Trope-a-palooza!

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That’s right, folks! Our next challenge is all about Romance Tropes in Fanfiction! Bed-sharing? We got you covered! Fake - Dating? Bring it on. All of the little guilty-pleasure-fanfiction-tropes you love are all here to inspire you in our Romance Trope Fanfiction Challenge.

Just pick your favorite trope from the list* below, and write a story, letting your imagination take the wheel!

• Mutual pining


• Bed sharing


• Fake dating


• Marriage of convenience


• Friends to lovers


• Soulmates


• Meet-cute

*list courtesy of thestanceyg.tumblr.com

Now for the Rules:

Challenge Dates - Submission date is March 24; Posting date is March 25.

Open to - Fan Fiction (Caryl and McReedus)

The Prompt - Pick a romance trope (or two or three) from the list provided to use in/inspire your fanfiction piece.

The Deadline - All submissions must be turned in by midnight on March 24 Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Send a PM to silversundown, the-space-between1013, or alannastara on the Nine Lives site that you want to enter the challenge. Even if you're not sure you'll have anything ready in time - let us know you're planning on it. *YOU MUST DO THIS TO BE INCLUDED.*

For FANFICTION:

WRITE! Stories must be at least 100 words.

Multiple entries are allowed (and so veryyyy welcome)!

Do not upload it yet! Wait until Saturday, March 24th to upload your fic – just like in challenges past, we will be suspending automatic validation for that day for all authors who enter the challenge. (This is one of the main reasons why you need to let an admin know you'll be participating.)

Submission Day is Saturday, March 24th – post your fic. It will not appear on the archive, but will enter our validation queue. Make sure you submit it under the Nine Lives Challenge category!

Publication Day is Sunday, March 25th – We will post the master list and all of the challenges entries so everything shows up at once. That way, we’re all surprised by what we get to read!

Any challenge fics posted before March 24th will be deleted. IF FOR SOME REASON you are unable to post on the 24th, please send a PM to one of the challenge mod - we will work with you.

Any questions? Post here or privately to one of the challenge mods. Happy ficcing!