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WotC Seeking Your Setting Proposals (was "Big Wizard announcement")
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Hello Everyone
Like a lot of folks here, I've never submitted anything for publishing before, so I want to make one hundred percent sure that I understand exactly what WOTC is requesting. I downloaded the forms, and read the instructions carefully, but I'm hoping to clear up a couple of questions I have.
The form I downloaded states:
1. be covered with a signed, unmodified copy of the Idea Submission Agreement
2. include an accompanying cover letter with contact information
3. be structured in accord with the attached template.
Well I understand one and three, but not two. When the form describes a cover letter with contact information, are they referring to the Idea Submission Agreement, which requires a name, address, and signature, or a separate sheet of paper?
This might seem obvious to most people reading the forms, but I just want to make sure.
Also, the template has a series of questions. Are the questions to be filled out and sent in, or is the template simply a list questions, that my one page submission should answer, as well as any other important information I can squeeze onto a single page? In other words is the template a guideline or an actual form that I should print out and mail?
I'd hate to over think this, and screw it up, so if anyone here could clear this up, I would appreciate it.
Thank You
Xanray
Like a lot of folks here, I've never submitted anything for publishing before, so I want to make one hundred percent sure that I understand exactly what WOTC is requesting. I downloaded the forms, and read the instructions carefully, but I'm hoping to clear up a couple of questions I have.
The form I downloaded states:
1. be covered with a signed, unmodified copy of the Idea Submission Agreement
2. include an accompanying cover letter with contact information
3. be structured in accord with the attached template.
Well I understand one and three, but not two. When the form describes a cover letter with contact information, are they referring to the Idea Submission Agreement, which requires a name, address, and signature, or a separate sheet of paper?
This might seem obvious to most people reading the forms, but I just want to make sure.
Also, the template has a series of questions. Are the questions to be filled out and sent in, or is the template simply a list questions, that my one page submission should answer, as well as any other important information I can squeeze onto a single page? In other words is the template a guideline or an actual form that I should print out and mail?
I'd hate to over think this, and screw it up, so if anyone here could clear this up, I would appreciate it.
Thank You
Xanray
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cookies? margins?
Hi. I'm new. *offers around plate of cookies*
Let me just say: thank God for this thread. I was really losing my mind trying to interpret the Six Questions, but reading through this thread (yep, you betcha, from start to finish) really helped me. Not just AV, but all the folks who are taking it so seriously and being so sensible. Thank you.
(Mmwwwahahaha. Fools! You gave me the keys to the kingdom! Er, kidding, I'm nowhere near that confident.)
I think I'm close to breaking the back of the one-page submission. As a writer, I find it a terrific exercise in self-editing. I'm amazed at my feeling of accomplishment when I manage to excise enough words to bring a paragraph up a line.
I'm wondering how much y'all are trying to cram in--are you skipping lines between question and answer? How small are your margins? Are you leaving the questions in larger typeface than your text? I'm trying hard to hold on to as much white space as I can--it's easier on the eyes, looks more professional, etc. Also, I kind of enjoy rising to the challenge of keeping it brief and concise rather than pushing the outside of the content envelope.
Hi. I'm new. *offers around plate of cookies*
Let me just say: thank God for this thread. I was really losing my mind trying to interpret the Six Questions, but reading through this thread (yep, you betcha, from start to finish) really helped me. Not just AV, but all the folks who are taking it so seriously and being so sensible. Thank you.
(Mmwwwahahaha. Fools! You gave me the keys to the kingdom! Er, kidding, I'm nowhere near that confident.)
I think I'm close to breaking the back of the one-page submission. As a writer, I find it a terrific exercise in self-editing. I'm amazed at my feeling of accomplishment when I manage to excise enough words to bring a paragraph up a line.
I'm wondering how much y'all are trying to cram in--are you skipping lines between question and answer? How small are your margins? Are you leaving the questions in larger typeface than your text? I'm trying hard to hold on to as much white space as I can--it's easier on the eyes, looks more professional, etc. Also, I kind of enjoy rising to the challenge of keeping it brief and concise rather than pushing the outside of the content envelope.
Ghostwind
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Re: Attention AV: please confirm?
I received an email from Wotc's PR department but have asked for a clarification because it simply did not make sense. I have a good reason the believe that once clarified, the revised rules will simply affirm what Anthony said earlier about the legal form must come from the pdf download that is on Wotc's site and that you are now limited to a single submission. Beyond that, everything should continue as previously stated, meaning mail your stuff in after you have followed all of the directions (old and new).
As soon as I get confirmation from Wotc's PR department or directly from Anthony, I will post here as well as on my site.
I received an email from Wotc's PR department but have asked for a clarification because it simply did not make sense. I have a good reason the believe that once clarified, the revised rules will simply affirm what Anthony said earlier about the legal form must come from the pdf download that is on Wotc's site and that you are now limited to a single submission. Beyond that, everything should continue as previously stated, meaning mail your stuff in after you have followed all of the directions (old and new).
As soon as I get confirmation from Wotc's PR department or directly from Anthony, I will post here as well as on my site.
Talaysen
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Wait - limited to a single submission, period, or a single submission for each idea? The message above - cryptic as it is - seems to imply the latter, and it seems like AV would have said something if they were considering such a move.
Seems to me that changing it from "submit as many ideas as you like" to "one idea per person" overnight would be unfair to those who have not yet sent in their entries. I mean, the early entrants get to throw out all their ideas, and the rest of us have to make the Tough Decisions?
I'm REALLY hoping that's not the case. Any chance you could post the e-mail here (assuming that I read your post right and it's not a private e-mail from an individual, as opposed to a corporate e-mail) so we could try to interpret it for ourselves?
Seems to me that changing it from "submit as many ideas as you like" to "one idea per person" overnight would be unfair to those who have not yet sent in their entries. I mean, the early entrants get to throw out all their ideas, and the rest of us have to make the Tough Decisions?
I'm REALLY hoping that's not the case. Any chance you could post the e-mail here (assuming that I read your post right and it's not a private e-mail from an individual, as opposed to a corporate e-mail) so we could try to interpret it for ourselves?
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