San Francisco Writers Conference

San Francisco Writers Conference

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Bitcoin Scholarship Rules

 

Dear Contestant,

Please follow these steps:

  • Select one or more images from the originals below (copyright: Eli Potter) as inspiration.
    1. You must use the image of the coins on the far right below. Imagine the coins are Bitcoin, but you can touch them.
  • Select a genre for a novel
  • Choose a main character and supporting characters (you are welcome to create characters of your own, and make the characters in the image(s) either protagonists or antagonists)
  • Write a LOG line
  • Write a PLOT for a novel filling out the template below. (The novel does not have to be written already!) Do not submit more than 2500 words for the entire submission.

The winner will be awarded a full scholarship, based on:

  • Following the instructions (Please feel free to contact me with clarifying questions at [email protected])
  • Coming up with a creative plot, full of conflict and difficult choices, no more than 2500 words.

Begin your submission, which will be a single file uploaded by clicking on the SUBMIT button.

IMAGES: Two women, a bottle of Red Wine, a Gold charm bracelet, Gold Coins (Bitcoins)

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PLOT Questions and TEMPLATE (please answer all questions)

  • Genre:
  • LOG Line:
  • What does the Protagonist want?
  • What makes it hard to achieve?
  • Why does your protagonist desperately want or need to achieve this goal?
  • What are the top 3 beliefs they hold?
  • What does the Antagonist want?
  • How is this in direct conflict with the Protagonist?
  • What are the top 3 beliefs they hold?

PLOT:

  1. SETUP
    1. Setup and Hook
    2. Inciting Incident – 10%
  2. RESPONSE
    1. Goal Set – 25%
    2. Pinch Point 1 – 33%
    3. Twist 1
  3. ATTACK
    1. Midpoint – 50%
    2. Pinch Point 2 – 60%
    3. Twist 2
  4. RESOLUTION
    1. Dark Night Moment – 75%
    2. Climax
    3. Aftermath

KEY Information about BITCOIN

One winner will be selected and awarded a full registration to the SFWC 2020 conference. The full scholarship covers the conference (classes, workshops, 3 breakfasts, awards luncheon, editorial consult, and social events.) It does not include travel, accommodations, optional paid master classes or incidentals. There is no cash value. If the winner is already registered for the 2020 San Francisco Writers Conference, they can use the scholarship for the 2021 San Francisco Writers Conference or gift it to someone else.

DEADLINE: December 26, 2019.

Read it all, put it all into a single file, and you are now ready to upload your entry? Submit to Eli Potter by clicking HERE, when ready to upload your entry!