Theme Set for Round Six
The mods have compiled seven sets of themes for this round, along with links to some resources:
One: World Cities
Two: Balls Spherical Objects
Three: Tarot
Four: After-school Activities/Clubs
Five: Tennis
Six: SF/Fantasy Book Titles
Seven: TV Tropes
Rubric
The theme challenge is by no means mandatory, although we hope that it'll provide you with inspiration for your writing. Themes may be mixed and matched--don't worry about sticking to one category.
We will be judging your theme usage on the following criteria:
1. Frequency: how often is the theme explicitly referenced in the story
2. Accuracy: how accurately has the theme been used
3. Purpose: how integral is the theme to the story
4. Execution: how smoothly the theme has been incorporated into the story
5. Creativity: how creatively the theme has been interpreted
The winner of the theme challenge will not necessarily be the person who uses the most themes, so please don't feel obliged to cram in as many themes as you can. Rather, we hope that you will take a group of themes that you find interesting and use them to write a great story. Since we realize that all of these criteria are highly subjective, both mods will do their evaluations independently and take the average to determine the point totals.
Reminder: If you decide to take on the theme challenge, please remember to list the themes you've included at the beginning of your fic!
One: World Cities
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Moscow, Russia
- Mumbai, India
- New York City, USA
- Sao Paolo, Brazil
Two: Balls Spherical Objects
- Balloon
- Buckministerfullerene
- Daifuku
- Hypersphere
- Marimo
- Moon
- Orange
Three: Tarot
- The Hermit
- The Hierophant
- Judgment
- The Star
- Temperance
- The Tower
- The Wheel Of Fortune
Four: After-school Activities/Clubs
- Archery
- Band
- Computers
- Flower Arrangement
- Gardening
- Handicraft
- Shogi
Five: Tennis
- Goran Ivanisevic
- AIG Japan Open
- ball boy
- real tennis
- service ace
- mixed doubles
- Nishikori Kei
Six: SF/Fantasy Book Titles
- Stranger In A Strange Land
- The Throne Of Madness
- So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish
- The Thief Of Always
- The Demolished Man
- A Child Across The Sky
- The Sound Of Winter
Seven: TV Tropes
- Tuxedo and Martini
- Can You Hear Me Now
- My Car Hates Me
- Gravity Sucks
- And Ninety Nine Cents
- Coincidental Broadcast
- Running The Asylum
Rubric
The theme challenge is by no means mandatory, although we hope that it'll provide you with inspiration for your writing. Themes may be mixed and matched--don't worry about sticking to one category.
We will be judging your theme usage on the following criteria:
1. Frequency: how often is the theme explicitly referenced in the story
2. Accuracy: how accurately has the theme been used
3. Purpose: how integral is the theme to the story
4. Execution: how smoothly the theme has been incorporated into the story
5. Creativity: how creatively the theme has been interpreted
The winner of the theme challenge will not necessarily be the person who uses the most themes, so please don't feel obliged to cram in as many themes as you can. Rather, we hope that you will take a group of themes that you find interesting and use them to write a great story. Since we realize that all of these criteria are highly subjective, both mods will do their evaluations independently and take the average to determine the point totals.
Reminder: If you decide to take on the theme challenge, please remember to list the themes you've included at the beginning of your fic!