Can you write ONLY half a story on purpose? (Dreem-WOTW S2-R3)

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So while this IS the contest post... you can't start writing yet! First, we need to collate a list of all those who would like to take part... and I do hope many of you will be up for the challenge. I promise... it's fun! Ask @wrestlingdesires or @jesustiano or @dibblers.dabs

This month we would like to leap out into the unknown, for many of you, and try some collaborative writing... This is when two or more people come together to co-write a piece.

Now the way we envisage it working for dreem-wotw this month is as follows:

  1. If you are interested... and we are looking for genuine committed interest here... as your assigned writing partner will be relying on you... please comment on this post before midnight UTC Saturday 25th March to confirm that you are up for this challenge.

  2. I will collate the names on Sunday morning and use a randomiser to pair up writers with each other. In this month's contest, there will be no distinction between Dreemport staff and the public; the only caveat being that staff will only be paired up with a member of the public.

  3. The pairings will be announced around Sunday midday UTC in a comment to this contest post. Everyone who has agreed to participate will be tagged in the comment. The writing teams will then need to liaise with each other to decide who will write the first half of the story (Part 1) and who will write the second half! (Part 2) So, for example... who will set the scene, introduce the character (s) and the conflict... and who will develop the characters, and the arc, and resolve the conflict, bringing the story to a satisfactory conclusion. Note: your story does not have to take a standard approach to fiction... You can be as creative as you wish.

But here's the rub (or the curveball... or two) 😊🙃😊

In the comment on Sunday, we will reveal the first prompt.

First prompt? you ask 😱 YEP!!! The prompt will consist of an opening line that must be used to START your story. ie: it will be your opening line.

All writers of part 1, will have until Midday UTC Friday 31st March to write and publish their posts in the Scholar and Scribe community on Hive (This community allows serial fiction). This cut-off time will be very important to prevent an unfair advantage from being taken by any collaborative team. They will also need to drop a link to their post into the comments on this contest post so that we know that part 1 is completed, and so we can be ready to drop the second prompt Friday afternoon.

The title of your story must have Part 1 included in it. Once it is published, you may not make any significant changes to the post to make it fit better with Part 2 later. A significant change would include retrospectively adding back characters or events etc into part 1 that your writing partner chooses to mention or introduce in part 2. Minor spelling, grammar, and formatting changes will be allowed.

  1. A second prompt will then be released Friday 31st March in the afternoon in a comment to the contest post and all contestants will be tagged. This prompt will serve as the starter sentence for part 2 of your story and it will be the job of writer #2 to ensure that part 2 flows as naturally as possible from part 1, and to pull the threads of part 1 together as best as possible in part 2. Having a second compulsory prompt ensures that writing teams cannot sit together and write the whole story in one go, as they have no idea how the second prompt will affect the direction of their story.

Tip: Writer #1 should consider leaving Writer #2 with space and flexibility to enable them to write creatively with as much ease as possible.

  1. Note: There will be no ... "part 1 was all a dream" nonsense in order to find a loophole to navigating around either of the prompts...😂😂😂... You guys are all so much better than that!
    (Bobby Ewing died ok... studio contract disputes made sure of that... and then low viewership brought him back to life. The end. Calling the entire season 8 a dream was complete and utter nonsense... although Dallas fans were happy to have Bobby back!!! 🤣)

Our grading team can also take part for fun - and they will be paired up exclusively with other grading team members. They will not be given prior access to either of the prompts.

Contestants will be required to share the URL for their dreem-wotw entries (both part 1 and part 2) in Dreemport in order to be considered for any of the dreem-wotw placings and prizes, as the Dreemport ranking is an important first step in the process, to enable us to shortlist the entries as necessary.

Both Part 1 and Part 2 should have the same main title with either Part 1 or Part 2 added to it so that the grading team can easily tie up the two.

All entries will be screened by Dreemport screeners for plagiarism, and copyright infringement (all images must be credited back to the original photographers, and URL links to those images on royalty-free sites MUST be provided), and to ensure that they meet PG13 guidelines.

This month the Dreemport submission date for BOTH your part 1 and part 2 of your stories is:

Tuesday 4th April between 4 am UTC and 23h59 UTC

Please note...

IT IS THE ONLY DATE AND TIMEFRAME WITHIN WHICH SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE S2 R3 CONTEST IN DREEMPORT.

The curation/submission cycle starts and ends at these times so there is unfortunately little room for flexibility. All valid submissions to Dreemport will be reviewed and ranked by public curators the following day.

