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fistofcurry
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Count me in, though I should probably deal with real life issues first.
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De Chelonian Mobile
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That's why writing in new genres is such a fantastic exercise. I never would have thought "I want to write RomCom", but after getting a RomCom prompt in another contest, now it is my preferred genre. Stretching the muscles is a great thing to do.
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lisafox10800
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A couple of us who did not move forward decided to "write anyway" this weekend (word count, prompts and all - with a loose deadline for anyone who needed) and we randomly picked a heat number. We could theoretically do the same here - from either last year's Flash or Short Story contests. This way it's a totally random and even playing field. And of course if someone picks a genre they could write in their sleep, we could keep the same prompts but just offer that person a "scarier" assignment...
I remember someone on the forums at one point also mention a "random prompt generator" somewhere online or via an app.
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fistofcurry
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Looking at the list of genres I can't see anything I think I would struggle with. I can see plenty of things I don't write often, or haven't been asked to write in this contest. I could handle political satire but it sounds emotionally exhausting. I've never tried to write anything romantic (that I would share). I'm a big fan of fantasy and sci-fi but haven't written much of them either. Horror and ghost story are also styles I haven't been called upon to try either.
I say we should randomly select prompts from round 1 or 2. Simply put them into a list in google sheets and randomly generate a number next to each participant's name.
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fistofcurry
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Another possibility would be to skip the format of the challenges posted here in favor of a different prompt. We could trust people participating to work in a genre they do not feel comfortable with. Instead of providing specifics like a character and an object, we could do something like the first line challenge instead, where everyone must start their sentence with the same first line.
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stephenmatlock
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This is my favorite method for writing exercises. In my old writing group, we would all show up, create on-the-spot a first line, then everyone would have to pick someone else's first line and go with it. I had some hilarious stuff. One of my short pieces turned into my novel, all based on the very first line: The car ran through the STOP sign as if it wasn't there. Why would a car run a STOP sign? Who is watching? What does (s)he think? And that led to an entire novel (coming-of-age) where we must figure out for ourselves what "right" and "wrong" mean, and how we navigate a world where right and wrong are flexible concepts. |
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steph9289
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I really like the idea of giving certain parameters (same first sentence, for example) and then letting writers choose their own genres. The goal is to choose a genre we want to experiment with as writers! But it would definitely be cool to have our stories connected in some way.
We have several options! 1. We could all start with the same sentence. 2. We could all incorporate the same character. 3. We could all end with the same sentence. 4. We could all include the same location. Just some ideas! |
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lisafox10800
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Whatever the group decides is fine by me! :) Look forward to it.
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