Scheduling for IRON DM 2015

[Iron Sky]

My entry has also been posted. I usually follow three rules.

1. Don't let a good idea waste an entry. I really liked the Painful Pun ingredient and had thoughts of using it as the central part of the story. A cursed joke that killed someone after some time unless they found someone to pass it onto. Nothing fit well with this to make a cohesive adventure, so I dropped it.

2. Play to your strengths. I still struggled to put the jovial innkeeper and a desperate gnoll together in a story. A jovial gnoll and desperate innkeeper would be easy, the reverse is hard. So now I thought about a light-hearted romp where you could play an evil party helping a problem among monstrous NPCs. But the problem is that my writing and imagination has often failed with comedy. Since I had trouble with a humorous way to make an adventure that connected these ingredients, I reluctantly started looking at how to put it together in a macabre way.

3. Remember to make the ingredients integral. It's all about the points. If I use an ingredient that is so integral that removing it would make the adventure fall apart, I give the ingredient use 2 points. If I use an ingredient that is not integral, but still well-used, I give myself 1 point there. If I do not use an ingredient, or only use the name of the ingredient for a place or person, then I give myself 0 points there. I then look over some of my drafts, either in my mind or on paper, and the path that seems to lead to the most points is the one I run. I think it over before I fall asleep and start writing it the next day.

One more for when it's done.

4. Never Take it Personal. If I lose, I never take things personal. I've lost plenty of times when I felt I had a better entry (and more when I didn't) than my opponent, but much of this is subjective. Instead, enjoy the practice in writing and be satisfied when you made a solid entry, even when you lose.

I missed this somehow before when looking at this thread. Good stuff! Could you put this in the other thread so it gets archived? I found it useful so future participants might as well!

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Well, it really depends on where Aura would like to have it.

 

[Rune]

I missed this somehow before when looking at this thread. Good stuff! Could you put this in the other thread so it gets archived? I found it useful so future participants might as well!

I was just going to ask the same thing.

Well, it really depends on where Aura would like to have it.

I don't think your autocorrect likes me.

 

[Wik]

Huh. Wellp, looks like the word count took another victim. Hope it gets a bit bigger further on... Ah, well, it was fun. Gradine, go on and win this one, so I can at least say I lost to the final winner (and, thus, claim second place)

 

[Rune]

Huh. Wellp, looks like the word count took another victim. Hope it gets a bit bigger further on... Ah, well, it was fun. Gradine, go on and win this one, so I can at least say I lost to the final winner (and, thus, claim second place)

Well...the second round does expand to 1500 words. And 48 hours. And 7 ingredients.

But I'm sure I'm not the only person who would like to hear your thoughts on expanding those three things I mentioned in bullet points for actually running your entry. Because I, for one, would like to run it.

If you do, though, please put it in the other thread, so it's with the entry.

 

[Rune]

[MENTION=34958]Deuce Traveler[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6762606]LucasC[/MENTION], judgement for your match has been posted.

 

[Rune]

[sblock=Round 2 contestants][MENTION=60965]Iron Sky[/MENTION], [MENTION=57112]Gradine[/MENTION], and [MENTION=34958]Deuce Traveler[/MENTION]. Also [MENTION=221]Wicht[/MENTION], when you get back. [/sblock]

Please post your availability for the Round 2 matches.

 

[Gradine]

I am ready to go any time today or tomorrow.

 

[Iron Sky]

Today through this weekend is packed for me. I'm not really available until next Monday, but should be free all next week.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I can go Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, at any time. As long as I can finish by Wednesday evening.