Romance Challenge Guidelines

[Kypriotha]

Share your guilty pleasures, flowers and chocolates and be prepared to swoon,

because Goldenlake’s Romance Challenge is coming soon!

When Is It?   
11 – 25 February

What Is It?
The Romance Challenge is a celebration of all things romance, in particular, the extravagance of romance tropes. Roger, the famed royal prizefighter, winning hearts across the bull-fighting circuit? Briar, falling in love against his will after the tragedies of war? Alanna goes to the convent before masquerading as a knight into Court?

From extravagant plots and angsty hijinks bordering on disbelief, to fluffy reunions and pursuits of true love, the Romance Challenge has something for everyone.

What Do I Do?
The aim of this event is to write romance-themed fic using common romance tropes or themes. If you need inspiration on romance tropes, TV Tropes is a good place to start.

If romance isn't your thing, you can subvert the tropes or give them a friendship twist! It's up to you - the main aim is to have fun playing with the tropes and themes.

Posting format:

RC: [Title, rating]

Title:
Rating:
Word Count:
Summary (and any Warnings*):
Notes/Links: [Including crediting any trope or source you took inspiration from]

*A special note for this event – many romance novels or tropes may contain themes that may concern some readers. If you feel that your fic may contain these, please be considerate and warn for them.

What Else You Need To Know:
1. All fics must be posted to the Events forum.
2. The Goldenlake Fanfiction Rules and Rating Rules must be adhered to, with no explicit fics (for over 18 readers) allowed. If you would like a refresher on the rules after reading, or are unsure where your fic falls, please contact a mod.
3. The word count minimum is 100 words. There is no maximum limit.
4. If your fic is inspired by a published work or trope, including a published blurb, please acknowledge it in the Notes/Links section, by linking to the appropriate website – TVTropes or Goodreads etc.
5. This event can be taken as seriously or as amusingly as you like. The most important thing is that you have fun writing your fic

[devilinthedetails]

Sounds very romantic. I'd love to participate. Quick and probably silly question, but are we allowed to write more than one story for this? I think I could have fun writing multiple stories for this challenge, but of course, I don't want to break any rules:)

[Idleness]

I object to the assumption that the pleasure has to be guilty!

Write as many stories as you like, devilinthedetails. In fact, go ahead and fill this place with delicious tropey fluff until the lid blows off and it starts escaping.

[devilinthedetails]

Feb 11, 2018 14:40:16 GMT 10 Idleness said:

I object to the assumption that the pleasure has to be guilty!

Write as many stories as you like, devilinthedetails . In fact, go ahead and fill this place with delicious tropey fluff until the lid blows off and it starts escaping.

Thanks, Idleness. In that case, I will have fun writing as many romantic stories and tropes as I can, and I hope people will enjoy them.

[Kypriotha]

What Idleness said Except for some very specific events (i.e. exchanges), you can always write multiple responses to Glake events and prompts.

[devilinthedetails]

Feb 13, 2018 6:24:19 GMT 10 Kypriotha said:

What Idleness said Except for some very specific events (i.e. exchanges), you can always write multiple responses to Glake events and prompts.

Thanks. That's excellent to know. When inspiration strikes, my stories have a tendency to snowball as people probably saw during Wishing Tree.