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<blockquote data-quote="Darth Shoju" data-source="post: 1958960" data-attributes="member: 11397"><p>I submitted an entry although I'm not sure if it made it in time or not. I was satisfied with the 10-page sample chapter, but my 1-page plot outline wasn't very well done. After I sent it off (the job ended up being rather rushed) I realized that my plot summary really didn't mention any of the character development or interaction I was going to do. I had a hard time getting all of the major plot points and characters to fit into a one page summary and ended up leaving out what is ultimately the strength of the story, IMO. I really did a pulp/serial adventure story, complete with the typical archtypes and cliches. I was planning on distinguishing it with the characterization, yet made no mention of that in the synopsis. </p><p> </p><p> The central character of the story was a veteran-turned-inquisitive residing in Sharn. He is reunited with his group of war-buddies when they receive notice that one of them has gone missing. In the process of finding his whereabouts they are lead into the abduction of a Syberis-marked member of one of the Dragon-marked houses. They discover that he was abducted by a cult looking to use his Syberis mark to return a powerful Night-hag to the prime material plane. The protagonist and his friends find that their missing companion is part of the cult and then must race to stop him from completing their task. The climax of the story took place in the caverns beneath a volcano, with the "party" confronting their friend (thus the emotional climax of the story), foiling the cult's plans, then racing out of the bowels of the errupting volcano. </p><p> </p><p> Actually, I probably should have used something like that as the intro to my story synopsis. Would have left me more room to expand on the important parts in the body of the summary. Crap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darth Shoju, post: 1958960, member: 11397"] I submitted an entry although I'm not sure if it made it in time or not. I was satisfied with the 10-page sample chapter, but my 1-page plot outline wasn't very well done. After I sent it off (the job ended up being rather rushed) I realized that my plot summary really didn't mention any of the character development or interaction I was going to do. I had a hard time getting all of the major plot points and characters to fit into a one page summary and ended up leaving out what is ultimately the strength of the story, IMO. I really did a pulp/serial adventure story, complete with the typical archtypes and cliches. I was planning on distinguishing it with the characterization, yet made no mention of that in the synopsis. The central character of the story was a veteran-turned-inquisitive residing in Sharn. He is reunited with his group of war-buddies when they receive notice that one of them has gone missing. In the process of finding his whereabouts they are lead into the abduction of a Syberis-marked member of one of the Dragon-marked houses. They discover that he was abducted by a cult looking to use his Syberis mark to return a powerful Night-hag to the prime material plane. The protagonist and his friends find that their missing companion is part of the cult and then must race to stop him from completing their task. The climax of the story took place in the caverns beneath a volcano, with the "party" confronting their friend (thus the emotional climax of the story), foiling the cult's plans, then racing out of the bowels of the errupting volcano. Actually, I probably should have used something like that as the intro to my story synopsis. Would have left me more room to expand on the important parts in the body of the summary. Crap. [/QUOTE]
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