The Steemit Challenge - Applications for Season 24 - Team Wordsmiths

Team Wordsmiths - The Written Adventure and Art of Fiction Writing

 

Fiction writing is an important aspect of creativity, and understanding in different styles. A fiction writer can change elements of a story with a slight twist in the structure of a story.

Our idea is to provide a theme and prompt you to create a story within our guidelines and theme to craft an engaging story with wide illustrations of story writing.

Our team understands that story writing is the process where the writer weaves a series of events leading to the current situation of the characters in the story. It could start with a problem, how they progress and finally the outcome.

A story can be based on real or imaginary events and may involve real-life or fictional characters.

Story writing is done to enhance the imagination of the writer as well as their creative thinking abilities. Story writing can develop into a lucrative hobby once they feel the joy of wandering into the world of fantasy.

We are willing to see the ability of our Steemian friends how write a well-structured story and understand the various elements of fiction writing. Our basic idea is to provide a theme and let them weave their story around it.

 

For instance, we plan to offer this theme for the first week:-

During a storm, a small cargo ship with 10 people on board got stuck in the middle of the ocean. They had an idea of the area but they were not sure with certainty where they were at that moment since all their equipment had stopped working. Then they saw a small island and somehow reached and anchored there.

Their radio was also not working. The ship was badly damaged. And then one morning the team members noticed that their leader was not on the ship and his boat was also nowhere to be seen.

They searched for him on the island, but he was not found, so the second in command ordered a rescue team for him.

The rescue team searched for him in surrounding areas he was nowhere around. It was very surprising that the leader of the ship disappeared without any information.

This is going to be the base story for the first week and we expect our participants to give us a story based on this theme within one thousand words. We don't care whether the ending is happy or sad but the story should make sense.

Week- 2 Theme

Suppose you are on a ship heading up to see the Spectacular NORTHERN LIGHTS and you wake up one fine morning and run to the deck still rubbing your eyes, amused awestruck and not believing what you were seeing because the dream of your trip is in front of you all ...

"Wow!!!!" Here we go!!!

That's right, you are in Alaska to witness the Northern Lights and watch it … Bright - Oh bright. The lights flash and glow and roll - and they are amazing!!!!

Suddenly, the lights start to crackle with more electricity and FLASH!!!!!

Did you make it? Yes...you made it. Northern Lights blazing in front of you... full-on, The Polar Lights, Hot & Cold. Oh yes, you are the lucky ones having made it to the Northern Lights.

You guys are hearing a massive explosion running through your bodies and watching the unbelievable colors… You're experiencing a kind of ring of light or pressure on your eyeballs while seeing an electric atmosphere.

We shall provide similar themes each week and see to it that Steemians give their version within 1000 words as if they were at the North Pole and witnessing the Northern Lights.

 

We plan to assess our contestants thoroughly based on the following points and give them out of 10 points-

Based on developing the story 0-3 Points
Character building 0-2 Points
Originality 0-2 Points
AI and Plagiarism 0 or 3 Points

We shall pick four contestants each week with the highest points.

We are a team of four

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@dove11

I am from India. I joined Steemit on May 14, 2022.

Details of positions of responsibility

Steem Representative
Steam Curator served for different teams starting October 2023.
Cofounder Dream Steem Community
I have organized a learning season
Moderator for Traveling Steem (Travel Mod)

My permanent residence is in the National Capital Region of India, but right now I am in Canberra, Australia for the next year.

I am a qualified mechanical engineer and have a PG Diploma in Management and special alloy welding technology.

I can speak several Indian languages, including Punjabi and Urdu and can write English and Hindi.

My data

Discord ID: @dove11 #7685

@waqarahmadshah

I am Waqar, and my user ID on Steemit is @waqarahmadshah, which is also my real name. I have an MS degree in Chemistry and previously worked as a teacher at a private college for one year. However, I left the job due to personal circumstances.

Currently, I work as a freelancer, primarily handling writing-related projects and assignments and I also trade cryptocurrency as a side hustle. I joined Steemit in December 2021 after discovering it through a YouTube video. Though not always active, my most productive period was 2023-2024, during which I wrote over 400 posts, focusing on quality over quantity.

My articles cover fiction, health, crypto, and general topics. On Steemit, I served as a moderator in the Steem4Bloggers community for nearly eight months before resigning four months ago. Recently, I started writing a fictional retelling of the game character Arthur Morgan's story on Steemit, adding my own twists and unique storytelling style, and I am enjoying it.

My data

Discord: waqarahmadshah#9221

@senehasa

I am @senehasa from Sri Lanka and worked as an Assistant Manager (coordinating Affairs) in a reputed engineering Institute in my country. I joined the Steemit platform on April 24, 2022. While enjoying my retirement life, I joined this platform to get rid of my monotonous life. From then till now I have been actively working on this platform for more than two years. In addition, we started a small apparel business, as our retirement plan, which has now grown into a family business.

Here are my account details:

Language- Sinhala & English
I have been working as one of the moderators of the Hind Whale Community, since November 2024.

My data

Discord ID: @senehasa #0427

@sur-riti

I am from India. I was an Accounts Officer by profession and retired from
the post of Administrative Officer in Government service, I have done Post Graduation in social science, an MBA, and a degree course in Hospital Management. I have a private business of Surgical Instruments and Readymade Garments.

Currently working as a moderator in 3 communities.

1. Steam for Pakistan.
2. Hindwahle Community.
3. Creative Pulse Community.

My Data

Discord ID: @sur#5611

In the end, we are expecting @steemblog to provide us this assignment so to attract Steemians who are writing enthusiasts.

Thank you so much,

Team Wordsmiths