DennisRoyer

An unwelcome intrusion bothers Jason and Cozbi's peaceful dinner in this week's chapter of "A Tale of Two Carnies."
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DennisRoyer

Friends – Some words about the Open Novella Contest.
          
          Winning a Watty award is the crown jewel of awards on this platform because it opens possible commercial opportunities from Wattpad. But, you should feel just as validated as a writer by winning one of the major ambassador run contests like ONC or the Amby awards. Why? Instead of having your work screened by impersonal machine-learning bots, your work is actually read and judged by real-life trained and qualified human beings who follow a judging rubric.
          
          In my opinion, winning with peer recognition is more meaningful. If you agree or have been sitting on the fence trying to decide whether you should enter, surf on over to the official ONC guidelines and check it out. You might just be inspired by one of the prompts.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/387452246

donnaf1828

@DennisRoyer It sounds like a lot of work to become an ambassador. 
            I volunteered to judge a few years ago for competitions run by Wattpad members.  It was a great experience, and I felt I learnt a lot, especially using rubrics.
            I've never entered ONC before. It'd probably be a great way to get my mojo started as I want to be more active this year. I'll look at the prompts to see if anything grabs me.
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DennisRoyer

@donnaf1828 I haven't yet completed the ambassador training to be a judge, it's still ongoing. I look forward to being able to judge in the future, maybe by the time the Ambys roll around. Since I'm not a judge, I'm eligible to enter ONC and am considering it. The only thing holding me back is I'd be working on two stories at the same time. I'm not sure I can commit that much time. What I like about all those prompts is you can fit just about any story idea into one.
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donnaf1828

@DennisRoyer Are you going to be a judge?  Such a hard task. I looked at the prompts, so many choices.
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preciouspearl20

When did I miss the orange heart here? Congrats, Dennis! Gotta catch up with your updates soon. I hope you're doing okay. May the new year brings peace and joy in your life, and more new pieces for us from you.

DennisRoyer

@preciouspearl20 My term in the creator program expired on December 31. I had the option to renew for another six months but decided not to because of my time commitment as an ambassador. It's just too much to do both. Despite dropping out as a creator, I'm still going to continue posting every Wednesday.
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preciouspearl20

@DennisRoyer Why/When did you leave the creator program?
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DennisRoyer

@preciouspearl20 Thank you. I just earned my orange badge mid December. Best wishes to you in the new year for happiness and joy.
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