White Collar Single Sentence Challenge II is Now Opened

[elrhiarhodan]

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.

Comments

Neal -- The portrait

[sheenianni.livejournal.com]

When Mozzie tells him, Neal’s first thought is that now Peter can catch him, and he concentrates solely on rectifying that problem; yet when he comes home later and sees the empty easel there, he thinks about “Morning in Mortmartre”, “Girl with the daisies”, “Swallows on their way to Egypt” and even that cursed Chrysler painting; he angrily knocks down the easel and wonders, what gave Mozzie the right to destroy two years of his work?

Re: Neal -- The portrait

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

That's got to hurt. I wish I could see this one expanded.

Re: Neal -- The portrait

[sheenianni.livejournal.com]

I find it strange that no one has ever expanded this (that I know of). I mean, of course the treasure is more valuable than any of Neal's paintings, but still, those were his pieces, his art, maybe parts of his soul. And then his friend takes them and burns them just because he needs there to be ashes at the warehouse. Of course, it's for the big score, but...
I would be torn between feeling devastated and furious.

Re: Neal -- The portrait

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Man, if someone burned the horrible horrible novels I wrote in high school, I would be pissed. Quality doesn't matter there.

Re: Neal -- The portrait

[sheenianni.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

Re: Neal -- The portrait

[greyminerva]

I agree completely!
I love fics that deal with Neal developing as an artist, his style and creative expression evolving as HE does, personally.
And I DID wonder if they were going to go with something like that, when we got the "foreshadowing" scene where he's painting the Chrysler building, and have to admit I was very disappointed when I realized what they'd done instead.
Poor Neal. :(

Re: Neal -- The portrait

[ursula4x.livejournal.com]

I agree. That was not a caring act. Moz implied that Neal had no worth as an artist, something he had shown in little details before.

Re: Neal -- The portrait

[sheenianni.livejournal.com]

Exactly.
Thank you for your review.