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I Dare You!

Amber — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:29:40 +0000

It’s mid-July and some places around the globe are experiencing scorching heat. This won’t last forever. Think ahead to when leaves have fallen and there’s a slight chill in the air. Children dressed as witches and goblins go from door to door looking for treats.

Magazines have early deadlines so waiting until September or October to write a Halloween story is too late for that year. So I dare you to think ahead and write one now.

The Verb has a nice Intense Suspense writing contest with a September deadline. Imagine your protagonist is in danger and the cell phone won’t work! I think NPR had something about this… of all the disaster movies, apparently 2012 had the best cell phone coverage.

Good luck!
~Amber

Story Starter

Rhonda — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:33:54 +0000

You may be wondering why I’m putting up an exercise on Tuesday instead of Monday. Well, I was waiting to see if Amber put one up first because I couldn’t remember if I was even Mondays or odd. Turns out, I must be odd — I bet you all knew that already

This week start a story with the following line:

She missed her train

What do you guys think? Should we make this one into a contest? Let me know, if there is enough interest I’ll round up prizes and set some simple rules

Superhero/Supervillian Speech

NaNoLJers — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:07:19 +0000

Write your best superhero or supervillian speech.

Then, if you feel up to it, you can use it to enter the Show Us Your Super contest.