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Fic Talk => I Challenge You.... => Topic started by: julilly on May 04, 2012, 04:56:12 PM
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Omg I am the worst, I'm sorry. I'm still writing my April challenge story and here I am late with the May challenge. Take me out into a field and do away with me! :P
This month's challenge is called First Impressions and the idea comes to us courtesy of a fellow AC forum member - Dreamalittlebigger!
The premise of this challenge started with this statement: "No good story starts with 'I was eating a salad...'"
Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to take one of the following "terrible first lines" and write a short story about it!
The Rules:
- MUST be alternate universe (the Boys are not Backstreet Boys, give whomever you use a different occupation/lifestyle)
- MUST be first-person narrative
- Max 3000 words
- No banners
- MUST start with one of the following phrases:
- “We met in a bar.”
- “I woke up, groggy and sweat-stained, to find an enormous hole in the center of my black T-shirt, like I came out on the losing end of a battle against Mothman.”
- "It was a dark and stormy night..."
- "I haven't had sex in six months with someone other than myself."
- "This is a mystery about a murder I committed."
Happy writing!!
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I will definitely have a go at this one!
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"This is a mystery about a murder I committed." LMAO.
Great idea for a challenge... I'll definitely do this one!
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Those are great. I scanned them to see if I wrote any of those lines already ;) heehee
I know I keep saying it but maybe I'll actually follow through and write a story this time.
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I'm so doing this. Already got an idea and which line I will use. I'm cracking up already haha. Love this challenge!
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Just posted my response to the challenge, "The Dry Spell"
http://www.absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10918
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It's not the best... but... LOL...
"Couple's Therapy" http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10919&warning=4
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Oh, I so have an idea for this one. Let's see if I can make it work. :)
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Great job Tracy and Hannah! I enjoyed both of your entries :D Keep 'em coming!
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I enjoyed your stories Hannah and Tracy :)
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I think this challenge was my best yet. Nick as a gynecologist amuses me!
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Can we do more than one? Just curious. I'm really bored and need writing prompts. LOL :-X
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I don't often have time to answer the challenges, but luckily, I read this one on my day off. Hope you like my contribution.
http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10920
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Can we do more than one? Just curious. I'm really bored and need writing prompts. LOL :-X
Go right ahead!
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I just came up with another idea, this is so unlike me! But great stories by everyone so far, I enjoyed them!
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Oh my goodness, I can't believe it took me this long to see this thread! I am all over this! And thanks for the wonderful stories so far, everyone! :)
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Finally, I had written something for a challenge. Very short but I hope you'll like it. :)
http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10923 (http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10923)
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Here's my second response. "Tool Time". It is also my very first story without Nick in it :)
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You guys are awesome, I'm loving these!
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I forgot to post the link lol here it is
http://www.absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10924&warning=4
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I have started three stories, each with a different first sentence and don't get very far :(
I'm trying....
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I have started three stories, each with a different first sentence and don't get very far :(
I'm trying....
I've started two and have the same problem :(
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Here's my take at the challenge:
Do You Have Any Grey Poupon?
http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10925
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I might use the "We met in a bar" or the dark and stormy night opening.
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Wow. Five and a half years later, I'm finally thinking of something to write for this challenge. As a matter of fact, I'm thinking of two story ideas. One for "dark and stormy night" and one for the Mothman opening. I might actually attempt a humor one for Mothman. Eep.
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Go for it! I actually like the Mothman line!
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Hey, better late than never. lol
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It's funny someone posted on here. I was just looking through some of these old challenge threads over the weekend, thinking I could use a good challenge to get the creative juices flowing. I have been writing every day in 2018, but I am moving at a sloth's pace on this novel I started; I literally have been working on the same chapter for over two weeks, and it's not even 3000 words long yet. I have a terrible track record at completing challenges, but I've really enjoyed the ones I have done. We should do an April Fool's challenge again this year; those are my favorite!
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We can totally do one for April. We'll see if we can come up with something.
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Yay!
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Wow. Five and a half years later, I'm finally thinking of something to write for this challenge. As a matter of fact, I'm thinking of two story ideas. One for "dark and stormy night" and one for the Mothman opening. I might actually attempt a humor one for Mothman. Eep.
Wow. My "dark and stormy night" story wants to be much longer than 3000 words.
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Wow. My "dark and stormy night" story wants to be much longer than 3000 words.
Oh my... it wants to turn into a whole freaking cozy mystery! Zow!