Writing Cup: Group A

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Welcome, challengers, to your Writing Cup group thread! Here you can chat, cheerlead and help our your fellow group-mates, as well as getting any help you might need yourself. This first post contains a run-down of the Writing Cup rules and guidelines, a permanent reminder of the Cup's points system and a copy of this year's Challenge Board.

Your group leaders are losing control. and leon draisaitl. If you have any questions or concerns, please ensure that you message either of them for assistance.
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To ensure that the Cup runs as smoothly as possible, please follow the below rules:

• Only words written between 01 February and 28 February 2019 will be counted. Chapters should be linked back to this thread in order to be counted.
• All stories must abide by the site's Story Guidelines. Stories / chapters that do not adhere to these guidelines will not be counted towards your final total.
• Any rating / genre / fandom is accepted.
• Group / co-writes cannot be counted towards your final total.
• Word count posted should only be for new work. Rewrites of old chapters cannot be counted towards your final total.

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The Writing Cup uses a points system. The team with the most points at the end of the month is crowned overall winner, and there are also individual prizes up for grabs. For every 1,000 words you write, you will earn 1 point. If you reach a trigger amount within a week, you can also earn booster points based on your total:

5,000 words = 5 points
10,000 words = 10 points
15,000 words = 15 points
20,000 words = 20 points
25,000 words = 25 points
30,000 words = 30 points

… and so on so forth. These points are added onto your total at the end of each week, and these boosters can really up your chances of winning the prizes!
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Although not a necessary part of the Cup, the Challenge Board is a fun way to start / continue getting involved with your group and the site in general while earning points. You receive one point for every task you complete, and an additional four points for completing the entire board. Those that complete the board will also win an additional prize.



* Please note: for the square discussing the 'Tips' forum, your comment must be in a thread other than the Comment Swap threads.

Whenever you complete a challenge, please alert one of your group leaders, who will score it off of the challenge board.

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The challenge beings February 01, 2019 in your timezone and finishes February 28, 2019 in your timezone. So, once the clock strikes midnight, you can go for it.





Tips - from leon draisaitl.: I suggest recommending and subscribing to this thread, it'll help you with staying active within your group. And please don't hesitate to ask for help if you are stuck on your writing, and don't be afraid to offer each other your advise/opinions. Keep it constructive and encouraging!

And for the leaders sake, please keep a mini-tracker for your updated stories, and the total word count. In the end we will calculate it all for the points! We will be using this word counter to calculate all words.

EXAMPLE TRACKER:Week One:
➜ (2/01) Your Story Title (chapter#) = 1200 words
➜ (2/01) Your Story Title (chapter#) = 450 words

challenges
➜ Introduce yourself in this thread
➜ Write a drabble of no more than 500 words

Total Points: 3

wolverine;

Week 1 total: [985 words / 1 challenge(s) = 1 point]
✽ 2/02 - Silence [ch.8, 985 words]

Week 2 total:
Week 3 total:
Week 4 total:

Challenges completed: 1/16

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aubs
total points: 9

Week 1 total:[626 words / 9 challenge(s) = 9 points]
✽2/06 - You're Finally Mine [ch. 1, 626 words]

Week 2 total: [272 words / 0 challenge(s) = 0 points]
✽ 2/08 - Juniper [ch. 1, 272 words]

Week 3 total:
Week 4 total:

Challenges completed: 9/16

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A siren

Week 1 total:[ words / 0 challenge(s) = 0 points]

Week 2 total:
Week 3 total:
Week 4 total:

Challenges completed:

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matenrou.

Week 1 total:[0 words / 0 challenge(s) = 1 points]

Week 2 total:
Week 3 total:
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Challenges completed:

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riottkick

Week 1 total:[1034 words / 3 challenge(s) = 4 points]
✽ 2/03 - In the Morning [ch.1, 225 words]
✽ 2/07 - We'll Take Care of You [ch.1, 498 words]
✽ 2/07 - As You Are [ch. 1, 311 words]

Week 2 total:
Week 3 total:
Week 4 total:

Challenges completed: 4/16

HELLO Group members! Hina here! How's everyone doing? :)

Edit: Here's my real introduction, hi guys, I'm Hina! Most of you probably already know me or have heard of me. I'm usually Mibba's resident anime, cartoon, and video game nerd. Now with that said, let's win this thing!

