[OT] SatChat: Summer Challenge! Pick a challenge tier and additional achievements to complete by September 6th! (New here? Introduce yourself!)
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Sixth Annual Summer Challenge!
Pick a "challenge tier" and additional achievements to complete by September 6th!
- That's eleven weeks of answering prompts!
- Write down your goal here
- Encourage others on their goals
- Share tips for helping each other meet the goals!
###Tier System
| Tier | Description |
|---|---|
| Walk | 11 stories (one per week) |
| Run | 22 stories (two per week) |
| Race | 33 stories (three per week) |
| Marathon | 77 stories (one per day!) |
###Achievements
| Achievement | Description |
|---|---|
| The Novella | Write at least 17,500 words total |
| The Novel | Write at least 50,000 words total |
| General Genre | Write in the genres: Romance, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror, Reality Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Humor, Travel, and Western (at least one of each, but you can combine) |
| Placesetting | Write all your stories so they take place in the same universe (they don't have to be connected to each other) |
| The Plot Thickens | Write so all stories are directly connected (harder than it sounds, especially since you have to find prompts that work with it!) |
| One Hand Behind My Back | Add a different constraint of your choosing for every story you write, such as restricting certain words or requiring specific word limits or writing styles (for example: don't use the letter 'e' or write from the POV of an onlooker) |
| Poet and Well Aware Of It | Write at least ten poems instead of stories |
| Loquacious / Mute-ation | Include five stories where your work is all dialogue... or none! (Or alternate each time!) |
(Thanks to u/reostra for coming up with the tier and achievement system!)
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