If you want to have your voice heard in this respect, simply log on the next day and curate and rank the 5 random contest posts assigned to you. This part is highly advisable, as part of the grading process includes an allocation of points for engagement... but engagement is only assessed if you do Dreemport curation of the contest post in Dreemport on the day following the contest submission date.

The dreem-wotw team will then use a Merit grading system that incorporates some aspects of the ORIGINAL Merit Grading Model developed by @scholaris and others added by @juliamulcahy in order to determine the winners.

How to use Dreemport

If you have not used Dreemport before, you will need to register on dreemport.com, which is a quick and easy process.

You may want to start by taking a look at these videos by @dreemsteem ...

Getting started on dreemport

If anyone has any difficulty registering and trying out the platform, please tag me or @wrestlingdesires here on this post and we will help you to get this little piece of admin out of the way as painlessly as possible 😊

***This month we are thankful to the following sponsors: @dreemsteem and @dreemport for Dreem tokens

@melinda010100 and @ecency for Ecency point sponsorship

@dibblers.dabs and @jfuji and The Scholar and Scribe creative writing community for Scholar and Scribe tokens.

@amberkashif for Ecency point sponsorship

@wesphilbin for LUV tokens

This month Dreem-Wotw sponsors Dreemport Featured posts, HBI prizes, as well as adding to the Ecency point and S&S token prizes.

Official Prizes will be as follows:

Team prizes for the best collaborative stories (to be shared between the two team members):

1st prize (total)
650 Dreem Tokens, 4 HBI, 1000 Ecency points, 100 Scholar, 4 Scribe, 40 LUV

2nd prize (total)
300 Dreem tokens, 4 HBI, 700 Ecency points, 100 Scholar, 2 Scribe, 20 LUV

1 staff individual prize for the best part 1 or part 2 entry
150 Dreem tokens, 350 Ecency points, 50 Scholar, 1 Scribe, 1HBI, 10 LUV

1 public individual prize for the best part 1 or part 2 entry
150 Dreem tokens, 350 Ecency points, 50 Scholar, 1 Scribe, 1HBI, 10 LUV

Participation draw:
All participants will be entered into a random draw and there will be 1 winner of 250 Ecency points and 10 LUV.

Promotion draw:
Anyone who BOTH reblogs this contest post AND tags at least 2 people who they think would like to take part in the contest, will be entered into another random draw where 1 person will win 250 Ecency points and 10 LUV. If you do reblog the post, please mention that you have done so in the comments. Please do not tag people already tagged in the post 🤗😘

Good luck folks and I hope to see lots of people dropping their names in the hat for this one! 🤗

The following people expressed an interest in taking part in dreem-wotw (and I added a few who I thought may be interested too):

@abdul-qudus @acgalarza @adoore-eu @ahmadmanga @alekst7 @amberkashif @anonymous02 @aroojkhalid @atyourservice @ayesha-malik @balikis95 @bananzell @beeber @belleflower @blackdaisyft @bluefinstudios @bobthebuilder2 @b0s @buezor @cescajove @chincoculbert @cool08 @coquicoin @corporateay @creatr @daje10 @dansabest9 @darthsauron @deeanndmathews @deraaa @dibblers.dabs @diebitch @d-pend @dreemsteem @dwixer @edystringz @erh.germany @esther-emmanuel @flamistan @fragozar01 @freedomprepper @funshee @george-dee @giftedwriter @grindan @grocko @hannes-stoffel @harryjoe5432 @hollowins @hopestylist @idksamad78699 @idlemind @ifarmgirl @ijohnsen @intishar @iskawrites @itsostylish @iwannabeme @jane1289 @jaxsonmurph @jfuji @joseph23 @juliamulcahy @kamarah @kei2 @kemmyb @kenechukwu97 @khaleesii @ksam @leeart @lightpen @litguru @lordtimoty @marbrym @maryjacy @mcyusuf @memeisfun @merit.ahama @mineopoly @mmykel @morenow @mrenglish @mypathtofire @nevies @ngwinndave @nickydee @nkemakonam89 @nonsowrites @oceanbee @officialrosh1 @olawalium @olujay @palomap3 @penderis @pinkchic @princessbusayo @queenstarr @raj808 @repayme4568 @restcity @riverflows @sam9999 @shadowspub @simgirl @snook @stevehodl @stevemuis @strangegravy @stuartcturnbull @sunbeam3 @taimen @talon12 @tengolotodo @teknon @treasuree @unklebonehead @vikbuddy @wongi @wrestlingdesires @zyzymena

All new entrants each month will be added to the list.

Please let me know if you would prefer not to be tagged and you will be removed from the list, and if you are reading this and would like to be tagged going forward, please comment below and I will add you💗.

