User blog:Sprinklemist/New Story

New Story
Well, it's that time, again. I don't usually make a whole blog dedicated to my new stories, at least not in recent years. There's just a handful of things I wanted to say about it.

It's called Total Deception Island, and I feel like it's a fresh start, as in, if you haven't read a Sprink story, or you haven't in a while, it doesn't really matter. You can pick up at the start, and for those who don't know, I post new chapters each Monday. If I don't I tend to let everyone know. I've already had a couple of new readers/commenters so I really appreciate that. Any feedback anyone has to give is appreciated (well, unless it's 'Gah! This story is so bad!', or something negative without much explanation), as I tend to go by feedback, and try to improve even from chapter to chapter. I'm slowly working on my writing, even though it's a really slow process for me, as change is not my stroungsuit.

Thanks, too, goes to the readers that have stuck by me. I try to add interactive contests to get the reader involved, in a way not possible via the actual series, in order to show that appreciation to the readers. I really appreciate that, guys.

Pic For the First Chapter
Nextly, I've been really wanting to draw a scene from the opening chapter, but I haven't been able to decide on what. For those that have read the chapter, a suggestion as to what I should attempt to draw would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to anybody with an idea.

New Story Ideas
I also had ideas for two stories for after my next all-star story. One involves a team competition where teams of two win and are eliminated together. This would be a spin off of my main series. The teams would be made up of pairs of All-Stars, or an All-Star and an unseen family member or significant other. I'm not sure of the nature of the competition. An Amazing Race deal may seem obvious, but I'm not sure if I'd be capable of writing up a challenge and description dependant series. So if anyone has suggestions for a more traditional way to make it work, I'd appreciate that, as well as general opinions of the idea.

The second idea is an early 20th century mystery story. Mystery is my favorite genre, and I had a good idea for a story. It will not be a murder mystery, but it will be a competition asking the contestants to solve different mysteries and go through challenges. It would definitely be more similar to my b series of Total Drama Time Travel and Total Drama Super Powered. Any feedback on this idea?

Secret Guessing Contest?
Finally, people have suggested that I have a contest for people to guess the secrets of the Total Deception Island contestants. I'm not sure how well that will work, but if people have guesses, I don't think it will do much damage. Also, if I consistently get guesses somewhere for the secrets, I could include wrong guesses in the story via that urn thing, if people come up with some good/funny ones. The only issue with that is if I get the right guess and ignore it, it might tip people off, on the other hand, if I get a lot of guesses it probably would not have that effect. Should I have a guessing contest on the story's talk page in order to encourage people to guess after each chapter, as opposed to a blog with a life of one week? Also, should I offer a prize for someone who guesses the most right? If so, what?

Thanks for reading, skimming, or just reading the part that interested you. :3