The cold times are still out there...

Hey you guys!

We hope that everything is fine with you and that you have started well and healthy into the new year.
Over here in Europe the cold season has finally started and we have talked about the site and the people that are here to read and comment and that sometimes give us a very hard time.


There has not been a lot going on lately beside a long and not very polite discussion about someone who talked to many people and as many people didnt like the site and those people were hoping for more romantic fics and the fics are not romantic enough and some writers are really bad and write sad stuff. Putting it in a nutshell: more romance is required for some of you.

Now we need to ask you a question: What do you (our writers) need to come forward? 
Is it new ideas? Don't you find the time to write? Or is Westlife actually over for you?

We girls from the Staff have been pretty busy but if anyone has a story to share, romantic or not, dont hesitate to share it. We have agreed that every story is welcome here and we hope that comments like the ones we had here a couple of times didn't drive you away.
Like a book, a novel or a short story each of your stories should have highs and lows, that's what keeps a reader. The lifer can't just come home, make a baby and live happily ever after. We need romance as much as heartaches, suspense and tension. If you have a happy end to share, do so. As well as an unhappy ending or some drama.
As you may have realized, we have lables on every fic. Maybe we could add a little "Happy end- lable" for those of you who strictly need a happy ending. Others might be sad because they dont want it spoiled...



But still we have a little preview into the things that are to come for you. These are Neverland's 2016-Plans and we really hope for a few more writers and nice comments:

• C&R crossroads and roundabouts: We are currently working on four fics with four authors and it is a blast! We can't wait for the finished fics!
• Contest: The contest is still up and running! We had planned it until October 2015, but we only have one fic in by now so if you still want to participate on the time-travel-storyline, go ahead! We will postpone the submission date for another three months until the end of March 2016.
  So open you laptop and give it a go!
• Favourite Stories... we had once started talking about favourite stories. Maybe we can persuade some of the writers to tell us which of their own fics is their favourite and why?
  All readers are of course more than welcome to join in, let us know which of neverland's many fics is your favourite and why.
  But! And this is a big but: We dont want people to simply set up a clamour and go into rant against some writer or a story. So be nice and if you have nothing nice to say please have the decency not to insult the others 

Now have a great weekend!
Your Neverland Staff

 

Coming up... Our new Contest

Hey everyone!!

From July to October 2015, a new Neverland-Contest is on for you.

This years theme is "Timetravel"

Make up your minds, there are loads of possibilities! You chose the time, the place, pick a lifer, a setting, a character and blow us away with a story.
You may travel into the past, take a step into the future, the sky is the limit (not even).

Now have fun writing, we expect your stories until the beginning of November!
We can't wait!!

Cheers, da Staff :)

Crossroads and Roundabouts & Fiction Contest

Hi guys,

As you all know, we're always looking for new stories and ways to challenge you all to write.

Back in the day there used to be at least one Fiction Contest a year. There was a set theme which had to play a role in your story but other than that you were free to write whatever. There was about 4 months to get the story written, then all the stories would be scripted and posted to the site for everyone to judge. The winner got featured in the sidebar and got to pick a new theme.
We would love to bring this back. Since it's been so long since the last contest, we're going to let you guys pick the theme. Have an idea? Post it in the comment-section below and we'll make a poll with the suggestions. Suggestions can be made till 21/6, then a poll will go up so that we can start the new season at the beginning of July.

Another favorite of ours was the Crossroads and Roundabouts. In this challenge you write on not one, not two but on four stories! But you won't be doing it alone, you'll get help from others willing to join in on the challenge.
All the stories will consist of four parts: beginning, middle part 1 and 2 and the end. You'll start with the beginning on fic 1, then you'll write middle part 1 on fic 2, middle part 2 on fic 3 and the end of fic 4.

If you want in on this challenge, drop us an email at neverland.fics@gmail.com putting Crossroads and Roundabouts as a subject.
But! Think before joining in. If you want in, you're in for the long run, meaning;
* You're able to write a minimum of 5-10 pages a month, four times.
* Your English is well enough for other participants to work with. They will be finishing what you've started after all.

Signing up for C&R starts now and is open till june 27. If there's enough participants by then, you'll be sent any info you might require before july 1st, the official starting date.
You'll be expected to send your part 3 days before the end of the month at the latest so that everyone can be sent their next part to work on before the new month begins.

Any questions can be put in the comment section below or on email of course.

We hope you're just as excited about these challenges as we are and hope you'll join in!

Neverland Staff

Challenge XXIII - Love Triangles

Hey y'all,

So, the current challenge has been running for quite some time so after some deliberation the Neverland staff has decided a new challenge is in order.
We now proudly present you; The Love Triangle challenge.

We challenge you to write a story involving a Love triangle. As usual there's a form that makes you blindly pick a 'lifer, a location, a quote and other stuff to incorperate in your fic. There's also something of a storyline embedded in the choices. You get to decide how to handle it, it's just a one-sentence suggestion.
The third party of the love triangle is up to you. It could be an actor you love, one of the other lifers or even a totally random stranger. Whatever suits your story best.

