This contest is for readers and writers. The writer-reader relationship is the glue of literary works.
In Samuel Johnson's words — 'A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it'.
This contest is thus premised on building that relationship here on steemit as a way of fostering engagement, without which there can be no true community.
What do i write about? In a word, "reflections"
I like to think of my writings as ‘reflections’, in the sense that I use them to drum fate!
When I write, it is to capture an essence and give it form, shape. If I am not capturing real life situations and giving them meaning, I am capturing meaning and bringing it out in real life situations. In my writings, I reflect on what I believe others are thinking, feeling.
I reflect on the events of the day, and to them, give larger existential significance and meaning.
What this means is that in each of my writings, is always to be found a moral.
Brief on the contest
Brief on the contest
Every week, I will be running a short story. I will publish it after every 24 hours in short chapters. Each of these chapters will be titled.
Following and reading through the preceding chapters, should enable you to know what the story is generally all about.
There are two categories of the contest (You can only participate in one) and the contest closes in 72 hours after the feature post (like this one) is published.
Category (A)
- Suggest the overall title for the story.
Of course each chapter will have a heading, but the complete story must have a title. One thing I am sure is that you will need to read all the chapters to finally zero down on the most suitable title. So just reading one chapter will not get you anywhere near, trust me!
That in the end is a win - win for everyone, for me the writer, for you the reader, and for steemit the platform becasue it ensures real engagement. Above else, it ensures that no one can game this contest to take the reward without being genuinely involved.
Suffice to add that I would rather have few entrants who genuinely read and engage than hundreds who just second guess, in the hope to stumble on the prize!
Category (B)
- The moral of the story.
I plan to ensure that each individual chapter of the story has at least one moral. So your task is to suggest at least three (3) morals. Of these, two (2) will have to be taken from any of the chapters (there will always be a minimum of 3 chapters). The third will be the overall moral of the story as you see fit.
Prizes
What is the prize pool that you get to win?
Category A
Two (2) winners will be selected
Each will get 1SBD
Category B
Only one (I) winner will be selected
The selected winner will get 2 SBD
Auxiliary benefits
- 50% of this post rewards will be equally shared amongst all entrants
- I will upvote every comment entry 100%. You may check out its worth here! Lol. Small, right, but it is worth something.
- My friends (66 by the time of posting) and several other wonderful steemians just might upvote your comment, and follow you!
- You get to meet several other steemians and engage
Selection Criteria
For now, I am the sole judge, but hopefully as the contest grows, I will bring in more judges.
To participate
- You must have Reputation 25 – 48 (compulsory), for now.
- Choose only one category (either A or B and not both). Participating in both automatically disqualifies your entry
- Resteem this post to increase visibility so that many of our friends out there get the chance to win (compulsory)
- Join
discord channel at - https://discord.gg/xnAEyGX and
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discord at https://discord.gg/WdG3Xg (optional) - Upvote to increase post payout. The rewards as already explained will after all be shared among entrants (optional)
- Post your suggested title or moral (s) as a comment on this post (indicate chosen category as title of your comment. If you do category (b), make sure to indicate the chapter number against your suggested moral.
Now Today Feature story you read
Today's feature story has four chapters. If you have been following, then you are good to go, drop in your entry suggestions in the comments now
If You have not yet read, here are the links to the four chapters, or you may find them on my blog. Read through thoughtfully, and please enjoy. No need to hurry. You have 72 hours.
Chapter I - Yellow Horizons
Chapter II - And if a house be divided against itself
Chapter III - Choices
Chapter IV - The girl who said no