challenge board

• leave a comment of at least 100 words on a group member's story
• ask your group for feedback on a story/ chapter idea
• write a drabble of no more than 500 words
• create a story layout for another group member
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• introduce yourself in this thread | complete
• write a recommendation blog including a story from each member of your group
• use a prompt from a fellow group member
• post a giveaway blog
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• post in one of the comment swap threads
• leave a comment of at least 50 words on a story by a member of group B
• beta/ edit a chapter of a story of one of your group members
• comment in one of the non-comment swap threads in the "Tips" forum
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• create a ficmix for a fellow group member's story
• incorporate a ticking clock scenario in one of your stories/ chapters
• write a Magazine review for a group member's story
• write a one-shot about your chosen couple/ OTP

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weekly totals
__week one:
-2/1: 0 words
-2/2 - Silence (Chapter 8) - 985 words
__week two:
__week three:
__week four:

I was a leader of the winning team in the previous Writing Cup, and hopefully this year as well! To those who don't know me, my name is Calli! I'm mainly known for my graphics (albeit I'm quite late with them in my defense THEY NEED TIME TO BE PERFECT!) but I'm sure you've seen me pop up every once in a while. I had fun during the Writing Cups the previous times, and excited to do this once again!

Hopefully this helps with the Mibba Revival things, good luck and have fun!
LETS GO TEAM A!

@ leon draisaitl.
Callliiii! We're gonna wiinnnnn!

WOOO TEAM A! I've never done this before so I am super duper excited! Well I guess I should introduce myself here. I'm Aubrey! I'm trying to get back into writing and can hopefully keep up with everyone else here! I like long walks on the beach and hope to find my special someone here. Wait, no, that's not right. Anyway... I'm super excited about all of this.

challenge board

• leave a comment of at least 100 words on a group member's story | COMPLETE
• ask your group for feedback on a story/ chapter idea
• write a drabble of no more than 500 words | COMPLETE
• create a story layout for another group member
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• introduce yourself in this thread | COMPLETE
• write a recommendation blog including a story from each member of your group | COMPLETE
• use a prompt from a fellow group member | COMPLETE | thank you riotkick for the prompt, "I've wanted this for so long."
• post a giveaway blog | COMPLETE
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• post in one of the comment swap threads | COMPLETE
• leave a comment of at least 50 words on a story by a member of group B | COMPLETE
• beta/ edit a chapter of a story of one of your group members
• comment in one of the non-comment swap threads in the "Tips" forum | COMPLETE
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• create a ficmix for a fellow group member's story
• incorporate a ticking clock scenario in one of your stories/ chapters
• write a Magazine review for a group member's story
• write a one-shot about your chosen couple/ OTP

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weekly totals
__week one:
_____✦ You're Finally Mine | 626 words

__week two:
_____✦ Juniper | 272 words

__week three:
__week four:

hi, everyone! i've only participated in the writing cup once before, but it was so fun! i'm really excited to get this going and have just as much, if not more fun the second time around!

as far as intros go, i'm amina (i'm more known around here as nikko, though, so call me whichever you like!) and i've been more of a lurker as of late on mibba, but i'm hoping the writing cup kicks me into changing that back to how i used to be in terms of writing. if i'm not writing - which is rare! -, i'm usually binging anime (which does wonders for inspo, let me just say) or editing on instagram. i might have to put those on the back burner for a bit this month, though, because it's time to crack down on these challenges and chapters!! let's goooo, team A!!

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weekly totals ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♥)
__week one: na
__week two: na
__week three:
____ honne, chapter one: 3,697
__week four:

challenges completed (ㅅ´ ˘ `)
row one
__leave a comment of at least 100 words on a group member's story:
__ask your group for feedback on a story / chapter idea:
__write a drabble of no more than 500 words:
__create a story layout for another group member:

row two
__introduce yourself in this thread: done!
__write a recommendation blog including a story from each member of your group:
__use a prompt from a fellow group member:
__post a giveaway or "candy bowl" blog

row three
__post in one of the comment swap threads:
__leave a comment of at least 50 words on a story by a member of the other group:
__beta / edit a chapter of a story by one of your group members:
__comment in one of the non-comment swap threads in the 'Tips' forum: done!

row four
__create a ficmix for a fellow group member's story
__incorporate a ticking clock scenario in one of your stories / chapters:
__write a Magazine review for a group member's story
__write a one-shot about your chosen couple / OTP:

Hello!! I'm Rachel if you don't know! I haven't been as active (i have been checking on the site a lot just haven't been participating like I'd like to!) I have been trying to find an excuse to write, and well, here it is!! I mostly write femslash (which is a complete 360 on what I used to write XD. I'm excited!

