Manestream Posted October 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I am most interested in the writing portion. But since I have never done anything like this, I feel a little unclear about the details of the writing requirements. Is it supposed to be a pony fan-fiction or something? Can it be crossover? Does Halloween themed mean the holiday or the environment?Its pretty much a fan-fiction of your design- who or what involved is up to you as long as it takes place in the MLP:FiM universe. It should have *something* to do with the harvest season, The Harvest Spook-tacular festival, or Nightmare Night. Rather, the guidelines are very open for a contest like this. Perhaps you wanted to do a story about AJ's past in preperation for the harvest festival, perhaps you want to write about Twilight's first nightmare night in ponyville- perhaps you want to write about the CMC venturing into the everfree forest to search for ghosts- its really open to you guys and I want to see what creativity you come up with. You can also make a story about OC's, thats completely up to you guys.As for a real length, I was originally going to leave it fairly open-ended, but since there seems to be a bit of concern over it I'll talk with Tales and my staff to see if we can find an appropriate cap.For the sake of clarification- flash fiction, short stories, and typical 'fictions' are all welcome. Length does not equate to quality story-telling; so do not feel pressured that you must have the longest story. Focus on the elements of good story telling, and base your story and its length around that. After all- pony episodes are only 30 minutes long- and yet they tell great stories that we've all come to endear. Length isnt everything, so dont make that your primary concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Cakes Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 for the Best dressed OC Halloween art - single character, does it have to be a character that's been aproved? or do I have to write anything about it? I wouldn't think so because it's an art contest, but it's best to ask first just in case so, I could just draw a pony that I made up with no backstory, name etc. in a halloween costume, and that would be my entry? (I'd probably give her a name anyways though, just becuase it's fun) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 There is no maximum per se- but try to keep it within the realm of reason >.>; lets say, if it ends up much longer than an average fan fiction, or your goin on 15-20 pages in word and have no dialogue, send me a PM ;3;A short story is about 1,000 to 7,500 words, which is a good length I think. I may read fast but I can't read War and Peace every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manestream Posted October 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 Updaaaated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manestream Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Upderpted again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manestream Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Updated again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manestream Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 and of course, updated again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoTan Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 About the writing contest: Does it must contain that phrase, because You are a Star Wars fan ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoTan Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Sorry for repost, but any infos on the next update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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