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Single Sentence Challenge Promptfest is BACK
Think you can’t write fanfic? Think again, because Sentence!Fest is a fun way to get your feet wet. Basically, the challenge is to tell a complete story using one sentence only.
Sounds easy, but perhaps it is not. How would you tell your story if you only had the space of one sentence? Would you use dialogue? Action? Emotion? Observation? Would it be haunting? Poetic? Sexy? Tragic?
The rules are simple: Tell a story using one sentence. It can be as long as you want it to be, but it must make sense (imaginary points will be deducted). It can be as short as you want it to be, but make those words count. Tell a story that will provoke the imagination of your readers – one they will demand to have the beginning, middle and end of from you – that is the ultimate goal. Here is an example:
Neal and Peter have the sex.
Here is a better one:
When Peter finally opened his eyes, it was to see his lover's rapt face as Neal rode him, the rising sun forming a perfect golden halo around his dark head; his savior, his angel.
Capice?
This particular ‘fest will operate like any other. Take a prompt, fill a prompt, leave a prompt. There are no limits – multiple folks can fill any and all prompts. Use them to craft a narrative if you like, but each entry must convey an entire scene within that narrative. All subject matter is fair game, so RPF/RPS is allowed. This fest is unlocked and opened to everyone who would like to write.
Cuz Sentencefest can be a little overwhelming, it will be co-moderated by myself,
coffeethyme4me and
rabidchild67 .
Prompts will be found in the first comments below - let the games begin.
Think you can’t write fanfic? Think again, because Sentence!Fest is a fun way to get your feet wet. Basically, the challenge is to tell a complete story using one sentence only.
Sounds easy, but perhaps it is not. How would you tell your story if you only had the space of one sentence? Would you use dialogue? Action? Emotion? Observation? Would it be haunting? Poetic? Sexy? Tragic?
The rules are simple: Tell a story using one sentence. It can be as long as you want it to be, but it must make sense (imaginary points will be deducted). It can be as short as you want it to be, but make those words count. Tell a story that will provoke the imagination of your readers – one they will demand to have the beginning, middle and end of from you – that is the ultimate goal. Here is an example:
Neal and Peter have the sex.
Here is a better one:
When Peter finally opened his eyes, it was to see his lover's rapt face as Neal rode him, the rising sun forming a perfect golden halo around his dark head; his savior, his angel.
Capice?
This particular ‘fest will operate like any other. Take a prompt, fill a prompt, leave a prompt. There are no limits – multiple folks can fill any and all prompts. Use them to craft a narrative if you like, but each entry must convey an entire scene within that narrative. All subject matter is fair game, so RPF/RPS is allowed. This fest is unlocked and opened to everyone who would like to write.
Cuz Sentencefest can be a little overwhelming, it will be co-moderated by myself,
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Prompts will be found in the first comments below - let the games begin.
El - salvage, for myself. ;)
Date: 2011-11-20 10:55 pm (UTC)II. In the back of her mind, she keeps thinking of Neal as theirs to "salvage", because she sometimes sees him as a sleek, elegant sailing boat adrift on the ocean, lost and abandoned, just waiting for some enterprising person to come along and put on a salvage crew of two.
III. Even she is a bit stumped for a while, almost seeing the situation as hopeless - but El has never been one to lie down and give up, and now that Keller's done and gone, she sets to work salvaging the relationship between Peter and Neal; because while Neal has been an idiot, and Peter a bit of a bastard, there's still so much left to fight for.
Lollipop
Red, red wine
Cinderella
Innocent
Early in the morning
On the fringes
Forever
Nevermore
Trespassing
Applaud
Audience
Re: El - salvage, for myself. ;)
Date: 2011-11-21 02:51 pm (UTC)Re: El - salvage, for myself. ;)
From:For Greyminerva: Elizabeth -- Cinderella
Date: 2011-11-21 02:36 pm (UTC)Re: For Greyminerva: Elizabeth -- Cinderella
Date: 2011-11-21 02:49 pm (UTC)Re: For Greyminerva: Elizabeth -- Cinderella
From:Red, red wine
Date: 2011-11-21 02:51 pm (UTC)Re: Red, red wine
Date: 2011-11-21 03:07 pm (UTC)Bad, bad image.
Re: Red, red wine
From:Lollipop
Date: 2011-11-21 02:53 pm (UTC)Early in the morning
Date: 2011-11-21 02:56 pm (UTC)Nevermore
Date: 2011-11-21 03:01 pm (UTC)Re: Nevermore
Date: 2011-11-21 04:01 pm (UTC)On the fringes
Date: 2011-11-21 03:07 pm (UTC)Re: On the fringes
Date: 2011-11-21 04:01 pm (UTC)Peter, Neal - Heal
Date: 2011-11-21 03:37 pm (UTC)Re: Peter, Neal - Heal
Date: 2011-11-22 02:10 am (UTC)from your finger tips to the writer's ears to paraphrase.
Peter/Elizabeth/Neal -- Fringes
Date: 2011-11-21 04:00 pm (UTC)Re: Peter/Elizabeth/Neal -- Fringes
Date: 2011-11-22 02:12 am (UTC)Prompty Prompts
Date: 2011-11-21 04:20 pm (UTC)Pearl
Oak
Sword
Owl
Fairy godmother/godfather
Gold
Silver
Jewels
Snow Queen
Red cloak
Wolf
Troll
Kingdom
Thorns
Snow White
Rose Red
White Snake
Frog
Kiss
Neal -- Sword
Date: 2011-11-21 06:40 pm (UTC)As Peter cries in relief when he finally holds El back in his arms, as they all wonder how El managed to escape and where Keller disappeared, as Peter keeps giving Neal strange glances, a mixture of anger, curiosity and gratitude, Neal’s heart feels heavy, but he still maintains his silence; thus, Peter never discovers what exactly happened to the treasure, and he doesn’t know that Keller’s body is now hopefully eaten by sharks near one particular tropical island, and he must never find out how far Neal and later Mozzie went to “fix” the disaster caused by their actions; honesty is a double-edge sword, and Neal knows better that to cut his own hands with it; still, sometimes he wishes he could tell someone the truth, if only to get the nightmares to leave his dreams.