Week 1 total: 1
Week 2 total:
Week 3 total:
Week 4 total:

challenge board
Leave a comment of at least 100 words on a group member's story
Ask your group for feedback on a story/chapter idea
Write a drabble of no more than 500 words - done!!
Create a story layout for another group member

Introduce yourself in this thread - done!!
Write a recommendation blog including a story from each member of your group - done!!!!
Use a prompt from a fellow group member
Post a giveaway blog - done!!

Post in one of the comment swap threads
Leave a comment of at least 50 words on a story by a member of group B
Beta/ edit a chapter of a story of one of your group members
Comment in one of the non-comment swap threads in the "Tips" forum

Create a ficmix for a fellow group member's story
Incorporate a ticking clock scenario in one of your stories/ chapters
Write a Magazine review for a group member's story
Write a one-shot about your chosen couple/OTP

stories

In the Morning - 226 words
We'll Take Care of You - 499 words
As You Are: Chapter 1 - 311 words

matenrou.:

editing on instagram

I totally read this as eating on instagram lol

RE: Challenge Board Clarification

OKAY so here's some clarification on the way the challenge board works seeing as I haven't left a lot in the main posts.

You can only get points for a square once. So you can't post in 3 different 'Tips' threads and get a point for each. Obviously, the whole point of some of the challenges are to bring activity into some of the lesser-loved areas of the site so if you wanna post in 3 different threads, go for it. You'll get your initial point, though, and that's it.

Writing challenges can be combined. We've allowed it in the past, and we will again. So if you do a drabble and it's also a ticking-clock scenario, that ticks off two boxes. Naturally, it'd be better for your word count if it's individual stories for each but if you want to combine two, you can. Two is the maximum though - you can't combine any more than that!

Link back to proof of conversations re. some of the squares. So for example, the using a prompt by another user - just make sure you guys are posting the prompts / having the conversation in your thread! Makes it easier for us to keep track of.

Magazine Reviews. Anything reviewed needs to follow the Story Guidelines / be rated R or under!

The spelling error is intentional. First person to find it gets an additional 10 points that's a lie there's no extra points, it wasn't intentional and it will be changed within the next 24 hours

If you have any other questions, please ask your team leaders / me and we'll try and clarify more!

Here are some promot lists!

here, here, and some otp prompts!!

Basically on that tumblr, there's more prompt lists!! (Its my side blog where i save a bunch of prompts I want to use in the future)

Hello everyone! Apologies for being late to introduce myself, I've been on night shift and my brain forgets that days actually do pass when I'm nocturnal

I'm Liz, I'll be one of your fearless leaders! I've been on Mibba for approximately 10000 years and was known before for my drabbles and entering pretty much every contest possible. I'm currently a board moderator and story editor and mostly stalk all parts of the site.

I've helped host the writing cup and participated in it before and it's always tons of fun. Like Calli said, if you need anything or have any questions, let us know! We're here to help and cheer you all on.

LET'S GO TEAM A!!

@ losing control.
Hello!! :D

My goal for the day is to write at least 2,000 words and comment on a few things. But below are some prompts and all the comment swap threads if you want to try to finish the challenge board.

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prompts
__100 theme challenge
__December Story-a-Day Challenge
__Un-Love You Challenge

comment swap threads
__Story Comment Swap
__Drabble for Drabble
__One-Shot for One-Shot
__Poem Comment Thread
__Story Review Thread
__The (Giving) Comment Swap Thread

@ aubs
i wish it was "eating on instagram" ugh SO MUCH MORE FUN

and thank you for the prompts & links!! i'm trying to push myself to finish up something before this week is out, but if i can't pull it off, i'm definitely gonna narrow in on some challenges.

@ riottkick
thank you for the all the prompts & AAH YES OTP PROMPTS ... maybe i can finally get some of these oneshots off the ground please.

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i'm working on a chapter for a story i haven't updated in maybe 25148416516 years, but it's coming out pretty long, so i'm hoping to have it done soon! i'm also simultaneously working on something new because i'm a terrible person who shouldn't be allowed to touch a keyboard, so hopefully i can kick at least one of these things out before the end of the week!

also, if anyone wants me to look over / beta a chapter to smash a challenge out, i'm open! i've been doing it a lot in class lately so i'm kind of in that zone right now, aha.

@ matenrou.
You're very welcome ❤ OTP prompts are very helpful, hoping you can get stuff done!!

'i'm also simultaneously working on something new because i'm a terrible person' wow you just called me out XD

We can do this everyone! (Oh, and what's a ficmix?)

@ aubs
A ficmix is a playlist based off of a story! I have a blog here with one if you wanted an example

@ leon draisaitl.
Write a drabble of no more than 500 words completed!! :D