TONIGHT.

By midnight tonight, I will have all your writing entries! Remember, this is my email. Send it here! natasha.cats@yahoo.com

Good luck. ;) And if you have any suggestions for next week's writing prompt, tell me! I'm currently looking for something hard enough on people.

If anyone needs help in fan fiction, then check out my pages: Snowy Forest and A Lost Friend. They Are fan fictions of the series Warriors, and the classic movies, Star Wars. I'm also wondering if I should do a FF for The Mortal Instruments. It's been on my mind lately.  Tell me if you think it would be interesting. :)

That's all for now, keep a look out for forbidden words! You could earn a prize!

Reminder

Just a friendly reminder. All entries due TOMORROW by midnight! Good luck! The ones I've recieved so far are really good. Try to wow me!

~Fira;)~

P.S. I am a very harsh grader. I wish you best of luck getting a good grade from me. Mwahahahaha.

Competition Rubric

I hadn't thought of this until now, so sorry I am posting this so late. I hope I manage to post before I recieve any entries.

I will be grading on scales of 1-10 on the following.

Creativity ~ Whereas this week's prompt is a fan fiction, I don't want exact copies of what happened in it. Expect maybe with different names. If you do so, then do not expect the full ten points for this.

Vocabulary ~ Is an explanation needed?

Sentence Variety ~ Try starting sentences in different ways, not always with a noun. I happen to be terrible at this.

Character Development ~ Is the personality clear? Or is it hazy, and unclear where their loyalties lie? Does it represent the same character from which the piece was derived?

Action ~ Does it keep me captivated? Or does it bore me to death? Well, probably not that extreme....


That's it. In all, there will be fifty points. Anyone who does not reach at least 25 will be disqualified and not permitted to compete in the next round. You can still send me something for fun, and I'll score it, but it won't be counted. Also, if you are the person with the least points, you will be cut. Good luck!

Again, my email. Send here: natasha.cats@yahoo.com

Poll Results

I must announce that I am displeased about the results of this poll. Tell me, how many of you who voted actually knew who Char and Fawn were? Did you realize that they are characters in a story I am writing? Next time you vote on something like this...make sure you have read what it is based on first. If you would now like to see what this poll derived from, then click on Celadon. It is my current work in progress.

Now, for the results.

Fawn ~ WINNER ~ 9 votes

Char ~ My BF (JK!) ~ 7 votes

Also, as a reminder, the entries are due on Thursday, in only three more days! I look forward to reading all your writing pieces!

4 More Days!

Just saying, you have just four more days until your entries for my competition are due. On the 9th, I want them. Send me your fan fictions fast!

And also, for further elaboration, each writing piece will be a week. I want your writing by five days after it is assigned, so I will have two days to read them all, score them all, then come up with a new topic. That's only fair, right?

So, remember the date! The 9th!

For new people, check out the competition details in the post below.

Oh, and email your pieces here: natasha.cats@yahoo.com

Competition Time!

I know. I am not an extremely experienced writer. However, maybe reading others' pieces, and grading them, will make me more experienced.

Now. For my competition, I will give you a prompt. It could be related to anything on my blog, or a topic completely random. Or maybe I won't give a prompt. Right now I will, though.

I want your writing piece back in five days. Then, I will give you a score based on the scale from one to ten. Then I will assign a new prompt, and I will collect it in another five days. When we finish, I will then calculate the total number of points, and announce a winner.

If you wish to enter, please comment either in this post, the Cbox, or contact me personally. I will provide my email address below.

I am thinking about five assignments will take course in this competition. Beware, as we proceed further into it, the prompts will be more difficult.

As for the prizes, I am allowing any of the prize list in one of my previous posts. Or, you can ask something personally, and I am always accepting ideas. However I would say the main prize would be to have your own writing published on this blog. I shall go into further detail, when we have a winner.

So start sending in your entries, and I will give you your first assignment.

PROMPT: Fan Fiction. Any fan fiction. As long as I have read/watched whatever it is based on. Ask me before beginning.

Good luck!

The Book Thief

"I am haunted by humans."

The last line of the book. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, is a slightly strange but eventful World War II novel featuring a young German girl.

The girl, Liesel, lived through the war, though the rest of the people on her street died from an air raid. Out of sheer luck. However, that is the end of the book. In the beginning, Liesel is with her mom, a Communist, and her brother, who dies. The story is narrated by Death himself.

Liesel's mother leaves her, Death explains. She is afraid of having Liesel hurt after she dies. So she goes to a German foster family, one who opposes Hitler, but doesn't take action against him. She makes friends with a boy named Rudy, who wants to kiss her all of his life but she never let's him.

The Book Thief is about her life, from hiding a Jew in her basement, to him being the last friend she ever has. She steals in a gang with Rudy, steals books from the Mayor's wife's library, and shares words with Max, the Jew.

During air raids, when everyone is hiding out in the bomb shelters, and panicking, Liesel acts without thinking. She takes out her latest book and starts reading it out loud, which pacifies everyone. Then, during one unexpected air raid, while Liesel is safely in the basement, reading and editing the story she had written, everyone dies. The bomb crashes directly on Himmel Street while everyone is asleep, and Liesel is the sole survivor.

When she escapes from the basement and sees all her friend's and family's dead bodies, she cries. And she finally plants the kiss Rudy had been wanting on dead lips.

It's an interesting book, if you're the type who likes reading unusual and unique styles of writing. I only read it for a school assignment, but it was worth the read.