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@pinkchic @buezor @mrenglish @dwixer @deraaa @wongi @balikis95 @penderis @kei2 @itsostylish @tengolotodo @cescajove @oblivioncubed your writing partners should have published their part 1's already. Your job is now to complete the story but you must START part 2 with the following:

"The gear turned, interlaced with another, and another. His eyes traced the inner workings of the machine to the place where the light shone."

Good luck! And have fun lol 💗

PS: Remember all dreem-wotw posts - part 1's and part 2's - should be submitted by their respective authors to Dreemport on Tuesday 4th April between 4 am UTC and midnight UTC only... and make sure you leave time before submission to read and rank your 5 randomly assigned posts in Dreemport. All paired writers should use the same main story title and either part 1 or part 2 so that the public curators in Dreemport and the grading team can match the parts up easily. It would also be advised to add a link in your post to your partner's post so that readers know that your post is part of a collaborative short story.

@atyourservice @cool08 @seki1 @amirtheawesome1 @jhymi @hazmat @stuartcturnbull @grocko @kilvnrex @grindan @snook @wrestlingdesires @killerwot

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Hello, Sam. Missed you, love.
Half a story is a brilliant idea. Merging two random minds to produce one story is epic. Kudos to the team.
It would be my pleasure to participate. Please, add my name to the contest.
Thank you! ❤️

hi Sugar 💗🤗😍 I've missed you too!!! I think I am back again... from another short break... I have 5 blogs open at the moment for me to read tomorrow and yours is one of them! So happy you are taking part in this and you and Pink will make an awesome pair. Can't wait to see what you both come up with... much love !LUV !ALIVE

It is exciting. Thank you. 🤗
!LUV 💖

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Hey, Sam.
Here’s our first half written by me;
https://ecency.com/hive-199275/@atyourservice/the-world-stopped-part-01

The other half will come from my beautiful partner @pinkchic

Thanks, Sugar 💗 !LUV

@pinkchic @buezor @mrenglish @dwixer @deraaa @wongi @balikis95 @penderis @kei2 @itsostylish @tengolotodo @cescajove @oblivioncubed @atyourservice @cool08 @seki1 @amirtheawesome1 @jhymi @hazmat @stuartcturnbull @grocko @kilvnrex @grindan @snook @wrestlingdesires @killerwot

Don't forget to submit your dreem-wotw post URL's to Dreemport Tuesday 4th April between 4 am UTC and midnight UTC AND ensure that you leave enough time to read and rank the 5 random posts assigned to you in Dreemport BEFORE you will be allowed access to the submission button to share your own post. And if you are completely new to Dreemport, don't leave it until after 11 pm UTC as you may run out of time! (although you should be able to read/rank in about 25 minutes).

Can't wait to read all the stories through!!! 💗💗💗

Oh, I put mine in a couple of days ago 😲 Was thinking ot had to be added when it was due for some reason 😂

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🙄 - sigh what am I gonna do with you? It's dreem-wotw... it has a contest submission day in Dreemport. For 9 months now in a row... 😱You're a numpty, my friend 😂. I guess being grading team it doesn't affect you or your writing partner in respect of prizes... but... ya know... !LOLZ Maybe one day your entry will come in on the right day 🤣 !LUV

ps: you know I love you, right? hehe... and I love that you enter our little contest every month... but you made this too easy... 😆!PIZZA

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🤣 I'm lucky that it's not a serious offense 😂 That being said, I can't wait to see how part two ends!

And yes, I can be a numpty at times 🤣

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hahaha I was in a mood this morning !LOLZ A rare bit of feistiness that I brought to my Hive post... sorry 😘

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So, I actually put mine in a few days before. I don't know if that would constitute a penalty. I thought you could submit it just after posting.😅

hi Tess,

Per the contest post above...

This month the Dreemport submission date for BOTH your part 1 and part 2 of your stories is:
Tuesday 4th April between 4 am UTC and 23h59 UTC
Please note...

IT IS THE ONLY DATE AND TIMEFRAME WITHIN WHICH SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE S2 R3 CONTEST IN DREEMPORT.

We will still read your entry as it forms part of a collab and it wouldn't be fair to your writing partner not to... but unfortunately, it will not be able to be considered for the individual prizes as we review only the top-voted posts in Dreemport from contest day submissions to decide those. Writers must stick to the contest day because (1) on contest day only dreem-wotw entries are allowed in Dreemport which makes it easy for the grading team to shortlist for review for official prizes, and (2) makes it easy to assess how many people entered and therefore helps us to keep our dedicated Dreemport day for dreem-wotw.

