There are now LESS THAN FOUR HOURS until the end of registration for the DOPAMINE August 08 Writer Hunt. I will be accepting applications until 23:59 later. Anything which arrives in my mailbox before that will be sent the instructions for the Writer Hunt tomorrow as soon as I wake up.

REGISTER NOW if you want to be part of DOPAMINE.

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Thanks very much for everyone who registered! Please follow the instructions I sent you carefully and please send me your submission WHEN and HOW you’re supposed to. I had a lot of fun cooking this up, hope you’re having fun writing your stories too. We’ll keep everyone posted about the announcement of the new team members. Thanks for playing!

SCENARIO

She stormed into the attic, her eyes an unfocused haze of gray, and her jaws clamped tightly shut. Clawing through years’ of stacked boxes that she upset one by one, she felt a couple of her fingernails break, blood staining her white shirt. It took hours for fatigue to seize her muscles; her legs giving out beneath her. Feeling the beginning of tears prick the back of her eyes, she gripped the edge of a wooden box tightly until her knuckles turned white.

She didn’t notice him come from behind to place a comforting hand on her shoulder. Startled, she whirled to look at him, frightened look softening as quickly as it came.

“I can’t find it,” she whispered.

He bit his lower lip in hesitation but decided for the better. “That’s because it was never here.”

END OF SCENARIO

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Read the details after the jump.

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OK, before anything else, if anyone missed it, here is the list of preliminary information you need to know about DOPAMINE’s writer hunt this August 2008. As I mentioned before, interested applicants are required to register to participate. Only those who pre-registered will be considered for the open writer slots.

How to register for DOPAMINE’s August 2008 Writer Hunt:

1. Put this in the Subject line of your email: “DOPAMINE Writer Hunt August 2008 [insert your pseudonym here]“
2. In the body of your mail, include these information:
   • Writer pseudonym:
   • PoT Characters you’ll MOST likely write dream novels about:
3. Address the email to: writerhunt@dopaminefics.com

Everyone who registers will get a reply containing the secret code they need to include in their final submissions.

Registration is NOW OPEN, right this minute, until 23:59 (GMT Timezone) of August 27, 2008 (Wednesday).

I decided to extend the registration since the 24th is a bit too near.

The scenario will STILL be posted on August 24, 2008. Submissions will be accepted starting 00:00 August 29 until 23:59 August 31, 2008.

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Note: We require registration for two reasons:

1. We need to know how many entries to expect so we could create a timeframe for the announcement of new writers.
2. Once you register, you’ll be compelled to submit a story. Otherwise, some people could give up halfway.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to post comments here.

Edited: Added info that all interested entrants will be required to register beforehand.

Note: If you don’t have the time, the drive, and the passion to write at least one DN per month, please don’t apply. We’re currently looking for active writers who want to satiate their thirst to write and share what’s in their minds. We already have much too many writers on hiatus, we don’t want to add to that number. If you want to write DNs but don’t think you can commit to one per month, please be informed that DOPAMINE accepts guest DNs as long as they’re written in readable English.

DOPAMINE’s hunt for writers will begin SOON!

The mechanics are simple:

• I will be posting a specific scenario and all aspiring members will have to write a story around it using one PoT prince (ANY of the characters) and one original character (the female lead). One story per person only.
• I will post the minimum and maximum allowed number of words along with the scenario. The stories cannot go over or under those required number of words.
• The scenario will be posted on a particular time (we’ll be using GMT timezone) and the stories should be in my mailbox exactly one week later. (i.e., if I posted the scenario today 6:00PM, I expect all entries to be submitted on the 26th at exactly 6:00PM).
• You will be required to REGISTER first before the I post the scenario. Only entries from people who pre-registered will be considered. The instructions on how to register will be posted later.
• You can submit earlier if you want, but I suggest waiting until the last day so you can rethink the story and proofread your submission. NO preference will be given to those who submit earlier.
• It’s of extreme importance that it be evident that the story was written SPECIFICALLY for the recruitment, and NOT an old story rewritten to fit the scenario.
• Please take heed that you do NOT have to include the scenario word-for-word in your story (although you can if you choose to). It could just be implied. It could also be re-written to fit your story. As long as it’s obvious that the scenario is a CENTRAL part of the plot, then that’s acceptable.
• We will be recruiting more than one writer from this, so don’t hesitate to tell your friends about it; there’s no competition among the entrants.
• Take note that we judge based on the following criteria: 1) Plot; 2) Reability and flow; 3) Characterization; 4) Grammar and spelling.
• The stories submitted by the chosen writers will be posted here in DOPAMINE unless they specifically asked not to.

The scenario and the number of required words will be posted on 00:00 (GMT timezone) August 24, 2008.

If there are any more questions about the mechanics or anything else about the recruitment, post a comment here and I’ll try to answer them as soon as I can.

For examples of “scenarios” so you’d understand what the heck I’m talking about, hit the jump.

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Hey guys! Long time no update! Aside from the fact that yours truly was really busy, our haul of dream novels are fast becoming scarce, after all, the lovely ladies of DOPAMINE have lives too! So, we really will be holding a writer recruitment later. For now though, let me thank the DOPAMINE’s star duo, CrazyGirlOfManyNames for proofing the dream novels, and Wanna.Be for coding them.

The Apple of My Eye Chapter 9
An Atobe Keigo PoT Dream Novel by Snowflake

Tired of It All
An Atobe Keigo PoT Dream Novel by CrazyGirlOfManyName

Wisteria Prince
A Fuji Syusuke PoT Dream Novel by CrazyGirlOfManyNames

Raising Niou
A Niou Masaharu PoT Dream Novel by Wanna.Be

Present Pastime
An Oshitari Yuushi PoT Dream Novel by Wanna.Be

Romeo and Juliet Chapter 3
A Shiraishi Kuranosuke and Fuji Syusuke Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by D3stinyx

Romeo and Juliet Chapter 4 (END)
A Shiraishi Kuranosuke and Fuji Syusuke Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by D3stinyx

Say I love you Chapter 1
A Shishido Ryou and Ootori Choutarou PoT Dream Novel by D3stinyx

The Tomboy
A Shishido Ryou PoT Dream Novel by Wanna.Be

You Changed Me
A Tezuka Kunimitsu PoT Dream Novel by SilentListener
Dream Generator Idea No. 6

I’d also like to point out that SilentListener is a guest writer. Please do give her your support. As for me, I seem to have lost the mojo for fiction writing, but I’m currently working on the Kiriban requests from last year, and hopefully, that’ll get me back on track. Thanks for dropping by and enjoy!