2024 NanoWrimo Story

Oct. 26: - Plot: CONTEST ROUND: Plot Background Story

Oct. 26: - Plot: CONTEST ROUND: Plot Background Story ▼
Write a story that sets up your plot. EXAMPLE: The Lord of the Rings story revolves around the One Ring, its significance, and how it's destroyed. But how did Frodo get the One Ring in the first place? We learn that in The Hobbit. You obviously can't write a full-scale novel in 15 minutes, but you could write the scene where Bilbo encounters Gollum and stumbles across the ring. That would be a background story that sets up the plot in Lord of the Rings.

*Contest Round entries may be any rating. Submit your ITEM or ENTRY number by 1200 noon WDC time on Sunday to compete. WDC time is New York City time and can be found at the top of the IM Console. If you miss this deadline or choose not to compete, you must still log the assignment complete (without linking your work) for the grand prize, per the standard Prep guidelines.

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Jon had gone out with his bow and arrow to hunt for food, but then he saw King Richard and Queen Ann frolicking on the castle lawn. He thought it was so unfair that Richard was king and had a beautiful queen and he felt like a stick in the mud. He was only a Duke in the royal family. Then he thought to himself this is the perfect opportunity to take the King and Queen down and to take the crown for himself. No one could see him in the thicket by the castle. Who could prove it wasn't a stray arrow from a hunter in the King's forest? He carefully took aim and released one arrow, then 2 more. All three arrows hit their mark. The king and queen were dead or dying. He took off running to create an alibi. His dastardly deed was done.