I have popped this message here so anyone reading can understand why entries must go in on contest submission day only 🤗

Hope you have a lovely day, my friend !LUV

@strega.azure @timmy-turnip @bnbsc any of you interested in collaborative fiction for the dreem-wotw contest this month?

Oh silly me! I didn't check the parent of yours. I see what it entails now.

ok fab. Let me know if you'd like to throw your hat in the ring. We'd love to have you join us !PIZZA

Hi! Really cool initiative, but I will not have any time to spare this week to be fair. Trying to get some time to draw and do the post this week, but atm I am working like 12h/per day 😌 It is one of the busiest time of the year for me.
I don't want to promise and break my word😬
Plus I am not much of a writer, I would hate to be burden for some talented soul. Love to try though 🙃

Completely understand if you are busy. There is never any pressure. The writing is not for this week though :-) It will only start from Sunday 26th March when writer #1 can start with the first prompt. Then writer #2 only starts writing next week Friday 31st March... so consider if that works for you or not - and if yes...we'd love to have you join us.... just jump in here in the comments before this Saturday midnight UTC and say Yes, count me in...or whatever !LOLZ 😂 And these contests are here to stretch us, push us outside our comfort zone... and you would not be a burden on anyone... It's a great opportunity to try your hand at something different and collaborate ... everyone is trying to improve their writing and you are a wonderful writer - don't sell yourself short! !LUV !PIZZA

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Yeah, I've seen 4 April as a 'dead line', yeah? atm just cannot predict if I will have time or not to be fair. For me it will be like this till Easter, after all slows down:)

Thank you for all kind words, and will try to find some time:)

no problem :-) Maybe another time then - no pressure to join at all !LOLZ Hope you survive the manic easter rush! 😎 !ALIVE

I will try to write something on the side, in between drawing, and I will decide later on if it is usable 🤣

!LOLZ ...I appreciate your attempt to cut yourself in half, really I do.,. but as it's a collaborative writing challenge I think... the only option might be for you to write the first half... and then... if someone comes to late to the challenge, I can pair them up with you to write the 2nd half of whatever story you start... how does that sound? You would need to publish on Hive before midday next Friday based on the opening sentence prompt I will publish this Sunday... and then you will need to submit it to Dreemport on the Dreemport contest submission day.. ie: 4th April !PIZZA

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For this month I think it's going to be fair, I can't find the time anymore..... If we get a bit ahead of time, for next month it should be feasible ;) Thanks for thinking of me ;)

Pour ce mois-ci je pense que ça va être juste, je n'arrive plus à trouver le temps..... Si on s'y prend un peu à l'avance, pour le mois prochain ça devrait être faisable ;) Merci d'avoir pensé à moi ;)

Il n'y a pas de quoi. Il n'y a pas de pression ! L'invitation à nous rejoindre chaque mois est toujours présente. J'espère que vous avez passé une bonne journée. !LUV

Thank you ;) I always tend to put pressure on myself lol! Another busy day pfffffff time seems to be speeding up at the moment! Nice evening to you
!LUV

Part one for @Snook and @tengolotodo is done. You can find it here: April's Journey ~ Part One (Dreem-WOTW S2-R3)

I love it!!! Ed has loads to work with here hehe. Mystery and adventure, fantasy and fun... maybe even a little romance... could it get any better??? !LUV !PIZZA

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That is kind of what I was going for.....this way he has lots of choices when he gets the next prompt.

here is part two of your story. I don't remember if I need to drop it here or not loll

https://hive.blog/hive-199275/@snook/because-it-s-there-part-2-dreem-wotw-s2-r3

That freaked me out! I saw you and part 2 and was like ehmmm thought I was part 2 🤣

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Nope you are part two and can not wait to read what you came up with :D

hehe perfect! And I have left a comment on your post... which was also a PERFECT part 2 !LUV !PIZZA

Finally, my part 2 for dreem-wotw , and I am glad to work with my dear friend, sugar, @atyourservice . Grateful of this exciting prompt dear Sam and this was really exciting. Good luck to all dreemers. Love yah all!

