Hello there! FreckleFacedFiend here to tell you that I will be writing an awesome beyond awesome SYOT! If you want, ya'll can read the story part below to get a feel for my writing, or can just scroll down to the bottom of the page where there is a fancy tribute form and a big friendly yellow conversation bubble thingy that gives you a cookie when you press it! Just kidding… no cookies :-)
Larris bared her blinding white teeth to her illuminated mirror, inspecting the pearly surfaces for the slightest blemish. She closed her mouth, her raspberry lips twisted into a smug smirk. They love you, Larris. You've got them in the palm of your hand. Larris winked at her reflection, tossing her salmon pink locks over her slim shoulder. "Let's do this babe," she purred to herself, then stalked out of her dressing room and onto the set. About ten little flitting assistants ran over to her and powdered her face, fixed her candy curls, or touched up the painted beauty mark to the upper left of Larris's plump lips.
"One, two, three…" the director made a gesture signaling that the camera was rolling.
Larris plastered a blinding smile onto her face. It was the same seductive smile and purring voice that had won her fifty-three boyfriends in the past ten years. "Hello, Capitol! I'm here to remind you to tune in to me and twenty-four determined teenagers next week for the Forty-Ninth Hunger Games!" A pause. "Who will each District provide this year? Bloodthirsty killers?" Larris's eyes widened with fright. She was great at deception. "Yellow-bellied cowards? The only way to find out is to watch the Games next week! See you there," She winked at the camera.
"Cut!" The director said. He leapt down from his chair and approached the candy-haired woman. "Great job Larris! No one will dare miss the Games with you hosting!"
She gave him a smug look. "You're absolutely right."
Don't you just love dear young Larris like the rest of the Capitol? She is going to be our commentator for the whole Games, and after each chapter I will try to include a little Larris bit.
Here are the districts and their jobs. I don't care if it isn't completely accurate, you must use it to avoid confusion:
District One - Luxury Items
District Two - Weapons and Peacekeepers
District Three- New Technology
District Four - Fishing
District Five - Shepherding
District Six - Scientists and Medical
District Seven - Lumber
District Eight - Textiles
District Nine - Hunting
District Ten - Mathematics and Architecture
District Eleven - Agriculture
District Twelve - Coal Mining
Anyway, here is the form:
Name: (pretty obvious, everyone's gotta have a name, right?)
Age: (12-18)
Gender: (not many choices on that one)
District: (see above list)
Personality: (SUPER-detailed. Mary-Sues and Gary-Stu's will be killed brutally, violently, and embarrassingly in the bloodbath)
Appearance: (not every tribute can be a Barbie doll or Brad Pitt. I want at least one physical imperfection, preferably two. But that doesn't mean nobody can be attractive, either.)
History: (As detailed as possible, nothing too tragic, like orphaned Careers who were sold to a former victor to train or whatever. I can have one or two orphans and soap opera tragic people but not too many).
Family: (Names, Personality, Attitude to tribute, and Appearance)
Friends: (Same as above)
Reaped or Volunteered? If volunteered: reason?:
Attitude towards Games? Towards Capitol?:
Alliances:
Friendships?:
Romance?: (I like romance myself, I am a true romantic, but not every tribute can be Romeo or Juliet. )
Private Training Strategy: (I will not actually write what happens in the private session, but this will give me a good idea of how they will act in the arena)
Any mishaps with other tributes?: (I love tribute mishaps. And the word mishaps)
Strengths: (Not every one can be Clark Kent)
Weaknesses:
Optional:
*Quotes?: (for any point in the story)
*Chariot outfit:
*Interview outfit:
*Reaping outfit:
*Tribute token: (keep in mind that unless you specify that you don't want one, your tribute will have a token, so no worries if you can't think of one. I'll come up with one. That's what authors are for.)
*Things I've forgotten to mention?: (Basically, this is the "other" category, but "other" is so overused!)
Reapings will begin once I have the District One tributes. I split my Reaping in half, the first part is the POV of six tributes actually getting Reaped (I do one tribute per district for reapings, but then the other tribute gets a part in the interviews, don't worry!), and the second is the POV of six tributes on the train ride.
Have fun, fellow writers. May the odds be ever in your favor!
