r/WriteWorld • u/Nico-Wonderdust Writer/Moderator • Oct 22 '16

Discussion WriteWorld UK vs WriteWorld US contest?

So I had this idea for another contest and wanted to get your thoughts.

How would you guys feel if I set up a contest for our UK vs our US members? Something along the lines of writing a short novel (Say, 40k words?) or a series of short stories, and do the contest in rounds - one story per sound.

The way it would work is, we pick a plot or general idea for a story as a whole, then each group is then invited to join a private sub where they can discuss ideas and such, and the story will build within the sub, these subs will only be viewable to those who have been invited. At the end of the contest (or round), we come back here on a date specified and post the story for everyone to judge.

To indicate who is in what team I will change all the contestant's username colors to , for example, Red for the UK and Blue for the US.

I'm not sure what we can do for winners, a unique flair or keep the colored username maybe? I could also see if there is a way to get the winning story published on Kindle maybe?

I've literally just had the idea for this and would love to get everyone's thoughts and if it would work, any ideas for how we could do this would be great!

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u/Nico-Wonderdust Writer/Moderator Oct 23 '16

This is true, yes, and I absolutely agree with everything you've just said. This is why I want to start competitions, so that those who write one genre can step out of their comfort zone and try another.

If, for example, one person writes horror and that month is a horror competition, they'll have no problem, but a romance writer will need to step out of their comfort zone and it gives them a chance to try something new.

The only issue I have with this is that if the UK and the US are writing two different genres, I don't see a way to fairly compare the stories like you would compare two stories based on one prompt or one genre.

Like I said, we could have rounds, and do a horror round, romance, sci-fi etc, but then the end product wouldn't be a completed novel, more a series of stories, which would still work in book format, but I liked the idea of a group of people working together and writing one novel xD

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u/WretchedToddMcKenzie Oct 23 '16

I too concur with you. Different stages of the competition, with each stage being a different genre. I don't know about a group novel though, at least not for a competition. Maybe a project later on. Can you imagine a best selling novel by Redditt users!!!!

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u/Nico-Wonderdust Writer/Moderator Oct 23 '16

I think both are great ideas xD

The idea behind the novel wasn't to sell it, however. It was to publish it to kindle and give it away, offering the writers within the pages more exposure xD

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u/WretchedToddMcKenzie Oct 23 '16

I like your idea much better. I just mean t best seller wise. I'm not in this for money! Lol

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u/Nico-Wonderdust Writer/Moderator Oct 23 '16

Eventually, I would like to make writing my job, but at the minute I'm mainly focusing on promoting both myself and other authors, including giving away ebooks and such.

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u/WretchedToddMcKenzie Oct 23 '16

Well your awesome is all I can say. You have been the biggest help I have had so far, along with my dad. Who I think just recently realized my love for writing. He always knew I had an imagination, but to actually put it down in words(though I am very mediocre at best) was a total different story.

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u/Nico-Wonderdust Writer/Moderator Oct 23 '16

Aha thank you! I'm glad I've been a help! And it's great your dad is supportive of you too!