WotC Seeking Your Setting Proposals (was "Big Wizard announcement")

[Staffan]

Don't they realize how GREAT ideas they can get for $120000, without the silly medival "i love elves and magic - i love elmister!" restriction?

Had you read the rest of the thread you would have seen that they mean "medieval" in the technological sense. They might accept a Planescape or Dark Sun, but not a Shadowrun.

 

[Lizard]

Like Eric or someone said, this would be a great way for someone to get a leg up into publishing. However, that doesn't make it a good deal for an established writer.

You have an...odd...idea of what a typical writer (i.e, one not named "Stephen King") earns.

On a typical day, I can do 5K words. 100K words, thus, is 20 days work. It's also about three to four times what most full-time writers can expect to earn in a YEAR.

Or let's look at per-word rate. I get 3 cents a word; this is the low end, but it's typical. 100K word is at 3 cents a word is 3000 dollars, or, three percent of what is being offered.

This is a GREAT deal for almost any writer.

 

[Zulkir]

Anthony,

What happens if WotC does, in fact, receive thousands of entries and it is not possible to reduce that number to 10 within the alotted time?

We give up eating and sleeping, we live at our desks and become strangers to our families. In other words things remain pretty much the same.

I have no idea. We have a deadline to finish in that time period we will find a way to do it.

AV

 

[Wolfspirit]

I have no idea. We have a deadline to finish in that time period we will find a way to do it.
AV

Stupid thought, but are you going to start reading the submissions once the entry deadline has passed, or as soon as soon as received?

/TongueInCheekPleaseDontHurtMeSarcasmOn

We give up eating and sleeping, we live at our desks and become strangers to our families. In other words things remain pretty much the same.

Shedding new light on the old stereotype that Gamers are people with poor hygiene and social skills
/TongueInCheekPleaseDontHurtMeSarcasmOff

 

[Umbran]

Not that this poll is really a good statistical measure, but as of the time of this writing, those respondants who say they plan to submit will each give 1.6+ entries, on average.

Mind you, that "+" may be large. Mr. Valterra, I don't envy you folks during the last week of this month.

 

[mythusmage]

I Noticed Something

The magical word, "approximately". Approximately 10. Approximately 3. Wizards has a bit of wiggle room here. They could select fewer. They could select more. If they end up with loads of submissions, they could ask as many as a hundred people to do 10 page summaries, and then pick (say) 5 to do 100 page bibles.

But only 1 will be chosen as the new setting.

We'll see how it goes.

 

[Zulkir]

Re: I Noticed Something

The magical word, "approximately". Approximately 10. Approximately 3. Wizards has a bit of wiggle room here. They could select fewer. They could select more. If they end up with loads of submissions, they could ask as many as a hundred people to do 10 page summaries, and then pick (say) 5 to do 100 page bibles.

But only 1 will be chosen as the new setting.

We'll see how it goes.

There can be only one.

AV

 

[Staffan]

Re: Re: I Noticed Something

There can be only one.

There should have been only one.

 

[Duncan Haldane]

Re: I Noticed Something

The magical word, "approximately". Approximately 10. Approximately 3. Wizards has a bit of wiggle room here. They could select fewer. They could select more. If they end up with loads of submissions, they could ask as many as a hundred people to do 10 page summaries, and then pick (say) 5 to do 100 page bibles.

But only 1 will be chosen as the new setting.

We'll see how it goes.

And of course, there is nothing that says they have to chose even one. When push comes to shove they may decide that none of the finalist's projects are worth developing further.

This is the equivalent of a tender process. Submit your prospective idea and it might be asked to fulfill the tender. But they might decide the project is unworkable.

Duncan

 

[Voneth]

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WOW!!

That is the absolute worst mis-spelling of Pratchett that I have
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That's funny. I thought he said Neil Gaiman...

I am so embarrased, I've never had such a bad typo on spelling Tad Williams before.