Welcome to Period Drama Advice Event, a four part advice column event for period drama characters.
How it Works:
1) For each part of the event, there will be a letter from a period drama character asking for advice listed on Elegance of Fashion.
2) On your blogs, answer the letter as a character from a period drama character. Make sure to post a copy of the asking letter in your blog post.
3) Leave a comment at Elegance of Fashion in the post of the asking letter (It must be in that post!): the comment should contain the name of the character you're answering, the name of the character you are writing for and the URL of the answering letter post at your blog. For example, if you are responding to an asking letter from Scarlett O'Hara (Gone With the Wind) as Dorcas Lane (Lark Rise to Candleford), the comment should look something like this (note: the URL of the example is for my review of Lark Rise to Candleford, not of a letter post):
Scarlett O'Hara (Gone With the Wind)
Dorcas Lane (Lark Rise to Candleford)
http://elegance-of-fashion.blogspot.com/2010/08/review-lark-rise-to-candleford-series-1.html
It doesn't necessarily have to be exactly like this, but just as long as those pieces of information are in there.
4) I will accept responses for one week. When that week is up, I will open a poll for readers to vote in for their favorite response letter. I will have a post with all the links for that letter for people to read other letters. The poll will last for one week. The person with the most votes will be awarded a small banner or button to put on their blogs when the event ends.
5) If you win a part of the event, leave a comment here at Elegance of Fashion saying whether you would want a small banner or a button, which character you would want on the banner or button, and whether you would want your name/username or blog name on the button. All the winners will receive their buttons one week after the end of the event. If you do not comment by the end of the event, you will not receive a button.
Rules to Keep in Mind
1) As always, keep the letters clean. I won't accept letters that aren't.
2) You can't write as a character from the same period drama as the character in the asking letter. For example, if the letter is from Elinor Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility, you cannot write as Marianne Dashwood.
3) You can enter up to five responding letters (they all must be from different characters, but those characters can be from the same period drama (so long as they're not from the same period drama as the character in the asking letter)). To even make it more interesting, you could have other characters reference other responding letters: for example, "As my dear father mentioned", "Unlike my dear Mrs. Elton", etc.
4) The character you are writing as could be real or fictional, but the character must come from a period drama.
5) You can also make regular comments on the asking letter posts. Those posts are not limited to entries. Feel free to comment!
6) Once a quarter of the event is finished (i.e. We've moved onto the next letter), you may write a responding letter as the character in any of the previous asking letters.
7) You can only win one button per event.
Start Date of Event: February 13th, 2012
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This event looks like such fun. I'm eagerly anticipating it--and I snagged your small Mr. Darcy button to display on my blog!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I hope to be able to participate. Is it a bad sign if I can't decide which button to use? ;) They're all so perfect!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of buttons, would you be willing to share how on earth you get the text boxes to show up (and work) in your post? I have no problem making blog buttons with text boxes on my sidebar, but when I try to do them in a post, DISASTER!! I spent 3 or 4 harrowing hours on Monday trying to do buttons for my Disney Tag Event before I finally gave up! Any advice (hee hee)you had on the subject would be much appreciated. :)
Oh how fun! Great idea! And I just LOVE the buttons you made...how clever! ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh my word, what fun buttons! I love all of those! No idea there were so many writing scenes in movies. :) Having trouble deciding which to post... :P
ReplyDeleteNot sure if I'll be participating or not, but I'll be reading posts, certainly!
What an exciting event! It's going to be so much fun writing response letters!
ReplyDeleteI've added the lovely North & South button to my sidebar and have posted about the event. I love the Emma / Harriet button too! :)
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ReplyDeleteI thought I answered your question in a comment a long time ago, but it's not up here. If you would still like help (like for a future event), I would be most happy to help you out with the HTML. Just leave a comment anywhere on Elegance of Fashion if you're interested and I'll help.
Hello!
ReplyDeletethat looks to me like a great idea ... Thanxxx a lot!