Arrrgh! Only ONE page

[Desdichado]

I've been struggling more with the thought that the questions they're asking on the template aren't really the ones I'd have thought really describe a campaign setting. Therefore, I don't feel like I'm describing a campaign setting very much by talking about the heroes, the villains: to me there's always room in an campaign setting for all kinds of heroes and villains.

 

[el-remmen]

Lead with the jet skis, nemmerle! That'll get their attention!

Wulf is asking for a pimp slap if I'm ever in the same room with him. . . Going to GEN CON, Stumpy?

 

[Darraketh]

I've been struggling more with the thought that the questions they're asking on the template aren't really the ones I'd have thought really describe a campaign setting. Therefore, I don't feel like I'm describing a campaign setting very much by talking about the heroes, the villains: to me there's always room in an campaign setting for all kinds of heroes and villains.

True but I feel this first stage is excellent way of weeding out the initial submissions. It boils down to one's ability to follow simple instructions and exibit creativity with limited direction.

 

[Horacio]

Good luck, Nemm!
Aquerra deserves getting published!

 

[Yuan-Ti]

One sentance.... "There was much conflict to be had by all."

Heh! That sounds like a Fritz Leiber summary of a night in Lankhmar.

 

[Yuan-Ti]

Shark, no offense, but I've stolen so much of your world already from these boards that I won't pay for it. Heh, kidding. If you are entering, and can condense your myriad of information into a page, I'd consider you a front-runner. Your world cerrtainly has depth and is well thought out. Best of luck to all, and no, I'm not in the habit of kissing SHARK's ass.

I wish I had your confidence in the process. I have no doubt that Shark has a great campaign that deserves to be considered with the top 10, but I have a doubt that this one page process, especially given the thousands of entries, is really going to pick the top 10. Don't get me wrong, though, we are going to end up with a great setting or two. They WILL pick good ones and the winners will be well deserving, but I am not convinced that little issues won't decide the matter.

Imagine Shark uses a phrase that was used by an earlier, crappy proposal and the reviewer, in his sleep-deprived, caffeine-addled mind with millions of words swimming before his eyes equates that proposal in his mind with the earlier one, glances over at the 800 pages on his desk which he still needs to look through and *POOF* there goes Shark's shot at $120,000.

If I win, we'll know the process was screwed to begin with.

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

good luck, nemm, and all of the others here on the boards who've entered the contest!!!

I'd agree with what one of the other posters said--make it like a blurb on the back of a boxed set. An enticing and effective blurb is what made me buy the Revised FR box set--and believe me i was sure happy that I did.

 

[shouit]

Technigue of Writing the One Pager

In the journalism classes I have taken state that you should write like a inverse pyramid. That means your first sentence should be your most important and then they get less important as it goes on. That is what I would do for this contest, which I would do, but do not have the time with all the time I am spending at work... writing this there, currently. Anyways, I digress. Try it, it works.


Also note: This was written that way, I could have gotten away with only the first two sentences.

 

[Orcus]

shouit-

Actually, try the concepts of primacy and recency for the submission.

Its better than the pyramid for this particular type of submission. The pyramid structure has its place for some things--like a newspaper article--but not a presentation or a sales pitch, whcih is what this entry is.

Here is the principle: people remember the first thing you say (primacy) and the last thing you say (recency). So if you have three points to make, order them in order of how important they are for you to make: 1, 2, 3. But when you present them, present them in this order: 1, 3, 2. That way your two best points are at the beginning and the end.

So order your points and use primacy and recency!

Clark

 

[Bonedagger]

The trick is to leave them wanting more...

That didn't help much I guess.

Oh well. Good luck.