Go partner! 📣 🤗

Someone just asked how long each part of the story should be... Great question! I think between 400-750 words for each part of the story would be a good guide given that most complete short stories in the different communities range from around 750 - 1500 words... but this is not a hard and fast rule... although clearly we are aiming for some balance in the collab so not one person writing 200 and another 1300 hehe... but if one does 400/500 and another does 1000 that will be ok if the story is balanced... just try to meet a minimum of around 400 each 😎 and try not to exceed 2000 words in total across the 2 parts as the grading team have a lot to get through this month hehe... we won't disqualify if any go over though... it's a fun challenge after all 😊🙃😊

@atyourservice and @pinkchic
@cool08 and @buezor
@seki1 and @mrenglish
@amirtheawesome1 and @dwixer
@deraaa and @jhymi
@hazmat and @wongi
@stuartcturnbull and @balikis95
@grocko and @penderis
@kei2 and @kilvnrex
@itsostylish and @grindan
@snook and @tengolotodo
@killerwot and @oblivioncubed
@wrestlingdesires and @cescajove
@dreemsteem and @samsmith1971

Sounds like a good plan :) I'd also encourage partners to check each other's work before submission, as part of the challenge is working together to create something better than either could do alone ♥️

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@itsostylish @grindan @stuartcturnbull @cool08 @seki1 @oblivioncubed @hazmat @kilvnrex @tengolotodo @deraaa @cescajove - ALL tagged there are only 3 hours left for you to submit your posts to Dreemport for the dreem-wotw collaborative writing contest. Please make sure you log in to Dreemport with enough time to read/rank 5 randomly assigned posts too before the deadline. It is a hard deadline as the site closes at midnight UTC so please don't be late as your post will then not be included :-(

Got mine in, and still eight minutes left!

Hm, pretty sure I did?

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The site was being a little troublesome though so if it didn't work correctly or something then I guess it is what it is! :D

Aah, I tried to put it in for you last night and discovered that you had submitted it to Dreemport already but not on the dedicated Dreem-Wotw Dreemport submission date, so it wouldn't let me share it again as each post can only be shared once on the platform. Every month we are allocated contest day in Dreemport which enables us to keep all the entries together in one place for public curation ranking and shortlisting for the grading team. A few writers, like yourself, submitted their collaborative fiction posts to Dreemport earlier than the official submission day, which means that they can't be included in the individual writing prizes (due to the Dreemport ranking process that we use) ... but we will still read all collaborations for the collaboration prizes 💗 The site had a few issues over the past 24 hours and these were flagged to our dev who popped a fix in yesterday. So fingers crossed you shouldn't have any issues if you use the site again !LUV !PIZZA

Oh now I understand, because I submitted earlier as well. I thought we were supposed to submit before the due date

Hey Sammmm.... I just reblogged this post. Let's see if @amiableamara, @timix648, and @princess-dara would love to waltz in.

Also, if I am to understand better, part 2 will have an opening line and should be submitted on 31st March. Part 1 also needs to be submitted this week right? And both should be on dreemport 4th April.

Both stories should not exceed 2000, right?

Hmmm... What else... Hehe. I will have you know.

Hmm thanks for the tag I will like to participate ...I've never thought of writing half of a story before hehe😅...I hope I'm not late though

You are welcome in, dearest. Hehe. It is fun!!! And @samsmith1971 will welcome you in.

Okay!💪

😁😁

Part one released. Good job hazmat ❣️✨

Aye captain... Pull me in😁😁

hahaha... there is only ONE captain and she be Capt'n Dreemie !LOLZ But glad that you are gonna join us this month, Balikis 🤗 I hope you can persuade some of your friends to join us too xx !LUV

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!LOLZ it's ok... just playing with you too 😊 !LUV

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Hehe... I am damn aware of that😂😂😂😂 !LUV

I don't disagree, and I have the same feeling about the Avengers Endgame time travel thing, but that Bobby Ewing side rant seems a bit too personal.

As for the idea, I am in.

hahaha the Bobby Ewing thing was just for laughs... you of all people should know that !LOLZ

I loved Dallas... and I loved that they brought Bobby back... Patrick Duffy was always my fave hehe... so anything they did that meant he came back to Dallas was A-okay by me ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

I used it as a bizarre example to plead with peeps in a fun way not to try to be clever to evade the prompts - I mean as if anyone would try to spoil the fun anyway right??? 😱🤣

But most important bit - you're playing! Yay... so awesome that you've thrown your hat in the ring. This should be fun!

