you want to get an idea of what the SS is, you can search Sekrit Santa in the workshop forum and find the past ones.
Any takers for this shorter Sekrit Santa challenge?
