RWBYGum
A Showcase
by sittscho
Attention: If you are already familiar with the Showcase series (or just don't care about the details), skip ahead to the second chapter to get to the description of the story idea or to the third chapter (if available) to find some short stories.
Introduction
Welcome, one and all, to yet another Showcase, a series dedicated to finding out which stories are worth writing and which should rather be forgotten. Enter if you want to get a glimpse of what the future might hold, help fight crippling indecision, or are looking for inspiration for your own writing.
A minor caveat upfront: The Showcase series does not go through the same rigorous and very time consuming editing process that my regular writing has to go through, so please excuse the overabundance of grammar and spelling errors as well as a good helping of temporal confusion. You should look at what is presented here as cleaned up drafts rather than "properly" edited work.
How does it work?
Every entry in the Showcase series will present a setting, series, or story idea in varying degrees of detail for your scrutiny. If you see anything that you would like me to turn into a full-fledged story, let me know. Likewise, if you feel that I would only be wasting my time, don't hold back.
Keep in mind that a passionate and well reasoned argument is more valuable than a simple "like or dislike" type of comment, so don't get intimidated should you find yourself outvoted. You don't need to win the vote, you just need to convince me. Either way, please keep it civil. I don't mind critique (it's rather helpful, in fact), but flames and insults help no one.
Once my interest in any one story idea reaches critical mass (and I do have the time to spare to work on it), one of two things will happen: I will either pick up the idea for a full release, or publish some experimental short stories based on it to test the waters further.
As long as the showcase itself has not been marked as completed, the comment season is open and new short stories might pop up at any time (so, make sure to follow and all that if you're interested). If it has been marked as completed, it has either been dropped or picked up (which will be mentioned somewhere), and there won't be any more experimental short stories. You're still free to comment on it, of course, but unless you have some very good reasons one way or the other, my decision most likely won't change anymore.
In a nutshell: First chapter, generic introduction (imagine a big red dot and a "You are here!" sign). Second chapter, introduction to the story idea. Third chapter and onward, experimental short stories. Watch the completion flag, and let me know what you think.
Can anyone use my story ideas?
In short: yes, please. I'd love to see different interpretations of my story ideas, especially those I'm unlikely to get around to working on. Please let me know if you pick up any of them so I can follow your progress.
As with almost everything I publish, what is presented in the showcase is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (creativecommons{.}org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4{.}0 "Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0") license for my original content. In the case of fan fiction, the content I don't own falls under whatever licensing agreement it's respective owners see fit (the usual fan fiction caveats apply).
If you pick up any of my story ideas, please let me know about it (so I can read them), and put a link back to the showcase, to my profile, or to my own version of the story somewhere in your work (so I can get some free publicity). If you let me know about your story, I will, of course, link to it as well.
Thank you very much in advance.
Contact Information
New releases, updates, and revisions can be obtained via
- Archive of Our Own (archiveofourown{.}org/users/sittscho "sittscho")
- FanFiction (www{.}fanfiction{.}net/u/6326698/ "sittscho")
free of charge. Additionally, the author can be reached through
- Twitter (twitter{.}com/sittscho "{at}sittscho") (status updates)
Please comment, review, and spread the word whenever you can spare the time.
Update History
2017-04-10:
Re-released as a standalone showcase.
2017-04-10:
Chapter RWBYGum renamed to Description (Revision 1)
Merged sections Characters and Romance
Minor edits for style, grammar, punctuation, etc.
2017-03-13:
Chapter RWBYGum released (Revision 0)
2017-03-13:
Initial Release
Disclaimer
All publicly recognizable characters, settings, plot, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any previously copyrighted material.