We have the weekend and the Monday to choose something new.

Remember, throw up any rec at all and thumbs from TIS are votes. If you don’t put your thumb up someone else’s post then your own rec counts as your vote, of course.

Was there anything confusing or unhelpful about the first attempt? Suggestions or criticisms?

Personally, as an attempt to try and take on a big story: to slowly read it and then attempt to write up something big didn’t work for me. I’m going to try and write up and post on whatever I’ve read of it that day for this next time.

 

Spoiler: patch notes. Beta version live.

Thank you Zombie for the forum switch. Now that the thread throws up in New Posts I'll state, to be clear, that we're still open for new members. We're not a closed club, although boy are we prestigious and exclusive. How does that work? On with the show.

In light of recent discussion, we have some new best practices for the Squad. However, the golden rule remains:

Contribute anything as long as you contribute anything.​

Also, anyone can recommend any story from any of the By Author forums. Thumbs from TIS members count, but not others.

For story reccs now, as well as a summary and title, please include:

• The total chapter count
• First post and most recent post date
• An estimate how long you think it'd take for you to read and review it to whatever standard you employ.

Here are some examples and offerings. Now we can't do all of them, so if there's one that takes your fancy than copy it and we'll thumb your post. Or, suggest one of your own.

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An Anthology of One-shots, Lost Plots and General Musings.
By @Zenzao​

Zenzao is the king of the 500 club. Over the years, he's written millions of words and some of the longer strings and plots that don't qualify for stories in their own right get put in here. For him as an author, I'm sure there'd be benefit in feedback on ideas, style and language. For the TIS squad this might prove liberating or vexing, so it's an interesting one to consider. No one story, but a number of different hooks, take as much as you want and review as much as you want. An all-you-can-eat self-serve buffet.

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Word count: 500 to 5000 per snippet, in general.
Chapter count: N/A
First post: March 2016
Most recent post: November 2019
Review window: Monday 18th

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The Adventure of the Velvet Room (Sherlock Holmes/Persona)
By @BTT
Summary: Thieves, murderers, and Moriarty---where Queen Victoria's finest have failed, Sherlock succeeds. But against a criminal that leaves no physical clues, Sherlock must delve deep into the psyche. Welcome, one and all, to the Velvet Room.
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From our very own BTT, a non-HP story very much worth considering. I've read the prologue and without more than a passing knowledge of the original gangster Sherlock knowledge and no familiarity at all with Persona, I was sucked in. I'm reading it anyway but, selfishly, if I can combine my TIS commitment with this then quid's in.

Chapter count: 20
First post: August 2019
Most recent post: October 2019
Review window: December 9th (two weeks + suspension for Q4 story competition 1)

Eternity
By @Riley
Summary: So, after a re-read of Shezza's Denarian Trilogy, I was hit with a little inspiration. I wanted to see if I could manage the change whilst Harry was at Hogwarts. Suffice to say Denarians/Knights will be within, as will HP magic and plot. The Fallen is not any of the book ones or Meciel or any other Fallen named. I wanted to try and see if I could do this differently. I am also going to be blenging some of the real mythos of the Angels and whatnot for common history.[/COLOR]​

A recent revival of an older work, this is a Dresden Files HP cross. I haven't read it but I have read things by Riley before and enjoyed the, There's a decent amount there in multiple parts, enough of a story to sink your teeth into, while also being quite manageable if you want to read the whole piece before the competitions.

Chapter count: 5 chapters (though the most recent update is a new section for chapter 3)
First post: March 2015
Most recent post: October 2019
Review window: Monday 18th

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