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Follow the Leader: Journal Edition
New round!
Rated:
13+
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Avg Rating: (20)
Here's the green room:

ID: 1421371   (Rated: 13+)
Follow the Leader: Green Room  
Come in and lounge, or chat about the contest.
by mood indigo



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Objectives:

1. To provide motivation and inspiration for those who want to journal more regularly, but can't quite get started.

2. To drum up an abundance of GOOD reading material for those of us who have to sit through hour upon hour of law school lectures, and who are slowly getting sick of Brangelina stalker websites.

3. To promote interaction and mutual support among Writing.com journalers, who are, after all, a diverse and interesting group of people. (So we learned last time.)


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Rules:

1. Sign up by posting a link to your journal during the designated sign-up period. In my initial post, I will specify the length of the coming round (and how many people can therefore sign up).

2. Check the forum regularly--I will post a calendar listing the participants for the round, and which participant will lead on each day.

3. Each night, I will post a reminder indicating the following day's Leader. When you're the Leader, you are responsible for writing a journal entry for all other participants to read. Before midnight of your Leading day, reply to my reminder, in the forum, with a link to your entry. Note: if you fail to produce a Leading entry on your assigned day, you will not be eligible to win the round. However, you will still be encouraged to participate, in order to maintain the challenge for other players.
3b. All completed Leading entries will count toward every player's point total. If I post a link to the forum, you are responsible for reading and responding to it. If you need further clarification on that, please, please, please ask.

4. On each day of the round besides your Leading day, you are a Follower. On Following days, be sure to read the day's Leading entry, and respond in your own journal with an entry of your own. Give your Following entry the same title as the Leading enry for the day. You do NOT need to post links to your Following entries in the forum.

5. You will have THREE days from the date of the final Leading entry to catch up on any missed Following entries. Any entries written after midnight of that date will not be counted.

6. Blogs and journals of all types, all ratings and all creeds are welcome. as such, there may be raunchy entries, gritty entries, and other entries generally not suitable for the faint of heart. If you take issue with the sort of subject matter that warrants an 18+ rating, this might not be the contest for you.


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Scoring:

1. You will be granted a maximum of 20 points for your Leading entry.

2. You will be granted a maximum of 5 points per Following entry.

3. I will not post scores publicly, but if you want to discuss them with me privately, just drop me an email.


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Guidelines:

1. I've learned from experience that while this game can be really fun, it can also bring out the devilish side in all of us. I hate censorship, and I prefer to let everyone write whatever they want, but as the judge, I reserve the right to expel any participant from any round in which he/she is being unnecessarily inflammatory, cruel or obnoxious toward any other player. I may also choose to bar repeat offenders from future rounds.
1b. This game is way more fun when everyone participates according to the schedule--please, don't sign up if you can foresee that you won't have the time or interest to finish. I understand that mistakes happen (people forget their dates or emergencies prevent them from having computer access), but to the extent you can, please prepare to play by the rules. *Smile*


2. There is no formula for writing new entries. However, please remember that I'm human; I like to be challenged and entertained, and I like to see players really interacting with each other.

2a. That doesn't mean you should design your entry as a prompt, per se (though if you want to include a specific prompt, that's fine). Just remember that whatever your chosen subject matter, your goal is to inspire the other players.

2b. when you're a Follower, your entries can mirror Leading entries to whatever extent you want. You don't have to write about the same topic, but I should see some evidence that you read the Leading entry, and allowed yourself to be somehow inspired by ANY part of it.

3. The only posts that should appear in this forum are my reminder posts, any extraneous upates, and links to Leading posts. I will delete all other posts, as they tend to really confuse people. If you have a question or an issue, please write me directly, or go to the "Follow the Leader: Green Room " , and I'll post an announcement if I need to.


