To my dearly beloved readers and reviewers: Welcome!
I have decided to issue a challenge!
To have you understand a bit more, I shall give you some background information about myself. Among other things, I hold a part-time job as a cashier for a sit-down restaurant and, one day during shift, I began wondering about the people that work at the Paper Lantern. I see so many stories about our favorite busboy falling madly in love with a terribly powerful heroine; but, I wonder, could there be someone at our Pyro's place of work who may have caught his eye?
So, that is your challenge.
Here are the guidelines:
1. Must be a romance, you may pick the other genre, if any.
2. You must create a female, non-Mary-Sue (read: 'non-perfect') original character with no powers whatsoever. You may have Warren disclose his gifts if you wish in whatever way you wish, but it is not necessary.
3. The Original Fan Character (hereafter the OFC) must work at the Paper Lantern and not be related to the management in any way.
4. The story, whether one-shot or chapter fic, must be completed by the to-be-mentioned deadline.
And here is how the judging will proceed:
1. Fifty percent of your score will be the number of favorable reviewers you have. Therefore, if you write a chapter story, the number of reviewers, as opposed to the number of reviews, will be counted.
2. The other fifty percent will be judged by myself on a scale of one-to-ten for the following categories:
-originality of plot use (clichés are frowned upon unless you have an exceptionally good reason for using them)
-character use (that is, how in-character you keep the ones that don't belong to you)
-OFC use (how well you design your OFC)
-writing (grammar, punctuation, and spelling)
-overall flow (how entertaining you are)
3. Entries are due no later than midnight of Halloween, Hawaii Standard Time. Halloween does not have to be incorporated into the plot, but you may use it if you wish.
Note: If I review your story, my review will not be counted towards your score. Also, I may be disappearing from the site for at least a week (midterms) and maybe another week (spring concert band auditions).
Finally, what you get if you win:
The winner will receive the following:
A one-shot, custom-written, to whatever they desire. Any genre, any pairing, any plot, no holds barred. You provide me with a story outline and I shall attempt to pull the rabbit out of the hat, no questions asked (unless I get confused, and I shall clarify).
You may notify me of your submission by e-mailing the title of your submission to me through the link in my profile and also by including, in the story summary, that it is a response to the Lantern Challenge.
I wish you all luck and hope you enter.
Until then, adieu.
SeraphStar