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elrhiarhodan ([personal profile] elrhiarhodan) wrote2011-11-07 01:12 pm

White Collar Single Sentence Challenge II is Now Opened

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, [livejournal.com profile] coffeethyme4me and [livejournal.com profile] rabidchild67 .

Prompts will be found in the first comments below - let the games begin.

Neal & Keller, spite

[identity profile] daria234.livejournal.com 2011-11-17 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
*with blatant abuse of the very idea of "sentence"*

Years before Keller started kidnapping Neal's loved ones, he took something else from Neal, and back then, Neal thought it was impossible that he could ever do anything more purely motivated by spite; Neal's enemy went by another name then, but when he dug into Neal's past -- when he found what no one else could, that Neal Caffrey's real name was Matthew Keller -- he stole the name right from under him, committing crime after crime while wrapped in it, knowing that Neal would cringe every time he heard of another violent act, another stream of blood, spilled at the hands of the infamously brutal "Keller."

Re: Neal & Keller, spite

[identity profile] sheenianni.livejournal.com 2011-11-17 09:03 am (UTC)(link)
Brilliant! I like this.

Re: Neal & Keller, spite

[identity profile] daria234.livejournal.com 2011-11-17 09:05 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :)
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Re: Neal & Keller, spite

[personal profile] greyminerva 2011-11-17 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, clever and intriguing! Love the idea. :)

Re: Neal & Keller, spite

[identity profile] daria234.livejournal.com 2011-11-17 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much! :)

Re: Neal & Keller, spite

[identity profile] attackfish.livejournal.com 2011-11-17 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
awesome on so many levels

Re: Neal & Keller, spite

[identity profile] ursula4x.livejournal.com 2011-11-17 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, that's unique and chilling.