How are you doing, my friend? Still the funniest guy on Hive? 😎💗😂!LUV !PIMP


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Aye, go and sign me up for this madness.

haha that's the spirit! Excellent, thank you, Stuart. You are our first entry! Now...given that you referred to madness... I think @tengolotodo, the mad Scotsman will have to enter this 😂 and hopefully he'll bring along @coquicoin and @ifarmgirl... and that makes me wonder if I can persuade @lhes @deraaa @pinkchic @fantagira and @ladycapricorn too! Any of you interested in a little collaborative fiction fun? !LUV !ALIVE !PIZZA

Omg! Haha, I already forgot how to write , I mean that creative writing.
If ever I join, I feel sorry for whoever my partner will be
No chance of winning 🤣🤣

Is that a yes? !LOLZ Go on... you know you want to! hahaha !LUV

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I am. Only if I am writer number two 😆🤣...I may make things difficult if I am Writer 1

Excellent... you can work out who writes first and second once partners are randomly assigned ;-) !LOLZ

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Me barely can put together a #thread let alone a piece of creative writing 😂 You lot have fun though!
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hehe I have never seen the queen bot before !LOLZ thanks... and maybe we'll catch up another time when it's not restricted to fiction haha

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Yes, Sam, I’m sure we’ll have many fun times when I feel up to writing more again.

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The idea of this season's Dreem-wotw sounds interesting. I'm in, I'm in, I'm in. But I'll need more clarity , are the paired writers expected to submit just a post or write differently?

I !LUV it. You're in and you're not even sure how it works yet. You just know...you're in! 🥂

The paired writers will write a 2 part story: writer #1 will write part 1, writer #2 will write part 2. So it is a serial fiction but you only write half of it! Your partner writes the other half... Writer #1 takes their prompt and writes a post in response but purposely does NOT finish the story or resolve the conflicts etc. That is for writer #2 to do using prompt 2 as their starting point but also having to write as if they had just written part 1 themselves and were simply continuing and finishing the story. Make sense?

Now I get it, the details seems better here. Let's do it

Excellent! !PIZZA

Quite interesting, kindly sign me in.

yay - I think it will be fun! !PIZZA

This initiative sounds interesting and fun! I'm definitely interested. Fingers crossed till the prompt is realised 😅. @jhymi and @zitalove come check this out.

Right, Wongi... I'm taking that as a YES!!! hahaha... no backtracking 🤣💗 !LUV !PIZZA

It's a yes😂😂

Oh, it sounds so fun and interesting. I'm a hundred percent in and I honestly can't wait. @ibbtammy and @deraaa come check this out.🌺❤️
I've reblogged the post.

Wow sounds really interesting😃

Is this a yes? !LOLZ c'mon you know you want to...

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yay, Tess - let the fun times begin hehe !LUV !ALIVE

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Hi, there Sam! Count me in. I will go for this dreemport challenge. Thank you so much and have a great day!

Thank you, my precious Pink... I am sure this is gonna be a fun and interesting challenge !LUV !PIZZA

I am already seeing the thrill and excitement of writers here. This contest is going to be super fun......

Congratulations on bringing the twist to the contest, @samsmith1971

Much !LUV and !HUGS

Thank you Sis... does this mean that you want in? I thought you were maybe gonna be too busy this month? !LUV !ALIVE !PIZZA

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No. I am NOT in.....☺️
You know about me, already. Hehe

Good luck!
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I'm in for this. Hope I find a writer.....

Awesome! You will because one will be randomly paired with you on Sunday :-) !ALIVE

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@samsmith1971 you really outdone yourself with this one😂😂😂, ofcourse I would love to join this..

I've also reblogged...
@agmoore and @teddy-cama... Would y'all like to join😀✨

I'm glad you like it! It's a bit of a mix of @dibblers.dabs collaborative fiction and @mariannewest's weekend triple prompt, both of which are awesome to do if you ever get the chance! !PIZZA

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Thanks for the shoutout Sam, and I'm happy to see that you are running a contest like this! !PIZZA

We have 28 people who signed up to take part so should see 14 2-part short stories coming through S&S this week 🤗💞 And some fab pairings too... from the couple I have scanned so far... I am liking what I am seeing for part 1's! Mind you I need to go curate the part 1's this weekend and upvote them still hehe... but I am looking forward to it!!! We may have to make this a more regular feature in dreem-wotw's cycles...

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That would be great! The multi part stories were always a favorite of mine and keep people coming back for more ;)

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Sign me up chief! 😇

Brilliant! This has made my day that you are joining in the fun! And it's been a pretty crappy stressful day so far... although the stress is now behind me, thank goodness 🤗!LUV !PIZZA

This is such a unique challenge I am so interested in what you do with it. I have to participate!!

And don't be stressed! That's an order!

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Lol, this sounds like so much crazy fun (not sure if the term is even correct 😂).
I can't believe I'm just coming across this. Scared at the level of quality writers who have shown interest already but I'm in for the fun.

Well that it fantastic, Hazmat! I !LUV it. We are all gonna have a little fun with it... no stress !PIZZA

Ayee! You know what? I’m in. What in the crazy sweet is this?

