Announcing: The Rule of Three Blog Challenge!!! (*Amended Posting Days)

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The Rule of Three Fiction Writing Blog Challenge

Once upon a time, four  Writers Who Blog (WWB) got together to create a shared world, the Town of Renaissance, where they invite writers to come and take up residence and explore it’s environ and citizens. During the month of October 2011, one a week, a story will emerge, linking three characters into one final cumulative story.  It’s up to you, the writer, to choose the way they interact, or not, and how the final story in the fourth week ends is the journey’s end.  Damyanti Biswas, Lisa Vooght, and JC Martin and I are the WWB, and we welcome you to Renaissance. Enjoy your stay. Oh…one last thing…

Everyone Has A Secret!!

All The Guidelines You Could Want, Prizes (yes, PRIZES) and Linky List Below

(There is a lot to take in but, trust me, it will be worth it)

A. What is the Rule of Three?

The “rule of three” is a principle in writing that suggests that things that come in threes are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things. The reader/audience of this form of text is also more likely to consume information if it is written in groups of threes. A series of three is often used to create a progression in which the tension is created, then built up, built up even more, and finally released. –Wikipedia

B. How does the Rule of Three work in this blogfest?

The Rule of Three is a month-long fiction blogfest, where we’ve created a ‘world’, the town of Renaissance, and challenged you to create a story within it. The story will feature 3 characters of your creation, who will be showcased on your blog on 3 different Wednesdays, following the Rule of Three. The 4th Wednesday, we’ll have the culminating scene.

C. What is the Shared World of Rule of Three? Welcome to Renaissance

Renaissance is an outpost town in the middle of nowhere, but many routes pass through or beside it. The desert is encroaching on one side (to the West), a once-lush forest lies to the East and South. A large river runs through the forest, but it is not close to the town. Mountains are to the North, far, far away, and when you look towards them you don’t know if they are an illusion or real. Closer by are the smaller hill chains that fed the mining, creating caverns and passages underground.

The town has had a number of identities throughout its history: A trading post; a mining town; a ghost town until it was rediscovered; a thriving community; the scene of a number of great battles; the scene of one great tragedy (that led to its Ghost Town standing); a town of great joys and celebrations, and so much more.

At this point in time, there is a general population of 333. A mixture of a community. It boasts families that have lived there for generations upon generations, but they are in the minority, and are not in positions of power. There are traders who have come back here, at the end of their many travails, to settle in. The new families and power-players have taken this as a last refuge for themselves, hoping to rebuild lives torn apart on the way here.

Everyone has a secret. Welcome to Renaissance. Enjoy your stay.

D. Writing Guidelines for the Rule of Three Blogfest:

1. Your overall story can be in any genre, time period, or style you choose.

2. You must have three characters (Rule of Three), but the relation between them is up to you.

3. Every Wednesday or Thursday (48 Hour Window), post a narrative fiction: story, poem, song lyric, play, monologue, soliloquy– any style you choose to work in.

4. Each Friday you will be given a broad writing prompt that will escalate the inner happenings of your story.

5. Choose one of your characters to showcase that given week as the main protagonist for that posting. Of course, you can weave in your other characters as you see fit, but the main action/conflict or point of view should be the showcased character of the week.

6. In the fourth week, give us your tour de force, a culmination of the story that will make us weep, weak at the knees, jump for joy, whatever…and know a writer’s job was done well.

7. Each post should be between 500-600 words. Please try to keep to the limit. Thank you.
1. Narrative Poetry should be at least 20 lines.

E. We have Prizes!!!!!!

We as hosts would read all the posts and put up a shortlist of possible winners, and then hold a poll for votes on the shortlist to decide the winners and honorable mentions.

The prizes are:

1^st prize: $ 50USD Amazon voucher

2^nd prize: $ 10 USD and Guest posts or Interviews on the host blogs:

• Damyanti Biswas@Amlokiblogs
• Stuart Nager@Tale Spinning
• J.C. Martin@Fighter Writer
• Lisa Vooght@Flash Fiction Damyanti@Daily (w)rite

3^rd prize: A bundle of the following e-books:

1.Michael Hicks,     “In Her Name: Empire”    http://tinyurl.com/3kqocew

2. Marcus Clearspring, “Walkabout Gnomes”  http://tinyurl.com/3wkgxry

3. Alex J Cavanaugh, “Cassa Star”   http://tinyurl.com/3t358vk

4. S.L. Pierce, “The Hate”, “The Devil’s Game”, “Secrets”  http://tinyurl.com/42ef9l2

5. Faith Mortimer, “Echoes Of Life and Love”     http://tinyurl.com/3aptnva

6. Talli Roland, “Watching Willow Watts”   http://tinyurl.com/3ru9bb8

Honorable mentions will receive 1 e-book from among these 3

1. Damyanti Biswas, “A To Z Stories Of Life and Death”  http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/81146

2. J.C. Martin and Michelle Davidson Argyle, “Stories For Sendai”,       http://tinyurl.com/3asdnrr

3. Stuart Nager, “Dawn Of Indie Romance”,      http://tinyurl.com/3pkeexn

(For full information on all authors and books, click on the Featured Authors tab at top of blog.)

F. How to Sign up:

1. Sign up at the Linky list below by the 3^rd of October. Please do so only if you intend to write a story, and participate in the writers’ community, not because you want to promote a soap, a website, or a random electronic gadget. We promise to remove all spam and advertisements.

2. Leave us a comment after you sign in. For instance, talk about which genre you want to write in, whether your Rule of Three story would feature characters from your current WIP or you would introduce us to new ones…anything at all about your plans for the blogfest

3. Visit this blog or those of the other hosts tomorrow, or any time during the next week to find the first Rule of Three prompt.

4. Please let us know if you’ve signed up but find yourself unable to write for the blogfest for some reason, so we can remove your link as a courtesy to everyone using the Linky list to visit the participants. Most visitors find it annoying to reach an irrelevant post by clicking a name on the Linky list.

5. Schedule for prompts and posting: save these dates on your calendar!

• Rule of Three 1^st prompt 1^st September
• Rule of Three Part 1 (post) 5^th/6th October
• Rule of Three 2^nd prompt 7^th October
• Rule of Three Part 2 (post) 12^th/13th October
• Rule of Three 3rd prompt 14^th October
• Rule of Three Part 3 (post) 19^th.  /20th October
• Rule of Three 4th prompt 21st October
• Rule of Three Part 4 (final post) 26^th/27th October

6. Poll for shortlists will be up on 2^nd November, and winners will be declared on the 11^th of November.
7. All the hosts would take part, but they will not win any prizes.

F. How to become part of The Rule of Three Blogfest Success:

    1. Place the Rule of Three badge on your sidebar.

2. Post and/or tweet about the challenge in the weeks leading up to the Rule of Three. Spread the word on twitter with the Hashtag #REN3 .
3. Throughout the blogfest, visit as many other entries as you can and give the entrants some comment love and suggestions.

We now declare the Rule of Three Blogfest open! Please visit us tomorrow for the first prompt, so you can plot the beginning of your Renaissance story following the Rule of Three!

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