Here are the choices for the Best of Mythic Scribes 2012. You can keep your nominations coming, but this is a tentative list of what you can vote for.
Best Overall Thread:
1. Tell, Don't Show
2. Top Ten Stereotypes in Fantasy
3. Dialogue
4. Kill this Thread
Most Helpful Thread:
1. Opinion on 'said'
2. Tell, Don't Show
3. Ask Me About Swords
4. Guidelines for Discussing Religion
Best Post
1. Post #6 Reliability of Sources?
2. Post #3 Infusion of young blood can slow aging
3. Post #1 Skyrim COPS=Hilarious
Best Challenge
1. Iron Pen
2. The First Ever Reaver Trigger Challenge
3. The Year of the Dragon Trigger Challenge
4. Invent a Fantasy Word
5. Steerpike's Dialogue Challenge
6. The First Character-Building Character Challenge!
Best Article
1. Stop Writing That Epic! Why New Writers Should Start Small
2. Should Christians Write Fantasy?
3. Knowing What You Want
4. Why the Star Wars Prequels Failed
Best Fantasy Novel of 2012 (Pulled from Goodreads list)
1. Red Country-Joe Abercrombie
2. The Wind Through the Keyhole-Stephen King
3. The Woman Who Died A Lot-Jasper Fforde
4. The First Confessor-Terry Goodkind
5. King of Thorns-Mark Lawrence
6. The Blinding Knife-Brent Weeks
7. The Traitor Queen-Trudi Canavan
8. City of Dragons-Robin Hobb
9. The Killing Moon-N.K. Jemisin
10. Some King of Fairy Tale-Graham Joyce
11. Alif the Unseen-G. Willow Wilson
12. Bridge of Dreams-Anne Bishop
13. Percepliquis-Michael J. Sullivan
14. Throne of the Crescent Moon-Saladin Ahmed
15. The King's Blood-Daniel Abraham
16. The Emperor's Soul-Brandon Sanderson
17. Casket of Souls-Lynn Flewelling
18. Cast in Peril-Michelle Sagara
19. Forge of Darkness-Steven Erikson
(If none of these are to your liking, you can write in your choice)
Best Fantasy Movie of 2012:
1. The Hobbit
2. Snow White and the Huntsman
3. Wrath of the Titans
4. John Carter
5. Mirror Mirror
6. Jack the Giant Killer
7. Brave
8. The Odd Life of Timothy Green
9. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
10. Dark Shadows
11. The Amazing Spider-man
12. Rise of the Guardians
(If none of these are to your liking, you can write in your choice)
Best Fantasy TV Show of 2012:
1. How to Train Your Dragon
2. The Walking Dead
3. Game of Thrones
4. Once Upon a Time
5. Grimm
6. Supernatural
7. Vampire Diaries
8. Awake
(If none of these are to your liking, you can write in your choice)
Best Fantasy Video Game of 2012:
1. Diablo III
2. Final Fantasy XIII-2
3. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
4. Dragon's Dogma
5. Tales of the Abyss
6. Y's Origin
7. Borderlands 2
8. Xenoblade Chronicles
(If none of these are to your liking, you can write in your choice)
Member's Choice:
*Write in your choice.
Due to a lack of nominations for other choices, we will just go with these for the time being. If you would like to add more to any of these lists, you have until Dec. 21st. Add away!
NOTE: I took a lot of these choices from other "Best of 2012" lists.
Best Overall Thread:
1. Tell, Don't Show
2. Top Ten Stereotypes in Fantasy
3. Dialogue
4. Kill this Thread
Most Helpful Thread:
1. Opinion on 'said'
2. Tell, Don't Show
3. Ask Me About Swords
4. Guidelines for Discussing Religion
Best Post
1. Post #6 Reliability of Sources?
2. Post #3 Infusion of young blood can slow aging
3. Post #1 Skyrim COPS=Hilarious
Best Challenge
1. Iron Pen
2. The First Ever Reaver Trigger Challenge
3. The Year of the Dragon Trigger Challenge
4. Invent a Fantasy Word
5. Steerpike's Dialogue Challenge
6. The First Character-Building Character Challenge!
Best Article
1. Stop Writing That Epic! Why New Writers Should Start Small
2. Should Christians Write Fantasy?
3. Knowing What You Want
4. Why the Star Wars Prequels Failed
Best Fantasy Novel of 2012 (Pulled from Goodreads list)
1. Red Country-Joe Abercrombie
2. The Wind Through the Keyhole-Stephen King
3. The Woman Who Died A Lot-Jasper Fforde
4. The First Confessor-Terry Goodkind
5. King of Thorns-Mark Lawrence
6. The Blinding Knife-Brent Weeks
7. The Traitor Queen-Trudi Canavan
8. City of Dragons-Robin Hobb
9. The Killing Moon-N.K. Jemisin
10. Some King of Fairy Tale-Graham Joyce
11. Alif the Unseen-G. Willow Wilson
12. Bridge of Dreams-Anne Bishop
13. Percepliquis-Michael J. Sullivan
14. Throne of the Crescent Moon-Saladin Ahmed
15. The King's Blood-Daniel Abraham
16. The Emperor's Soul-Brandon Sanderson
17. Casket of Souls-Lynn Flewelling
18. Cast in Peril-Michelle Sagara
19. Forge of Darkness-Steven Erikson
(If none of these are to your liking, you can write in your choice)
Best Fantasy Movie of 2012:
1. The Hobbit
2. Snow White and the Huntsman
3. Wrath of the Titans
4. John Carter
5. Mirror Mirror
6. Jack the Giant Killer
7. Brave
8. The Odd Life of Timothy Green
9. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
10. Dark Shadows
11. The Amazing Spider-man
12. Rise of the Guardians
(If none of these are to your liking, you can write in your choice)
Best Fantasy TV Show of 2012:
1. How to Train Your Dragon
2. The Walking Dead
3. Game of Thrones
4. Once Upon a Time
5. Grimm
6. Supernatural
7. Vampire Diaries
8. Awake
(If none of these are to your liking, you can write in your choice)
Best Fantasy Video Game of 2012:
1. Diablo III
2. Final Fantasy XIII-2
3. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
4. Dragon's Dogma
5. Tales of the Abyss
6. Y's Origin
7. Borderlands 2
8. Xenoblade Chronicles
(If none of these are to your liking, you can write in your choice)
Member's Choice:
*Write in your choice.
Due to a lack of nominations for other choices, we will just go with these for the time being. If you would like to add more to any of these lists, you have until Dec. 21st. Add away!
NOTE: I took a lot of these choices from other "Best of 2012" lists.
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