Hey all,
What do you say we get this show on the road again?
First, we’ll need judges. Any volunteers? We need a minimum of three or we can’t proceed. Now before you jump up and shout "Me! Me!" please keep the following in mind:
“Judges will still be allowed to participate and have their works commented on. However, their pieces will not be scored. Thus they will have the opportunity to get the benefits of LM while not being put in a situation where they could be accused of less than honest behavior.” ~valeca
Second (and with a big thank you to Smilinghelps for keeping track), we have a huge list of suggestions to choose from. Since it’s been a while, let’s recap (again)…
Submitted by:
Lost in Some Story
Nonsense: Write a 500 word piece about something completely absurd. A shoe vomiting out a stomach full of pennies, a chipmunk flying to Neptune in a teacup to buy a stick of butter from the grocer. Doesn't matter. The sillier and weirder the better, as long as it makes no sense whatsoever.
Submitted by:
speakerphone2
1)
Dear Body: Write a letter to your body. It can be love, hate, ambivalent, grateful, spiteful, sarcastic, whatever! Idea thanks to this Youtube video:
YouTube - dear body..
2)
"Have you heard the one about...": You're bartending and you hear all sorts of jokes all night long, told in various degrees of sobriety. Give us the good, the bad, or the ugly.
3)
Doo you spek zee Angliish?: Somehow, in a cruel case of mistaken identity, you've been brought to CIA headquarters to translate a conversation. Languages, speakers, and whether or not you understand them, is up to you!
Submitted by:
wheelz:
"New" object advertisement:
Write an article describing and reviewing a common household object as if no one has ever heard of or seen it. The catch is you must be as convincing as possible while also coming up with new uses for the object (which the reader will believe exist, as no one has ever heard of the object.)
Submitted by:
Pete C
The Other Side
Whenever I interview anyone for a writer's job, I ask them to tell me something that really irks them. They usually play the 'interview' card and say something like Racism or World Hunger. I then get them to write 500 words supporting whatever it is that they're against. I also insist that the piece is not sarcastic or comical, but a genuine argument in defence of the subject. Might be fun to do something like that.
Submitted by:
eggo
Delivery! You are a delivery driver for the postal service. You have a particular box to deliver to an unfamilar address. What's in the box or where it's going to is up to you.
Submitted by:
Athnephiel
Would it help if I said something like pirates? As in 'Argh... I'm Jack Sparrow, I'z cool cuz I'z uh pirate. Where's my bloody rum?' I mean, I'll probably never look for a writing job anywhere in the U.K. (America is just fine for me right now...), but would it lighten your day much?
Submitted by:
vangoghsear
How about if someone posts a photograph or a painting that seems to have a story behind it (an example might be Edward Hopper's famous painting "Nighthawks"). Then the contestants view the image and write a story based on the image. In say 500 words.
Submitted by:
Pete_C
Hows about this: write your own obit! People should be honest and also brutally frank, taking a third party perspective on their own highs and lows.
Submitted by:
speakerphone2
write someone else's autobiography (made up character or someone you know... just make it interesting.)
Submitted by:
Smilinghelps
Imagine you're in your 90's. You grew up in a time when cars were invented, milk was delivered to your doorstep and you communicated with friends through letters. You wake up one morning in the body of a teenager or adolescent. How does your day go? How amazing is technology to you? Can you drive a car or operate a cell phone? Your mind hasn't changed but your body is young again. Can you deal with life in the present and your mind in the past?
If I’ve missed one, please let me know.
So, which will it be? Vote now and vote often. Oh yeah. And please post your votes as soon as possible (like now) so we can get this challenge underway.
Thanks muchly!
Hawke