🤣🤣🤣 Now you have made me a very happy Sam!!! Thank you my lovely... it's gonna be crazy... and fun... and crazy hahaha 😱🤣💗 !LUV !ALIVE !PIZZA

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This is going to be the best round so far ♥️ I'm definitely in!!!

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Yay, I'm so happy! I thought it might be a fun challenge 💗 thank you for the curation... it all supports the contest! !LUV !ALIVE !PIZZA

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This contest is just going to keep getting better, in all ways :) ...

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I certainly hope so :-)

Omg! I'm so wow-ed!! Haha!
What a trap!!! Geez! Hopefully we would turn out great! Future teammate please be good!😂😂
I'm in 💪🏻💪🏻

hahaha... I am sure you will have fun!!!

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Haha 😂😂😂😂
Great!

It will be my first time writing here, I'm in for the challenge.

I have also reblogged this post to that effect.

@barryjennifer and @temisaren would you like like to participate too?

Ive been out of this space for a while now and this is the kind of contest I love to have for a start. @samsmith1971 count me in.

I’m in 😁

@atyourservice and @pinkchic
@cool08 and @buezor
@seki1 and @mrenglish
@amirtheawesome1 and @dwixer
@deraaa and @jhymi
@hazmat and @wongi
@stuartcturnbull and @balikis95
@grocko and @penderis
@kei2 and @kilvnrex
@itsostylish and @grindan
@wrestlingdesires and @cescajove
@dreemsteem and @samsmith1971

If anyone is not able to make contact with their writing partner, message me. If anyone needs to drop out for a legit reason, rather than let your partner down, let me know too so we can try to find someone else to pair them up with...

Thanks so much ♥️

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@cescajove this is going to be so much fun ♥️

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Absolutely fun!

This is such a cool initiative, I think working as part of a team to collaborate on some fiction is a great experience!

I've done a few stories where someone does their part and you write the second part, it's so much fun and feels so much like passing the torch.

I'm raging I missed this, I would have loved to join. For the next one, would it be possible to get a tag so I don'r miss it?

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hey you :-) ... don't rage😂💗 !LOLZ ... write a part 1 and let's see if we can find you a writing partner to finish the story, shall we? Do you know of anyone else who would like to join in? And yes, I can add you to the tags going forward! !LUV !ALIVE !PIZZA If you can find someone relatively quickly then you can work out between you who writes part 1 and part 2 ;-) Let me know if you are gonna join and if you need me to help look for someone to write with you

Hmm, I actually know two people who might be interested and who I don't think saw this post.

@oblivioncubed and @alonicus ... sorry for the random tag guys, just wondering if either of you would be up for this? I don't mind taking on part 1 if one of yous want to write part 2?

Don't feel bad about the ping! I'd be down to try a part 2, sure! >:D heck, Alonicus and I could both do a part 2 and let you choose which version to put in LOL

Brilliant! Okay cool, I'll get part 1 started today, and I'll aim to have it released by tomorrow morning! I'll tag you in that post, I'd say me and you go for this one, and if alonicus wants to get involved too we can try to find him a writing partner for it.

What kind of style or genre should we go for? Also, the word count should be between 400-750 words per part, so as a whole the story should be 1,500 words, but we can go a little over the limit if needs be, we'd want to stay in and around the limit though, because the judges will have a lot of work to get through.

The first prompt/opening lines that must be used to start part 1 is:

"The place where the world stopped was not so strange, but the vertigo was overwhelming. The girl could not decide whether or not it would be wise to jump."

There's the prompt line, and then part 2 will get a line like that to get started ^

Okay, @samsmith1971 I have a partner, so we'll see how it goes, I'm looking forward to seeing what we come up with.

What kind of style or genre should we go for?

I will let you lead the way my friend, I can work with pretty much anything!

Okay perfect! I'll see how I get on with it, I'm sure it'll be a bit of fun.

I'd be up for that ! There's a lot more rules than the normal "here's a writing prompt, 1..2..3...go !" but I'm sure if I re-read the main post once I've finished work and had dinner it'll all make sense to me.

Also.... !PIZZA just because 😁

Hey, @alonicus I'm going to tackle part 1 and have been paired up with oblivioncubed who will be doing part 2, as we're supposed to work in pairs for this competition/collaboration.

The first prompt/opening lines that must be used to start part 1 is:

"The place where the world stopped was not so strange, but the vertigo was overwhelming. The girl could not decide whether or not it would be wise to jump."

That quoted line is the first line of the story and is to be used for the prompt for part 1, and then part 2 will see the story continue, and the writer of which will be given their own prompt line to start their part off with.

