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Heya, been working on a contest when a writer suggested I come here for questions and feedback. Seems Crytal's isnt providing much of either at the moment. Going to post the contest info, but keep in mind its always being updated especially here: http://www.tgcomics.com/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum...
Here's the info (looks alot better in Word):
Jwargod’s Uncommon TF/TG Story Contest!
(Still a work in progress)
I’m looking to get some inspriration going in the rarely explored parts of the TF/TG universe, so this contest is being held to promote thinking in those areas.
Details:
- The cash prizes will be $100, $50, and $25 for first, second, and third place winners respectively. (Via paypal, not sure how this will work for non-$ using winners)
- There will be four judges looking at the stories and deciding which take the top places (how this is done exactly haven’t figured it out yet). This includes three from the various communities: one representing the TF community, another from the TG community, and another from the BE community. I will be the fourth judge since I am the sponsor and frequent all communities mentioned.
- The contest will be held on Deviantart.com, and submission will be done in the following method:
1. Create a Deviantart account if you haven’t already. https://www.deviantart.com/join/
2. Under your own profile, post your story up (the story is yours, not mine)
3. Send an E-mail me along with a link to your story so I know that you wish to participate and can link from a specially made favorites section for the contest submissions. E-mail = [email protected] Deviantart profile: http://jwargod.deviantart.com/
- Judge scoring will be based on overall quality of story and type of TF/TG used; the rarer the better. (and ya, still have no idea what the “scoring” system will actually be)
- When the contest starts there will be an 8 week window to submit stories till it closes and judging takes place. Do your best on editing your stories till you actually submit it!
Wants and Do Not Wants
These are the rules and/or guidelines that I want the stories to follow, anything else is not required to be followed but may help you in getting chosen by a judge. Anything not explained here will be mentioned in the FAQ as needed.
Wants:
- Story length must at least be 7,500 words long.
- Off-screen TF: The character’s transition into their new form/setting is either instantaneous or happens off-screen (awhile asleep, unconscious, time skip, etc.). Hurts me to say this but it’s wanted because it gets the author right into the post-TF/TG area of the story.
- Freedom of Choice: The character has time and freedom to examine and think about their new situation and take action based on that
For example: Gary finds that he is alone in a very crude shelter or cave. He examines himself to see that he is a troll, but a female one at that with all the common female parts. He finds himself having to relieve himself, and wonders how he should go about doing it being in the middle of swamp/cave.
- TG: Character’s new form is always of the opposite gender. Now this is really my own personal want, but it does a lot more “unusualness” to the story, even if the emphasis is minor.
Do Not Wants:
- God-mode: Do not make character’s new form more capable of what it’s typically being able to do or exaggerate it. This does not mean that character’s new form is incapable of growth/learning. It also doesn’t mean that the character can’t be a being capable of near god-mode because of his/her form, such as a dragon.
For example: Gary (who was a typical geek before) the Troll effortlessly tossed and tore apart the dozen of knights that attacked her, even if they were veteran troll slayers.
- Shape-Shifting capable beings: Character cannot be a being that capable/reliant on shape change or shifting, such as were-anythings and dopplegangers. Beings that might be associated with some shape-changing/shifting such as a xenomorph, a dryad, or dragon are okay as long as okay as long as they stay in one/original shape all or most of the time. I feel that shape changing takes away a lot from the whole story-beyond-the-transformation idea.
- Personality Change/Identity Kill/Mind Wipes: Character undergoes extreme mental changes that suits them to their new form to be of convenience, sometimes even to the point where you wonder why it’s even a TF/TG story or the character wasn’t just killed off.
Many times I have read a TG/TF story of unusual themes/TFs only to have the character follow the above. Man/woman who turns into a woman of bimbo-proportions but is also completely mind-altered to a new identity. Any character suffering from amnesia post-TF. Woman into bug/alien/beast, but mind is wiped to being nothing more than just another bug/alien/beast. Can go on and on for this Do Not Want.
- Scat/Watersports/Dominance/Sissification/(Heavy)Bondage: Nuh-uh, eithers its too common nowadays or too masochistic. Scat/Watersports does not include creatures that are slimy or deal with less than desired enviornments i.e. slugs, some bugs, space monsters, etc.
- Copy-righted material: As this contest is dealing with a cash prize, don’t do anything that is based on a copy-righted story universe or creature/character. (Wondering how much this will limit sci-fi based creatures though)
- Convenient story settings: Putting the character in a setting where whatever he/she TFs/TGs into isn’t out of the ordinary. An example would be a world where everyone is a furry.
FAQ
- Does the creature have to be uncommonly done? This is a very big yes, but can also be interpreted many different ways. A man turning into a dragon is less common then turning into a dog, but more common then turning into roach.
- Humans/Humanoids/Antromorphics, are these allowed? Yes, do whatever you can imagine. Maybe you’re not keen on anything beastial, but you want to do a woman into black man with 4 arms, or maybe a man into a female drider compete with dark elf upper-half.
- Sex, nudity, and violence, are these okay? Scoring is based on overall quality, so if these make the stories better (or not necessarily worst), go for it. All the communities mentioned have their fair share of sex-fest stories. Giving a graphic example of a person exploring their Green Hag form (look at DnD wiki) and having sex with it would take a lot of imagination (and stomach!).
- Why those guidelines? To protect against plot devices that I see too much in many stories, especially in rarely done TFs. A story that is just one big transformation sequence is very common, as well major/complete mental changes when the character is in their new form.
- But I really want to do a girl-next-door/anthro-skunk/werewolf TF! No one is stopping ya, in fact I’d like to see how those stories turn out written along the guidelines. Just don’t expect to score very high in the TF/TG portion.
