2/10/10 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 February 10 - February 16.
We're into our fourth week now, and it's time to get even more creative with our prompts.
We've all experienced it. That dreadful thing called Writer's Block. The very mention of it sends chills down the best writers' spines...it's scarier than Edgar Allan Poe's short stories.
Nevertheless, the job of a writer is to write, and we have to plow through regardless of whether we're being besieged by Writer's Block or not. We all deal with Writer's Block in various ways -- some of us take walks outdoors, some of us contemplate the walls while we sit in the bathroom, some of us force a haiku out of our brain. We all do something to get our creative juices flowing again.
Now, here's the prompt. Think of the activity you do to dispel Writer's Block, then incorporate that activity into your story. Say you go for a swim when you have Writer's Block, and that's what helps you think of ideas again. You would then write a story that contains swimming somewhere -- say, a pair of Matoran discussing current events while they swim in Ga-Wahi, or a Toa swimming out into the Silver Sea to rescue a drowning civilian.
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 bottommost section and respond with your opinion.
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Each week we vote for the Writer of the Week, based on the popularity of the stories submitted during that week. Whoever gets the most votes wins the award. Without further ado, I present this week's Writer of the Week:
Grant-Sud, for his Conflict-themed story Alternate Perspective!
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 2/3/10 - 2/9/10] award to the writer who gets the most votes.
1) Soulsnare by Rising Moon
2) Sister by Grant-Sud
3) I Am: Klighatus by Akai Hana no Tenshi
Vote away!
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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 three votes for one task a week, and one vote for a deadline (two weeks) rather than the "submit whenever" system that we've been using so far. Please share your opinion so we know what changes need to be made, if any.
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