Each person is to write about 400 - 750 words, making the entire story about 1,500 words. Obviously, they can exceed the word count, but I think everyone is going to try to stay in the range, to keep it manageable for the judges.

I'd love to read your submission to it though, so I'll tag someone who I've read the work of before and hopefully, they could team up with you.

@litguru (sorry for the random tag) would you be interested in pairing up with Alonicus on this? I noticed that you don't seem to be participating; I don't know if that's by choice or whether you just missed this post. I've read your stories though, and they're pretty sick. I think the two of you would make a good team.

No worries @killerwot - maker sure you tag me in what you guys write, I expect it'll be awesome and look forward to reading it 😁

Cool, I'll tag you in my post when I publish it! Hopefully litguru gets back and fancies joining it. Or, if he doesn't, maybe tag samsmith1971 and ask her if she knows of anyone who hasn't got a partner, so you can get involved in this too! We have until Friday to write and publish part 1 and then part 2's prompt will be published.

oh man, I'm so sorry I didn't see this conversation! I definitely would have tried to help get you a writing partner! Next time? And feel free to come join in our future monthly writing challenges - we'd love to have you !LUV !PIZZA

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Contest entry for me and @penderis: https://ecency.com/hive-199275/@grocko/edge-of-reality-part-01

@samsmith1971 - how does the submission work exactly? Will there be two fields on dreemport where we fill out both parts? 🤷‍♂️

You will both submit your posts individually to Dreemport on Tuesday, just as you would for a normal post. Make sure that part 1 and part 2 have the same main title and are labelled part 1 or part 2 so they can be easily matched and read in order by curators and grading team. Probably a good idea for both of you to pop a link to the other's post in your post to enable the reader to read the full story in the correct order too. Hope all that makes sense !LUV !ALIVE

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Ayeaye ma'am.

hi guys... I can see most writing teams have posted their part 1 so far... but I can't yet see a part one from the following teams on Hive as yet... please could you guys drop in here and let me know if it is imminent 🤗 as I will need to post the second prompt in a little bit so that writer #2's can get started on their pieces 💗

@atyourservice and @pinkchic
@kei2 and @kilvnrex
@wrestlingdesires and @cescajove

I will be dropping the first part really soon.

ok great thanks, could you tag me when you do please so I can tick you guys off the list.

hiya, I need to drop the second prompt so writers can get going... Can you publish your piece? 🤗They were supposed t be in by midday UTC lol

I had wanted to talk about my part with Cesca first, but will instead just finish it and post it. Very sorry 😲

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@samsmith1979 It's the first time I'm sharing my link on dreem-wotw, I'm finding it difficult...

I am not sure I understand, my friend. Could you explain in a little more detail please what your difficulty is...

All you had to do for step 1 was write part 1 and publish it to Hive by midday yesterday. You only share your link in Dreemport on Tuesday as per the instructions in the contest post. If you follow the link to Dreemport.com and then register using your email address, then on Monday you should be able to click on the daily tasks tab on the top row of the website, then select curate and get assigned 5 random articles to curate. Once you have read and ranked them, you will be able to select submit from the same drop-down menu under daily tasks and then fill in the details of a post as required. Dreemport is closed on the weekends so you will not be able to curate or submit until Monday.

BUT DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR CONTEST POST ON MONDAY. ONLY DO THAT ON TUESDAY AS PER THE CONTEST POST REQUIREMENTS.

Have you registered yet? If not then I suggest you register asap. Then try to curate on Monday even if you have no post that you want to submit. Then at least you will know if it works or if you need technical help from @penderis.

Also have you joined the discord. You can get tech help quickly in the Dreemport discord if you pop a note in the reporting channel.

I found my way around it, curated five post, but couldn't still submit...

Were you presented with an error message at all? or were you able to access the submission page and had an issue then? Could you drop into the discord please and tag @pen-bot in reporting channel please with any screenshots or details of the issues you faced. If you don't have the details now, then please try to curate again on Monday and if you hit the same issues, take screenshots and drop them into the reporting channel for @penderis who is @pen-bot in Dreemport discord. The link to the discord is in the body of the contest post.

I got an error message trying to submit... But I will try again now that I have a better understanding just to make sure it wasn't something I didn't do that caused it.

ok great - and just reach out if you get stuck again.

Hi I have had a look at your account and marked it as verified , you can let me know Monday if you are able to submit after curation. In the meantime I will make verification more prominent as I see it does not indicate that the process was not complete. Apologies and do let me know how it goes. Thanx.

@samsmith1971 done.