Get your challenge now by clicking on the link in the sidebar or down below :)

As we're talking writing, we've also been discussing the Contests we used to run. We always enjoyed them, how bout you?
A little reminder since it's been a while. Whereas in a challenge you mainly challenge yourself with the stuff we hand to you, in the Contest there's a challenge with the other writers of Neverland. There's a theme and that's it. The rest is up to you. Contests always used to run for about four/five months after which there'd be the uploading of fics and then voting for your favorites. The fics were meant to be longer fics since you have quite some time to write for them.

So what do you think? Should we get a new Contest going? And if so, what would you like for a theme? Hit us with your ideas and according to that we'll decide what to do!

Now; go get your challenge;

HERE!

Have fun :)

Neverland Staff

PS; Do keep in mind that each filled in form has to be answered to manually. It might take some time for one of the staff to get back to you but we try to check the email account as often as possible. If you don't hear back from us in 24 hours, feel free to give it another go or give a shout at the tagboard and we'll let you know if we got it or not :)

Natalie's idea: Mini Series

Hey there peeps!

I am finally back home, my computer is back in my hands (buahaha!!!) Really hoping that everyone around is fine, our thoughts at the moment are again with our dear readers and writers from the Philipines, you are in our prayers!

But I also have some good news for you:

We have tried very often to collect new ideas for a theme, a contest or a challenge, maybe this one could be interesting for a new contest.

Steffi and I thought about it, we still have no idea how to realize this properly, but we want you to give it a thought as well.

It can of course be about the lads back then with concerts and recording, but think about that for a second: A realistic part about NOW. What are they doing since the band's end? What's on their minds, how do they live their lives with families they don't really know at places they have never stayed at for longer that a few weeks, kids and wives they only know via skype or facetime...? What's their lives like after westlife? 

 

 And with that background a great idea by one of you to think about:

 

 Natalie said...

Hi everyone,

I've had an idea! I may be thinking too big but let me know what u think.
How about we all club together and write a mini series?! I was thinking we could base the characters around one familiar place, ie a hotel the band stay in, maybe their record label, or even a holiday destination....then we each take a band member and intertwine the stories. So it's one massive story shown from each band members perspective, and within each story the writer can delve into their chosen band members own personal life.

I haven't got a clue if this will actually work (especially interactively!) if it does, it will mean a lot of conferring between writers and a lot of planning so everyone's on the same page....but I'm thinking that if maybe everyone seems to be lagging with writing recently then with the support from each other it will give us the boost we all need!

Let me know what you think!
Natalie x

Contest Voting

Okay, the voting starts :)

To vote for your favourite story of this year's contest, follow this link!

 CONTEST VOTING

End: Wednesday night,
 so hurry up if you haven't voted yet!

CONTEST: Story B - Paradise Lost by Bex

And here's the second story of the Contest. Read, enjoy, leave comments and make a decision, which one of these stories you like best!  Voting starts later :)

Title: PARADISE LOST
Author: Bex
Genre: AU, D, SX
Rating: 18+
Cast: You, four lifers
Teaser: After finding out he's slipped back into his criminal tendencies, she knows it's only a matter of time before he's found and taken away from her.

CONTEST: Story A - Better Than I Know Myself by Christine

Hey everyone,

here's the first story of this year's contest. Enjoy and leave Christine many comments, please!!

Title: BETTER THAN I KNOW MYSELF
Author: Christine
Genre: AU,T,SX
Rating: 18+
Cast: You, one friend and three lifers
Teaser: He's slipped from her grasp too many times, this time she's determined to catch him, but she's confused as to what she'll do when she finally does...

Fiction: Two Broken For Love - by Bex

Winner Contest Season VIII

Title: TWO BROKEN FOR LOVE

Author: Bex

Rating: 18+

Genre: R,D,V,SX

Pages: 198

Cast: You, Kian, Shane, Nicky and Mark

Teaser: They've both suffered heartache, both swearing to never love again. A chance meeting leads to a different type of relationship forming. Will they ever be able to open their, once broken, hearts again?

Contest Season IX: Theme

Season IX
.
I'm leaning towards a crime/criminal type of theme. So the fic could revolve around the favourite lifer being in law enforcement or actually committing the crime. Or they could just be an innocent bystander forced to act out of character, or the victim of a kidnapping... anything goes.
Bex

Final submition date: July, 2012.

General rules for the contest, such as dates and story size, you can find here.
If you still have some questions, write an email to: neverland.fics@gmail.com

Have fun and good luck!!

Strictly 18+, might be disturbing to a sensitive soul!

Hey there everyone!
Since I won't be allowed to participate in the contest, I want at least give you some new fic to read and enjoy :) To some of you it might be a little disturbing that is why we have chosen to announce a "strictly 18+" for this one, not only for sexual content but also some psychological issues that can be found in this fic.
I hope you'll like it, we will update it today and give you another part on Wednesday to shorten the time between two updates a little for you.

Don't be too surprised, in this story you have a couple of sibblings and a family given. You also have an (ex)boyfriend that can not be chosen. Scripting every person would leave you with answering about 50 questions in advance that is why I dismissed that idea right away.
Now have fun with the first part...