- Got any references? Barely. Try doing a search of “Wolf TF” and “Squid TF” on Deviantart or a TG story of a man into sex-bomb of a woman without mental changes/heavily forced circumstances to see what I mean. There are gems out there though:
“In Search of Self” by Bad Irving (man into bimbo (not mentally)) http://www.bearchive.com/~stories/stories/isos1.html
“Blessing of the Goddess” by Morpheus (man into female body-builder/amazon)
http://static.fictionmirror.dnsalias.net/stories/magic/bless...
“One Favor” by S. Leigh Farmer (man into pregnant woman, woman into man)
http://static.fictionmirror.dnsalias.net/stories/bodyswap/on...
Notice these are all extreme cases and TG only stories.
There are a few things that do come close TF wise however.
“Ants” by Umgestalten (Man and Woman into Ants)
http://doc.furvect.com/Stories/Umgestalten/ants.html
“In Alien Waters” by Darcy Dallas (Woman into some kind of alien thing)
http://tsa.transform.to/misc/inalienwaters.html
Any of Morpheus’ “The Travel Agency” stories (Mostly into fantasy creatures)
Here’s the original:
http://static.fictionmirror.dnsalias.net/stories/bodyswap/Tr...
- Woah! Those people are all awesome writers! Yes they are, but this is more to get the point across then lengthy expectations. Feel free no matter your skill level to participate in the contest! After all, this is about bringing more light to a neglected part of TF/TG fiction.
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Post anything you have to say about this, ANYTHING! I don't have much of an imagination but will work on any serious issues that I'm missing.
On another note: Don't really know anyone that stands out in my mind as the TG judge, anyone have suggestions? Already found a TF and BE judge.
I'd suggest Anghrad as the
I'd suggest Anghrad as the TG judge, and I think I'll be contributing a story myself.
Hmmmm.....
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May the Stars Light Your Path
Maid Joy
This is to be added to the
This is to be added to the FAQ:
• What is BE? You’ve mentioned it a few times. Well BE stands for Breast Expansion, and comes from the Breast Expansion Archive. Within the Archive is the BE Addventure, which contains plenty of TG/TF stories, but mainly concentrates on (guess what) BE and sexual situations. It has an extremely active community and tons of interesting storytrees.
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Besides that, will look into Anghrad.
Rarity
If we're unfamiliar with the full extent of the TF/TG universe, is there a way to find out what sorts of conversions are cliche, to know what those rarely explored corners of that universe are?
P.S. The punchline to Gary's story should be the realization that he's Grendel's mother.
I think if any writer should
I think if any writer should follow the guidelines and look the the FAQ, whatever they choose to do should be at least be acceptable. Still I'm getting this question alot but having trouble making it even more clear without just asking for specific people/creatures for the character(s) to be transformed into.
One writer gave a good idea of this though on one of the forums. Waiting for his response on quoting him for the FAQ.
I should probably emphasize the idea of the story after TF/TG since this is the biggest issue I've run into in any way, shape, or form.
Gonna try and write a step-be-step example of how the story process should maybe go.
Something to add to FAQ
Okay wrote up examples, but keep in mind I'm a long time reader, not a writer. Since its a major addition, going to wait till I see if they're going to do their job of clearing things up.
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So you're choosing what your ( male) character will turn into. You choose a Female T-rex.
You're wondering how rare this TG/TF is. Proceed to ask yourself a few questions about that. How common is it for a T-rex TF to happen in any given TF story? How common is it for character to turn into a T-rex in a TG story? Okay, how common is it for a MALE character to Transform into a T-rex? Okay, how common is it for a MALE character to transform into a FEMALE T-rex? Questions like these. Also compare it to other TFs if you're still not sure of its rarity. You're probably going to find plenty of any given story with a person being turned into a cat/dog/cow/etc, but nothing involving a xenomorph (the “alien†from the “Alien/Alien Vs. Predator†movies). This is also a good time to think if you want to add other physical changes to your character. Should it be a humanoid/antro-morphic female T-rex? If so, should it have breasts? Small ones? Do they lactate? Will she lay eggs instead of giving birth? Will she have an animal instinct in addition to her normal thoughts? Etc etc.
Then there are TG/TFs and the situations they’re usually associated with. Let’s try a common one, more TG friendly however. You choose to turn your (male) character into a bimbo. Very common right? So how can you make a story that isn’t typically associated to go along with a “Bimbo†transformation? Well take a look at many of those stories.
Typically, the character is turned into a blonde Caucasian woman with an hour glass figure. How exaggerated the hourglass shape is often goes along with the story. DD’s might have a plot that doesn’t result in a sex fest, but if ya ever read story where the breasts were bigger, 95% of them are sex-fests, and that’s IF they even continue past the actual transformation (most of these stories just hit a big “The End†right after the transformation). Okay, let’s try for a plot that doesn’t primarily involve screwing, and actually continues past the transformation into a bimbo. What else themes are associated with a transformation into a bimbo? Often a change into bimbo are in revenge/punishment themed stories, and the character mind altered to either be a brand new person (“You’re now Bambi the stripper!†“ Of course I am mistress!â€), accept their new supposed place in life(“I can’t think so well now, but that’s okay. I get lots of sex and Mr. Jones say he’ll do the thinking for me!â€), or become a prisoner of the body (addiction, sensory overload, body-stuck in auto-pilot (“You will see and feel everything, but can do nothing about it!â€)).
So now you have a story with a man into a bimbo with breasts larger then DDs, no sex fest, no revenge/punishment, no major mind alteration, and the story goes beyond the transformation scene. Seems pretty rare now huh? Now if the Caucasian Blonde Bimbo body itself wasn’t so common…
Just remember to follow the guidelines and everything else should be peachy.