Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity

I may have a go this year. We’ll see.

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I probably won’t enter because I haven’t watched any Thirteen episodes since series 12 in 2020, and I won’t have time to get to her in my New Who rewatch (I’m currently on series 7) before June 12th without skipping episodes/seasons due to schoolwork.

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Also be aware of this restriction: Do NOT base any fictional characters on any real individual, living or dead; nor include any real individual, living or dead, as a character in your story. If I’m reading this correctly, this means no celebrity historicals. If your story is set in the past, all characters must be entirely fictional.

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Haven’t submitted since 2018 but this being the Thirteenth Doctor has made me want to this year…

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Looking at all these guidelines properly I think my vague idea works! I’ll make a start on the weekend, and as said before if I never finish or submit it that’s fine; I’m just here for a fun time :flexed_biceps:

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Just asking here cuz I wanna know how y’all approach it:

Do you plan out everything for the synopsis, or do you write everything (as in a rough first draft, fully) and then write your synopsis?

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The story I was thinking of doing was very much a 1st Doctor historical, which seems to be out on multiple grounds now… I’ll have to see what I can come up with for 13 specifically

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Not a clue :sob: I’ve got an idea or two, but I don’t know if I’ll actually get it done or not.

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Usually, I write the entire synopsis before I write any prose at all, or I’ll write the synopsis and at the same time jot down bits of prose I don’t want to forget. I rarely go the other way round

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So, this is the first Paul Spragg Opportunity that I’m going to enter, and I am very excited.

I have an idea I’m extremely happy with and, whilst I am most definitely still able to write it, I am now stuck with the Doctor I am probably least equipped to write.

Guess I’ll see how this goes.

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I’m putting some more ideas down, and actually… The idea I had the other week was rather dark and didn’t have a Who edge, whereas the idea I had the other night was a tad too silly… Combining them however… :grin:

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I’ll add more ideas later on but I’ve basically already written one entry. It was the fic I mentioned in the fanfic thread where my dad was like “pls change the Doctor” and now I CANT lol.

But I’ve found my ideas come to fruition as I write and I wouldn’t be able to just write a synopsis for something I haven’t written… Idk, that’s not how my brain works but I wish it did work like that.

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With all of TG apparently entering this year, we’re bound to see a winner amongst us.

I’m not entering as I’m not confident enough to write prose in English.

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I might have a go. Jotted one idea down for now. It might work, I don’t know…

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Definitely going to submit a story! I love writing and I love the 13th Doctor! Awesome!

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Oh my god whyyy I wish I could enter so badly :sob:

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Best of luck to anyone planning to enter

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I’m probably not entering, i don’t have anything for 13

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As soon as I saw the announcement my first thought was that whoever said that it would be about 13 was correct.

I’ve only written two stories that had 13 but that was before I knew she was casted. It’s fun writing her after going back and revising one of them. Don’t know if I’ll enter though

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I tend to start with the synopsis then start the story.

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