Re: Neal -- Sword
Date: 2011-11-21 09:42 pm (UTC)Re: Neal -- Sword
From:Re: Neal -- Sword
From:Re: Neal -- Sword
From:Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
Date: 2011-11-21 09:51 pm (UTC)Special Agent Neal Caffrey was good at his job, but there were two thorns in his side: Elizabeth Patterson, a delicate beauty who was also a brilliant fence and art thief, and Peter Burke, a math whiz who'd embezzled millions from companies -- they were pains in his ass, but tonight he was grateful for them as they sheltered him and tended the gunshot wound in his leg while Keller, his dirty partner, tried to find and kill him.
Re: Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
Date: 2011-11-21 10:24 pm (UTC)Re: Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
From:Re: Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
From:Re: Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
From:Re: Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
From:Re: Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
From:Re: Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
From:Re: Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
From:Re: Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
From:Re: Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
From:Re: Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
From:Re: Neal Caffrey -- Thorns
From:Frog
Date: 2011-11-22 02:16 am (UTC)Re: Frog
Date: 2011-11-22 03:29 am (UTC)Re: Frog
From:Snow Queen
Date: 2011-11-22 02:20 am (UTC)Re: Snow Queen
Date: 2011-11-22 03:29 am (UTC)Peter -- In the Red
Date: 2011-11-22 03:33 am (UTC)He'd never wanted to be a criminal, but after his father lost his job and his mother got sick, twenty-year old Peter decided he had to find a way to get money for his parents, and that's when he started writing papers for his classmates -- and discovered a talent for skimming money off the school bookies by rearranging numbers.
Re: Peter -- In the Red
Date: 2011-11-22 04:25 am (UTC)Elizabeth -- Capable
Date: 2011-11-22 03:36 am (UTC)Elizabeth could have gotten a job, maybe in a gallery, or as an event planner (she did love parties, after all), but really, she enjoyed stealing because it was fun.
Re: Elizabeth -- Capable
Date: 2011-11-22 03:47 am (UTC)Re: Elizabeth -- Capable
From:Re: Elizabeth -- Capable
From:Alex -- Bad Judgment
Date: 2011-11-22 03:52 am (UTC)I. Alex had had a bad feeling about Keller ever since she'd joined the white collar unit three months ago, and she hadn't trusted how closely he'd been working with their corporate liaison, Vincent Adler, but she had kept her mouth shut because she was the rookie agent, and accusations had to be backed up with evidence, not just a gut feeling.
II. Her intuition seemed to be corroborated when she caught Keller in Neal's office, pawing through some files; he'd smiled his oily smile at her and showed her a folder on supposed mortgage frauds, but she'd seen the flash of writing on it, and she knew it had to do with Adler -- she went to go talk to Caffrey, and at least drop a hint to let him know something might be up, but she couldn't find him anywhere...and then she couldn't find Keller, and her heart sank like a stone.
Re: Alex -- Bad Judgment
Date: 2011-11-22 04:23 am (UTC)Re: Alex -- Bad Judgment
From:Re: Alex -- Bad Judgment
From:Fairy godmother
Date: 2011-11-22 04:29 am (UTC)Re: Fairy godmother
Date: 2011-11-22 04:39 am (UTC)Spindle
Date: 2011-11-22 04:36 am (UTC)Re: Spindle
Date: 2011-11-22 04:39 am (UTC)I want Peter as a fairy now. \o/
Neal -- Nervous
Date: 2011-11-22 04:38 am (UTC)He should have been nervous to be in the hands of the man he'd been pursuing for over two years now, but Neal felt nothing but gratitude and an over-whelming sense of exhaustion as the pain kicked in and the adrenaline ran out; before he knew it, he was sinking into sleep, while Elizabeth talked on the phone with someone named Diana, and Peter told him to hang on, help was coming...
Re: Neal -- Nervous
Date: 2011-11-22 04:47 am (UTC)Re: Neal -- Nervous
From:Red cloak
Date: 2011-11-22 04:40 am (UTC)Re: Red cloak
Date: 2011-11-22 05:22 am (UTC)Neal -- Hurt
Date: 2011-11-22 04:43 am (UTC)I. He still hurt when he woke, but it was distant, as if it were held back by painkillers, but the problem was, he was certain he wasn't in a hospital, so that meant...he opened his eyes and stared up at an unfamiliar ceiling, realized he was in an unfamiliar bed, but there was unfortunately a very familiar face leaning over him, and Neal sighed at Peter, "So it wasn't a dream that my partner just tried to kill me?"
Re: Neal -- Hurt
Date: 2011-11-22 04:46 am (UTC)Peter Fairy
Date: 2011-11-22 04:45 am (UTC)Re: Peter Fairy
Date: 2011-11-22 04:55 am (UTC)Re: Peter Fairy
From:Sword
Date: 2011-11-22 04:50 am (UTC)Re: Sword
Date: 2011-11-22 04:56 am (UTC)Re: Sword
From:Troll
Date: 2011-11-22 04:52 am (UTC)Re: Troll
Date: 2011-11-22 04:56 am (UTC)