CHEAT SHEET

Pick Your Poison Writing Contest (CANCELED)

Bonus points are awarded for following the cheat sheet, so pay attention!

If there are characters off my cheat sheet that you want to use but know nothing about, let me know, and I will provide insight into them! I'm not super strict about keeping people in character either, this is fan FICTION after all, and so do what you want with the characters.

I would absolutely love to see people step outside of their comfortable box of characters and play with some new, unfamiliar ones ♡

The groups and OTPs that I want most to read are in the photo for this chapter

 

I love fantasy with every breath I take. I like epic fantasy, swords and sorcery, romantic fantasy, anti-hero fantasy, contemporary fantasy... seriously, name it. I LOVE fantasy. Its my biggest bias and yeah, if a great fantasy story goes up against a great idol life story, the fantasy has a better chance of winning.

I like angst, as long as it's not too cliche. Things that make me cry are believable emotion, depression depicted beautifully, character trauma, self sacrifice, things that show the goodness of people... yeah. I like to cry. There is an excerpt from The Stormlight Archive that I LOVE and makes me cry like a fool every time I read it, so really, things like that.

I like romance if it's done believably. No falling in love at first sight, no stalker romances, no weakling needs saving and finds meaning in love. But I really do like romantic stories! I just want to be able to totally believe in it.

I prefer characters with strength of character but with true flaws. No perfect people here please!

I don't prefer stories that star OC as I feel that all fanfics are OC with the face claim and name of an idol. But if you want to use OC go for it, just know that I'm slightly biased against it.

I have the groups I want to read in the photo, but if you want to write a different group then that is fine. I know most groups well enough to not be confused while reading. There ARE certain people who I dislike in the industry, but I can generally separate story person from real idol so that shouldn't affect if they're not being portrayed as an idol. If you write idol life, PLEASE stick to the cheat sheet, I beg of you. Or ask if I have a problem with X group.

Pleas no mpreg, , , or dub-con.

is accepted but only if it fits the story!

I'm not at all a fan of werewolves, but hey if you write an awesome story maybe I'll change my mind

 

Using pairings from my cheat sheet as your star pairing will earn you 10 bonus points, as will using one of my named idols in no pairing at all.

 

 

 I reserve the right to add to this list at any time

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rumourhasit12
#1
Chapter 33: It's fine noona your health is more important. Me hope you get better tho!!
lovelyfeisty
#2
Chapter 33: Oh no! I’m so sorry you’re having to go though that! That’s just terrible, especially with the long term effects from covid making it very difficult for you. Focusing on your health is very important, I’m sure that no one would mind you needing you to cancel for that reason. I hope you would be able to recover and get back to reading and writing again someday!
hzhfobsessed
#3
Chapter 33: oh no :((( i'm so sorry that covid has been so awful to you! i'm sure no one will mind that you're focusing on your health. i hope you recover soon! <333
ellethereal
#4
Chapter 33: i'm so sorry that you have to go through that. i hope things get better for you, and its ok because your health comes first. i hope you'll be able to read and write again someday :(
DGNA_Forever
#5
Chapter 33: I'm sorry you're going through this and I sincerely hope it gets better for you. I can't imagine going through what you're suffering through and I hope you'll be able to get back to reading and writing eventually. I love you 😍.
BangMind
#6
Chapter 33: Hello, I don't mind the cancelation at all. I sincerely enjoyed my time writing my entry for this contest! I appreciate you coming forward and closing the contest promptly by letting us know your situation. I hope everything gets better for you eventually. All the best~
DGNA_Forever
#7
I hate to ask, but can I have a few more days to get my stories lined out? I will get them done this time for sure. I promise. All I need is another week or so...
BangMind
#8
Chapter 3: hi! i hope you are doing better! i just wanna say thank you for hosting this contest and coming up with prompts for my interest form. i managed to come up with something and i'm sure it's gonna help me a lot in writing angst romance~
i suppose i won't manage to finish it before the deadline though (it's probably going to be a short oneshot but still i plan to finish another overdue contest-entried fic before getting to this one lol) but since i took the prompts from this contest and they are pretty much the thing that inspired this fic i shall leave an entry form here:
Username: BangMind
Story Title: you will never know (the power of love)
Story Link: https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1032395 (currently drafted and won't be published until everything is ready)
Group/Character starring: Red Velvet, NCT, Infinite/ Irene, Johnny, Woohyun
Story Description: Joohyun can do everything she can do for her love. Everything. (sorry it's short af because that's all i can come up with right now *cries)
Story Status (complete, ongoing, new): new

the prompts i used (i took a little bit of both but plot does not follow any prompt word for word):
1: Main Character's love is taken by darkness (this can be interpreted however you want/are comfortable with - addiction, loss and grief, magical, whatever you want) and Main Character has to fight to get them back, through whatever means necessary without losing themselves too.
2: When the Main Character loses the one they love forever - end this either in hopelessness and grief or in an upward trajectory as in they have found a new chance at love.
lovelyfeisty
#9
Chapter 32: Take care and get well soon!
Thank you for the extension!