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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,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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,
coffeethyme4me and rabidchild67 . Prompts will be found in the first comments below - let the games begin.
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10 sentences more dragon!Neal sentences, and I think this verse needs a name
Date: 2011-11-27 03:38 am (UTC)Kate/Neal - Wonder
She took him back to her place, and he could smell the sweet, aromatic smell of dragon smoke, and that night, they pretended to each other that they were human, but he let her wake up next to him in his true form.
Kate/Neal - Tuck
She was just starting out, and so was he, and they could fit together on one pillow, and he would tuck her in around her few bits of jewelry, her head would peak out of the blankets, and when the smoke bilowed out of her nostrils, she looked like fire itself with her glossy red scales and gold horns.
Kate - Vital Signs
He had never met an honest dragon before, a dragon like her who wasn't a thief, who the only thing she lied about was her human face, and it almost, almost was a violation to bring her over and help her fill her shrunken hoard with stolen wealth.
Neal - Egg
"So did you actually hatch out of an egg, or something?" Peter asked, and Neal shrugged, but that night, he opened the drawer and pulled out the thin, fragile, shimmering egg shells and set them on the counter just to see them for a while.
Elizabeth - Need to Know
It was a relief when he had an excuse not to show up for dinner at the Burkes, because ever since Peter found out about him, he kept watching Elizabeth when he was over, like he just couldn't figure out how not to tell her that the man at their table wasn't human.
Neal - Long Con
Bugsy ambled up the stairs, his tiny paws thundering like dinosaur feet, and Neal stood up with a wicked grin, let his human form slip away, and stuck his nose in the doorway, his long, sinuous tail trailing out behind him until it bumped into the far wall.
Neal - Veiled Threat
"I just don't like the way you keep... touching me, no, you don't get to accuse me and then pet my head and expect me to coo," he snapped, but the real reason he stopped letting Peter see his true form after Moz stole the treasure was because he never have told Peter about why he grew and shrank, but he didn't want to learn the hard way just what his friend could find out online.
Sara/Neal - Withdrawal
He woke up next to her sometimes, covered in scales, the bed creeking under him, and she would already be awake, stroking the softer scales right behind his horns, or at the base of his wings, and his hoard, his half of the Nazi treasure, would feel just a little smaller and farther away.
Peter - By the Book
"You know," Peter rumbled with just a tiny bit of real menace, "I looked it up, there's a federal prison that knows how to deal with dragons, you screw this up. I'd love to see you try to escape from that."
Neal - Out of the Box
"You know what that place is like?" Neal bared his teeth, "I looked it up too, they give you a little lump of copper and put you in a terrarium, stick you on a shelf, and you are not that cruel."
Re: 10 sentences more dragon!Neal sentences, and I think this verse needs a name
Date: 2011-11-27 06:27 am (UTC)Re: 10 sentences more dragon!Neal sentences, and I think this verse needs a name
Date: 2011-11-27 02:22 pm (UTC)I think my favorite part of this 'verse is Neal and Bugsy, actually. No fear though, now that Neal has said "boo" as a giant dragon, I don't have any more to write about them together.
Re: 10 sentences more dragon!Neal sentences, and I think this verse needs a name
Date: 2011-11-27 08:57 am (UTC)Re: 10 sentences more dragon!Neal sentences, and I think this verse needs a name
Date: 2011-11-27 02:26 pm (UTC)Re: 10 sentences more dragon!Neal sentences, and I think this verse needs a name
Date: 2011-11-27 03:14 pm (UTC)And if her love was genuine, then she basically got killed because she became involved with Neal. Not that I would blame Neal for that, but still, it's kind of sad.
I'm really looking forward to Mozzie finding out :D
Re: 10 sentences more dragon!Neal sentences, and I think this verse needs a name
Date: 2011-11-27 05:13 pm (UTC)Prisons make it miserable on anybody trying to visit, that visiting once a week alone, like you, makes me want to give her the benefit of the doubt. But Peter doesn't like her, she gets in the way of OT3, and Neal does stupid things for her. Therefore she must be eeeevil. *sigh*
It's probably going to be a bit... explosive? Moz doesn't like finding out about conspiracy theories he had no contingency plans for.
Re: 10 sentences more dragon!Neal sentences, and I think this verse needs a name
Date: 2011-11-27 04:28 pm (UTC)Re: 10 sentences more dragon!Neal sentences, and I think this verse needs a name
Date: 2011-11-27 05:20 pm (UTC)