Can I have my character be an inanimate object?

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   Will that be fun "bending" of the prompts, or will that garner a big "boooooooo" from the competition? My assigned 'character' might be really fun, if taken literally vs figuratively. 
This isn't it, but to illustrate what I mean -  let's say the character prompt was "cold fish" and instead of writing in a bummer of a character I used an actual cold fish as a major 'character' throughout the story...

What do we think?

Edited by Annie K - 04 Apr 2025 at 1:45am

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Annie K Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List NYC Midnight Regular Joined: 05 Feb 2025 Status: Offline Points: 398	Post Options Post Reply Quote Annie K Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Can I have my character be an inanimate object? Posted: 04 Apr 2025 at 1:43am
	Will that be fun "bending" of the prompts, or will that garner a big "boooooooo" from the competition? My assigned 'character' might be really fun, if taken literally vs figuratively. This isn't it, but to illustrate what I mean - let's say the character prompt was "cold fish" and instead of writing in a bummer of a character I used an actual cold fish as a major 'character' throughout the story... What do we think? Edited by Annie K - 04 Apr 2025 at 1:45am
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fioOxf Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 13 Jul 2018 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 7288	Post Options Post Reply Quote fioOxf Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 2025 at 2:29am
	If it functions as a character, why not?
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maxisdacat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 Sep 2024 Location: Toronto Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote maxisdacat Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 2025 at 2:03pm
	In the first round my assigned character was a grave robber. The only grave robber in my story was literally a dog, and I placed second in my group. A dog is obviously not exactly the same as an inanimate object, but I think as long as it's clear that the object fulfils the character assignment you should be fine.

crez Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 29 Jan 2019 Status: Offline Points: 1149	Post Options Post Reply Quote crez Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 2025 at 2:24pm
	Years ago I was in a group that got assigned Spy. One writer made all of the characters food items inside a refrigerator. Maybe the ketchup was the spy? I don't remember. Anyway, the story placed and the writer moved on to the next round. I suppose it could depend on the judges you get, but it's definitely been done!
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Annie K Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List NYC Midnight Regular Joined: 05 Feb 2025 Status: Offline Points: 398	Post Options Post Reply Quote Annie K Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 2025 at 7:58pm
	Okay, it's on! :)
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