Titel: Worlds apart
Rating: 18+
Genre : D, SX
Cast : You, five lifers, one friend
Teaser : This is a journey through life and the land of dreams in search of true love, adventure and the one decision that is hopefully right and fits the bill. You may find love, and lose your mind along the way...

Contest: The tattoo-theme

Good morning peeps!

Another week is almost over and only yesterday inspiration suddenly hit me... as you may know, Steffi and I don't have much time beside all the stuff we have going on with work and private life, but we try our best. And while I was revising some student's thesis I got bitten by sudden inspiration for a fic I had started years ago... the tattoo-theme for the contest. And I almost finished it which lifted my spirits and literally made me jump.
Anyhow, since I am staff by now I won't be able to participate in the contest itself but maybe I can update my fic anyway and make your mouths water at the sight of the cake yet to come :)
As a reminder: "due-date" for the contest is the end of December, so you still have some time to finish your own fics or maybe even start on something.

So... one of next weeks updates will be part of the contest-theme already. Stay tuned, I hope you'll like it!

Apart from that: Many fics have been sent during the last months and since Steffi and I life quite far from each other, coordination only works via email and chat, so don't be mad if we don't manage to script and update your fics in order and let us know if you have sent something that maybe got lost somewhere along the way, we will check on it and give you feeback! Just write the fics name in an email, send it in neverland.fics@gmail.com and we will try to find it.

Now, have a great rest of the week and a lovely weekend!!
Cheers! Noa

Hey everyone!!!
Please remember: We still have a Contest open, waiting for some good stories! :)
I loved the theme and I want to keep the submition open for another round, expecting your fics by the end of the year.


As a little reminder:

Season VIII

I think since I have a mad obsession for them; tattoos should be the theme of next season. It can be anything; you can be a tattoo artist, you or the lifer can get one the other loves/hates. You can get a tattoo that gives you magical powers- whatever; the sky's the limit!. Just so the main theme of the story has to do with some sort of tattoo. How about bonus points for the more creative?

Jacelynn

-Final submition date: 31th of December, 2011.

Any doubts?! You know the drill, ask us by e-mail, neverland.fics@gmail.com.

Fiction: Shadows - by Steffi

Winner Fiction Contest Season V

Title: Shadows

Author: Steffi

Rating: 18+

Genre: AU; D; V; SX; R

Chapter: 18

Pages: 98

Cast: You; 5 Lifers; 2 Friends

Teaser: The only thing she knows about the mysterious man who broke in her chamber was that he is dangerous. But very soon she finds out that he has a secret and she tries to reveal it, not thinking about its possible consequences for her whole life.

Contest Season VIII Theme

Season VIII

I think since I have a mad obsession for them; tattoos should be the theme of next season. It can be anything; you can be a tattoo artist, you or the lifer can get one the other loves/hates. You can get a tattoo that gives you magical powers- whatever; the sky's the limit!. Just so the main theme of the story has to do with some sort of tattoo. How about bonus points for the more creative?

Jacelynn

-Final submition date: 10th of June, 2010.

For general rules for the contest, such as dates and story size, check here.

Any doubts?! You know the drill, ask us by e-mail, neverland.fics@gmail.com. 

Fiction: Back To Life - by Noa

Winner Fiction Contest Season V

Title: Back To Life 

Author: Noa

Rating: 18+

Genre: D; SX

Chapter: 13

Pages: 86

Cast: You; 4 Lifers, Brian; 1 Friend

Teaser: Can there be a future if there’s no past?

Fiction: Dublin Polaroid - by Lia

Winner Fiction Contest Season IV

Title: Dublin Polaroid 

Author: Lia

Rating: 13+

Genre: AU; D; R

Chapter: 7

Pages: 34

Cast: You; 5 Lifers

Teaser: Stories are just polaroids in the middle of the crowd. This is another one.

Fiction: To Sweden With Trouble - by Helena

Winner Fiction Contest Season III

Title: To Sweden With Trouble

Author: Helena

Rating: G

Genre: R

Chapter: 5

Pages: 9

Cast: You; 4 Lifers

Teaser: Pickled herring, birch twigs, dressing a pole, funny hats, lanterns and skiing for 90 km, Sweden do have strange things happening...

Fiction: The Lucky Bracelet - by Carol & Lia

Winner Fiction Contest Season II

Title: The Lucky Bracelet 

Author: Carol & Lia

Rating: G

Genre: D; R

Chapter: 10

Pages: 28

Cast: You; 1 Lifer; Brian; 1 Friend

Teaser: What if their destiny was being together since they were kids?

Fiction: A Way To Find Love - by Anna

Winner Fiction Contest Season I

Title: A Way To Find Love 

Author: Anna

Rating: 13+

Genre: AU; D; R

Chapter : 7

Pages: 10

Cast: You; 2 Lifers; 1 Friend

Teaser: She is trying to get away from an unwanted marriage that her brother has planned for her. Her best friends have the perfect plan to help her, but it does not go like they had planned.