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Prizes:

Thanks to two anonymous donations, I'm going to offer 20K to the top scorer, 15K to second place, 10K to third. *Smile*

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Calendar:

Friday, September 4th: "Despertar"   by mood indigo --"shmeeves" 
Saturday, September 5th: "My Violin D'Ingres"   by Cappucine --"What's Cookin'?" 
Sunday, September 6th: "Notebook 2"   by grim --"Grease Spill" 
Monday, September 7th: "Invalid Item"   by A Guest Visitor --"Invalid Entry" 
Tuesday, September 8th: "I went to heaven in a little rowboat."   by highly evolved --"Killing time." 
Wednesday, September 9th: "The Kitchen"   by Jenn --"Enough is enough" 
Thursday, September 10th: "Invalid Item"   by A Guest Visitor --"Invalid Entry" 

Friday, September 11th: "Bloggerholic"   by Acme --"Cupping your hand to shield the flame" 

Sunday, September 13th: "All Your Lies Become Your Truths"   by Susannah is 7 years old! --"road trip" 
Monday, September 14th: "Red Sky At Night For A Sedentary Empress"   by katwoman45 --"Mother Sex Bone" 
Tuesday, September 15th: "Invalid Item"   by A Guest Visitor
Wednesday, September 16th: "Random Slices of Life"   by Chewie Kittie
Thursday, September 17th: "Invalid Item"   by A Guest Visitor

Friday, September 18th: "The Uprising"   by spidey is studying
Saturday, September 19th: "Invalid Item"   by A Guest Visitor
Sunday, September 20th: "Invalid Item"   by A Guest Visitor
Monday, September 21st: "Snow Melt"   by Prosperous Snow
Tuesday, September 22nd: "A Haunted Place"   by Ghostranch
Wednesday, September 23rd: "B.U.G."   by The Dark Lady
Thursday, September 24th: "All This Useless Beauty"   by Lorien


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Winners!!

Round 1: MaryLou
Round 2: Deelyte- Chillin'
Round 3: highly evolved
Round 4: Emy
Round 5: Cappucine
Round 6: katwoman45
Round 7: mood indigo
Round 8: katwoman45
Round 9: Satuawany
Round 10: katwoman45 and Cappucine
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--->>ID #2019112 by Satuawany on 01-04-10 @ 1:00 am

#851. I'll play
--->>ID #1995890 by spidey is studying on 11-09-09 @ 4:06 pm

>>>>>>ID #1988949 by mood indigo on 10-27-09 @ 12:49 am

#849. Sigh
--->>ID #1988727 by Chewie Kittie on 10-26-09 @ 3:16 pm

--->>ID #1985826 by Cappucine on 10-20-09 @ 5:10 pm

--->>ID #1985770 by highly evolved on 10-20-09 @ 3:13 pm

--->>ID #1984568 by chicochica on 10-18-09 @ 2:39 pm

--->>ID #1984554 by Chewie Kittie on 10-18-09 @ 2:12 pm

--->>ID #1983635 by ~j on 10-16-09 @ 4:24 pm

--->>ID #1983629 by Acme on 10-16-09 @ 4:18 pm

--->>ID #1983561 by Prosperous Snow on 10-16-09 @ 1:07 pm

--->>ID #1983404 by Kay - Lalalalalalalala!!!! ^_^ on 10-16-09 @ 6:32 am

>>>>>>ID #1983320 by mood indigo on 10-15-09 @ 11:36 pm

--->>ID #1979597 by Chewie Kittie on 10-08-09 @ 1:54 pm

#838. Erm
>>>>>>ID #1978438 by mood indigo on 10-06-09 @ 11:23 am

#837. Winners!!!
>>>>>>ID #1978190 by mood indigo on 10-05-09 @ 10:08 pm

>>>>>>ID #1975840 by mood indigo on 10-01-09 @ 5:02 pm

#835. Reminder
>>>>>>ID #1973443 by mood indigo on 09-26-09 @ 4:16 pm

--->>ID #1972401 by Lorien on 09-24-09 @ 1:55 pm

>>>>>>ID #1972289 by mood indigo on 09-24-09 @ 12:12 am

--->>ID #1972262 by The Dark Lady on 09-23-09 @ 11:02 pm

>>>>>>ID #1971828 by mood indigo on 09-23-09 @ 12:40 am

--->>ID #1971626 by Ghostranch on 09-22-09 @ 5:53 pm

>>>>>>ID #1971238 by mood indigo on 09-21-09 @ 9:16 pm

--->>ID #1970937 by Prosperous Snow on 09-21-09 @ 10:27 am


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