Good morning, everyone. Chris is away today and left me in charge....bwahahahahaha. I thought we might do something a bit different today since we had an open thread not too long ago. So I talked with Sarah for a bit yesterday and she came up with an exercise for us. Well, an exercise and a contest. I'm going to give you two writing prompts. Choose one of them. In the comments post up to 1,000 words. It doesn't have to be an entire story. What we're looking for is something to hook us enough that we want to keep reading. The only caveats are to keep it PG and to watch the language. Anything that steps over the line will be deleted (if you need to check on ick factor-ness, read
Sarah's post yesterday on her blog.)
Prompt #1: Choose three words from the following list. Two of them must be central to the story.
- motley
- signal
- estate
- glitter
- cut
Prompt #2: Use the following specifics to build your story. All three need to be included in the 1,000 words.
- character -- apprentice
- setting -- the beach
- problem -- fecundity
You have your challenge. All entries must be posted by 0600 EST Sunday morning. You can enter twice -- once for each prompt.
Now, I guess you're wondering what the winner will get -- and the winner will be decided by a group of MGC authors. The winner can choose any two titles from
Naked Reader Press. This includes Chris' upcoming novella
Rise of the Phoenix.
Any questions? Post them in the comments. Now, have fun and see where your muse takes you.
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