The boy from Four swore his revenge
His honor, he would try to avenge
He made his light
And put up a fight
If the Careers forgive him depends
A/N: Well isn't this festive? For those of you that don't know, I just opened my new SYOT! So when you're done reading this, you should go submit a character or two if you haven't already.
Think of this like a table. On the left is the District you put your character in. On the right is when the author says "Sorry, that spot is filled. What's your backup District?"
District 1: District 2 or 4. If your character is a typical Career, District 2 is recommended. If they're a ditzy, prissy District 1 girl, District 4 is recommended.
District 2: District 1 or 4. Either will work, as they're all capable of holding Careers.
District 3: District 5. Both are said to be incredibly intelligent as a whole.
District 4: District 1 or 2. You know. The Career thing.
District 5: District 3.
District 6: District 8. Both depend heavily on manufactured goods as their income, and the backstory wouldn't have to be altered too much in this case.
District 7: District 9. Both use heavy bladed tools that could be used as weapons for their jobs (ax vs sickle).
District 8: District 6 or 12. District 6 is explained above. District 12 works as well, because they're both incredibly poor, back-alley areas.
District 9: District 7.
District 10: District 11. They're geographically close and both work in a farm type environment. The only difference is that District 10 is animal based and District 11 is plant based.
District 11: District 10.
District 12: District 8.
This is a bonus section! These are the steps you should take if you want to submit more than one tribute to a story.
First tribute: Do whatever you want! It's your first tribute.
Second tribute: Conflict with your first tribute. For example, if your first tribute was an older girl, make a younger guy. If your first tribute was a cocky Career, maybe your second tribute could be a shy outer-district kid. Say your first tribute was made to win, you should make your second tribute a bloodbath.
Third tribute: If you haven't done so already, make a bloodbath. Seriously. It's hard watching your creations die, but odds are, they're going to anyway, so you might as well help out the author.
Fourth tribute: Have fun here. Maybe make a psychopath, or a mean girl or a murderer. The sky's the limit.
This of course is just an example. This is what I generally do.
Remember to submit to my SYOT if you have the chance!