Hi there, everyone! <3 These are the Leader Applications for our July 2021 session of Scratch Writing Camp. Before I begin, a special thank you to @Candylanguagegirl for creating SWC, to @TheEnderQueen, @EcIipsed, @Sunshine_the_Rainbow, and @-IcicIe- for hosting SWC in the past, to @-Alocasia for hosting alongside me this session, and to @PerfectlyPinkPanda, @-ChocoLoco-, @whiteandblackcat and @honeybreeze for co-hosting. - FAQ - (Please read *everything*, regardless of whether you've been leader before. Quite a lot has changed!) 1. What is SWC? SWC, or Scratch Writing Camp, is a triannual virtual writing camp. It runs for the months of March, July and November. Each participant chooses a word goal for themselves, and tries to reach that by the end of camp. There's also a competitive aspect with cabin points (there are currently 14 cabins - you'll be in one of them), and there will be activities such as character development or writing using creative limitations that you can complete for points. The camp runs from the 1st of July to the 31st of July and it's entirely online - so you can be there 5 minutes or 3 hours a day, at any time. 2. When is my (co) leader application due? 11:59 PM EST on May 16th. 3. When will you be choosing (co) leaders? On May 17th, Alba and I will decide, and we will notify all of the leaders sometime that day. Co-leaders will be chosen by the leaders, not us, between the 17th of May and the 1st of June. 4. How do co-leaders work? Each cabin (See below for a list of cabins!) needs one or two co-leaders. A returning rule is that *if* you are an experienced leader (meaning that if you have lead before - but if you've co-lead 3+ times you can also discuss with the hosts about having one co), you may have the option to choose *one* co-leader, but otherwise you must have two. As mentioned above, the cabin leaders will choose their co leaders - not the hosts. If you're only interested in applying for co, please mention that in your app. You are not allowed to advertise your application to the chosen leaders, and we will be monitoring this. Note that if you are not selected for leader, your application automatically becomes a co-leader application. 5. What are the differences between leader and co-leader? Leaders generally have more responsibility than co-leaders. They are more 'in charge' of the cabin, which could potentially mean making more decisions. All leaders are promoted in the main cabin, and expected to help add points there, whereas co-leaders aren't. Both co-leaders and leaders generally add words in their own cabin. 6. What are the cabin names? Mystery – Science Fiction (Sci-Fi) – Contemporary – Realistic Fiction (Real-Fi) – Horror – Thriller – Adventure – Historical Fiction (Hi-Fi) – Fantasy – Dystopian – Fairy Tales – Mythology – Poetry – Nonfiction (Non-Fi) You aren't required to write in the genre of your cabin name! It's simply a name ^^ Note: The Poem cabin has officially been changed to the Poetry cabin. 7. Is there a backup cabin? We’ve added backup cabins in the past (Poem, Mythology, Fairy Tales, Non-Fi, Classics), so if we get more campers than last session, we will look into the idea. 8. I've never been a leader and/or participated in SWC before. Can I apply/will more experienced people be chosen over me? *IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ* Last session, new criteria was put into practice for being able to apply for leader (you had to have been a camper twice or a co-leader once) but due to some complications last time, we've decided to eliminate this rule altogether. For clarification, you *can* apply if you have never participated in SWC before, or if you've only participated once. We will try to prevent too many new leaders, but otherwise we'll choose only based on how good your application is - with the three main criteria of creativity, personality and answer quality. 9. When are camper signups out? June 1st! Leave a comment if you want to be notified for them. 10. Why do I need to include my timezone? This is a very small factor in choosing leaders and co-leaders, as we don't want all the leaders to be in the same timezone - that would make the adding of points and words as well as the changing of dailies far more difficult. 11. How do you communicate with leaders and co leaders? We have a discussion forum. 12. How will I know if my application has been seen? Alba and I are going to be loving all applications when we've seen them – and our co-hosts likely will too. We'll also go through all of them at the end, in case you change something! (Also, I’ll get a notification whenever you remix, so there’s no need to link your application in the comments.) --- Text & background image: Canva! Music: Strong Future from https://www.purple-planet.com Good luck! <3
