1/27/10 Story Fit Exercise
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For an explanation of what the Story Fit is, please go here.
Each week I'll post an exercise. This is the entry for the exercise of the week of January 27-February 2.
Conflict is central to storytelling, a ubiquitous device that nearly always fulfills its role of advancing the plot. So many authors incorporate the idea of conflict into their written works -- the earliest stories had conflict in the form of gods and humans, good and evil, known and unknown. In fact, the common view is that without conflict, stories tend to be quite bland.
This week's task is to incorporate a conflict into your story. This can be interpreted in any way -- a physical conflict, a verbal conflict, a clash of ideals, an external conflict, an internal conflict.
There is no word limit or any other constraints -- the only requirement is that the story contain this theme.
Once you write your story, post here with a link to it. Extra points will also be awarded to those members who review other Story Fit members' stories. This will not only give you practice with writing but also reviewing, as well as promote an exchange of ideas and styles within the BZP Writers Community. Happy writing!
Note: As of now, there is no deadline by which you must turn in your story. This is an issue that is currently being discussed: see the bottommost section and respond with your opinion.
Note2: Over this past week, writers have submitted their exercises. Below is a list of stories that have been submitted within the past week. Look over them, read through them if you want, then vote for your favorite story (send a PM with your vote to me). At the end of this week, I will count up the votes and give the Writer of the Week [of 1/20/10 - 1/26/10] award to the writer who gets the most votes.
Last Week's Stories
1) Recovery Time by -Tilius-
2) Winds of Change by Rassiter
3) Liavuru-Metru: Origins - Beginning of the Journey, Chapter 12 by Akai Hana no Tenshi
4) What We Become by Yukiko
5) Finding His Way by ~Monday~
6) The Wall, Chapter 10 by Rising Moon
Vote away!
I'm debating whether to install a deadline, on advice from some of the members, but if I add one it will probably be two weeks, so you should shoot for that and see if you can keep up with such a pace.
Maybe not a deadline, but rather a two week period between tasks instead of one week? Not sure how others feel about this, or if they feel the same, but I know that I'll need at least that for a while as at the moment I'll only be able to write two days a week [possibly five days, but three of those would be for a very minimal amount of time, and probably won't be of good quality unless I'm feeling very inspired].
But I don't want that to influence other people's opinions. I want to honestly know if you'd rather have it one or two task a week.
~ Velox
So far we have one vote (Rising Moon) for one task a week. Please put forth your opinion so we know what changes need to be made, if any.
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