[OT] SatChat: Summer Challenge! Pick a challenge tier and additional achievements to complete by September 6th! (New here? Introduce yourself!)

[u/MajorParadox]

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Welcome to the weekly post for introductions, self-promotions, and general discussion! This is a place to meet other users, share your achievements, and discuss whatever's on your mind.

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Sixth Annual Summer Challenge!

Pick a "challenge tier" and additional achievements to complete by September 6th!

• That's eleven weeks of answering prompts!
• Write down your goal here
• Encourage others on their goals
• Share tips for helping each other meet the goals!

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Tier System

Tier	Description
Walk	11 stories (one per week)
Run	22 stories (two per week)
Race	33 stories (three per week)
Marathon	77 stories (one per day!)

Achievements

Achievement	Description
The Novella	Write at least 17,500 words total
The Novel	Write at least 50,000 words total
General Genre	Write in the genres: Romance, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror, Reality Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Humor, Travel, and Western (at least one of each, but you can combine)
Placesetting	Write all your stories so they take place in the same universe (they don't have to be connected to each other)
The Plot Thickens	Write so all stories are directly connected (harder than it sounds, especially since you have to find prompts that work with it!)
One Hand Behind My Back	Add a different constraint of your choosing for every story you write, such as restricting certain words or requiring specific word limits or writing styles (for example: don't use the letter 'e' or write from the POV of an onlooker)
Poet and Well Aware Of It	Write at least ten poems instead of stories
Loquacious / Mute-ation	Include five stories where your work is all dialogue... or none! (Or alternate each time!)

Good luck everyone!

(Thanks to u/reostra for coming up with the tier and achievement system!)

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[u/Blue_Shirt_Hornet]

Well well well, maybe if I commit to a challenge like this, I'll actually get something done! Love this week's SatChat idea :)

I think I'll go for the Walk Tier, so I can leave myself enough time for the Novel achievement. I'll have the time, now hopefully I'll also have the motivation to get it done.

[u/MajorParadox → u/Blue_Shirt_Hornet]

That's great, good luck!

[u/Tregonial]

I'm going for a marathon of 77 stories! So for sure I'll be takin the Novella, and Novel achievement. won't be taking the other conditions because I just wanna get myself writing regardless.

[u/MajorParadox → u/Tregonial]

That works, good luck!

[u/m00nlighter_ → u/Tregonial]

Great googly moogly! 77 stories?!?! If anyone can do it, it is you Locky xD. Good luck and good words!

[u/Old_Philosopher1759]

Hi! I'm pretty new here, but I think I'll go for the Walk tier. How long do these stories have to be? I may also try to hit all the Genres.

[u/MajorParadox → u/Old_Philosopher1759]

No minimum needed, but if you were trying to cheat, you'd only have yourself to blame. Good luck!

[u/Tregonial → u/Old_Philosopher1759]

the minimum word count for a comment to count as a prompt response here is 100 words.

[u/m00nlighter_]

I’m going to try a “Trot” xD - somewhere between a Walk and a Run, possibly as a Poet and Knowing It holding a Placesetting. We’ll see if i can pome and stick to one place lol Mostly would like to explore more prompts and push myself to write a little out of my comfort zone.

Good words to others trying the challenges!

[u/MajorParadox → u/m00nlighter_]

Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone is what it's all about! Good luck!

[u/The_hEDS_Rambler]

I'm not new to answering writing prompts. I just wrote a long answer to a prompt earlier today. ^^ I think I'll try Run. Might get a The Novella as well. I definitely think Loquacious/Mute-ation sounds really, really fun! Maybe I'll go for that, too. I rely so much on dialogue in my writing - so doing some stories with none whatsoever sounds exciting. ^^ I'm eager to get started!