Competition: Muz Monthly Topic: September Tragedy

Muz Monthly Topic: Tragedy

If you love your characters, make it difficult for them.

Write a fiction where the main character is faced with some manner of tragedy. Often, these are flawed, but strong characters, where the unique situations that they have come into are magnified and made painful by their own shortcomings and weaknesses. To wit, Hamlet would handle Iago just fine, while Othello would have killed Claudius before Act 2 could even begin. Put these characters in a situation where their greatest strengths are not useful, and let them struggle deeply against a fate that they can not truly escape.

• Character development and evolution is encouraged, and descriptive writing is always welcomed.
• Entries must be submitted as a static file (e.g. .pdf, .txt, .docx) or using the submission box on the Brotherhood website. Google Docs links and other ‘live’ documents that can be edited after submission will be ineligible for placement.
• If your entry is not PG-13, please make sure to hide your entry by unchecking the “Allow people to view your submission after the competition has been judged” box Entries must be a minimum of 500 words. Any entries that are under 500 words will be ineligible for placement.
• Your story must be centered on your main character, one of your alternative characters, or a DJBWikipedia NPC of your creation.