New Contest! · 6:48pm Oct 7th, 2015
Contest #2: Hasbro Needs Episodes!
With the first contest firmly behind us, we here at HazMat believe that it’s time to launch our second scheme to get you to write stuff. This time around, we’re tackling an idea that, once again, might never have been attempted on FimFiction.
You guys like the show, right? ‘Course you do. That’s kind of the point.
We’re going to be getting you to imitate, in the minutest of details, how the show episodes work. This contest, we’re going to be looking at writing fics that share the same tone, the same content, and the same structure as the show they're based off. You'd think the site would be full of those, right? Well, I think it's pretty obvious by now that it isn't.
And yes, that means that there should be natural breaks in the story to allow for the show’s intro theme and commercial breaks. The story should also contain the same approximate amount of content as an episode of MLP. That and imitating the show’s tone and themes will probably be the hardest part of this challenge. Written stories are not the same as a cartoon, after all, but it's still your job to get the same feel across despite the different format. The story needs to work as a story that you could picture as an episode. Same pacing, same atmosphere.
But it gets worse. In the darkest corner of the Businessverse, there is a master of money and marketing such as the world has never seen!
Pictured above: HapHazred cosplaying as Overlord Hasbro, because despite incessant pestering, HapHazred was unable to get the real Overlord Hasbro to get involved with his fanfiction contest :\
Overlord Hasbro is watching, and you never know when he might need some last minute marketing scheduled! Hasbro has plans, after all. It’ll be your job to bend over backwards to accommodate Hasbro’s toyetic schemes if and when they arise!
Rules
-Each story must be safe for work. The show is for kids, and while Overlord Hasbro is willing to bend the rules on teen rated material if it's mild, he isn’t about to let porn and gore reach a young audience.
-Each story must not have been published before this post aired.
-Incomplete stories are not allowed. Hasbro cannot air an incomplete episode, after all. All stories must therefore be complete by the time the contest ends.
-Stories must imitate the show, both in content and tone. Each episode must have a natural break in the middle of the episode and near the beginning to allow for the commercial break and theme.
-No whining.
Prizes
Like last time, advertisement is our best reward. The top three stories will be advertised in a post on this group, the Shameless Self Promotion Bureau, and my personal blog. You are also encouraged to promote the contest and its winners too.
Each story will get a review, from me, on my personal blog.
The story that wins first place will get an art request from the very generous Keam!,
Winning stories get bragging rights.
Submission Guidelines
A folder will be created shortly for you to put your contest entries in. If there is a problem, do PM me, and I will be sure to do my best to solve any and all problems. If you have a question, feel free to PM me about that too.
DEADLINE: 4th of November, 2015
Never thought I would have to write Dawning Stars already...I have it planned like a episode but more like a 2 part one