Welcome to the First Round of Madness 4.0!
The Writing Period for Round One of TROPED Madness has officially begun!! You will have 120 hours (5 days) from now to write us a fic that centers around the Focus Character, complies with the Theme, and includes BOTH of the chosen Tropes!! Fics must be 5,000 words or less (with a 1k buffer!)! At the end of this round, we will be trimming down to eight (8) writers, and pairing up the brackets for Round 2! We hope you’re ready to write!
Please don’t forget to post your fics to the AO3 collection ONLY, which will remain unrevealed and hidden until the writing period has ended, so don’t panic if you don’t see your fic after you post it. You can shoot us an ask/message if you’re uncertain about it.
Please remember, all fics from all rounds by the authors who are still competing will remain anonymous until they have been Chopped, or named our TROPED Champion!!
Happy writing, and good luck!
For Round One, please write a fic that includes:
Focus Character: John Murphy
More in depth definitions of the tropes and the theme can be found here! Please take a look at this list, as there will be extra information you NEED to know regarding how to use the tropes, and if you have questions don’t hesitate to ask!
Writing Period Begins: Monday, March 20th at 12:01AM
Writing Period Ends: Saturday, March 25th Tuesday, March 28th at 11:59PM PST (2:59AM EST)
Voting Begins: Sunday, March 26th Wednesday, March 29th at 12:00PM
Voting Ends: Monday, March 27th Thursday, March 30th at 11:59PM
Results: Tuesday, March 28th! FRIDAY MARCH 31th!
All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST) unless otherwise specified!
REMEMBER! This round begins the head-to-head bracket style voting!! The voters for this round will determine which eight of our writers will move on to the next round! Writers, PLEASE don’t forget to keep yourself anonymous until you have been Chopped, or named our TROPED Champion!
Don’t forget the rules! Include the chosen character, ALL the tropes, and follow the theme! You will be disqualified if you don’t! Also, no rape. no incest. no underage. no negativity!
The AO3 collection can be found here, and the name of the collection that should be entered when submit your fic is ‘TROPED_Madness_4’ !!
AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/TROPED_Madness_4
Trope/Theme Explanations: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PewopZg09cTp5xPqfazc5SL78sNTo238YGcD2wdQ6xo/edit?usp=sharing
