Continue reading Turbo Survivor II, Challenge 4: The Last to Know
You’re writing the opening of a mystery novel. This by no means should be a complete story – it should be a hook that makes us want to read the complete story. It doesn’t have to include the crime that will be solved, but if it doesn’t, then it should give some indication of where things are headed.
You are writing the story of the first time two future lovers meet. However, the story is so dark or awkward or seedy that if asked in the future, the couple is likely to tell a lie about the first time they met.
Word Limit: 250
Time Limit: 30 minutes
Continue reading Turbo Survivor II, Challenge 2: We’ll Make Something Up
Your lead character has an overgrown or undergrown (internal or external) body part. Even if he or she does a good job of dealing with the abnormality, it comes into play for the purposes of this story.
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TIME LIMIT: 25 Minutes
WORD LIMIT: 200
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I fall off the horse and get right back up dangit. Spookymilk has started another writing competition. This time, it’s Turbo Survivor style. While it’s more or less the same as the regular Survivor contest, now we get a small time limit for each story and don’t know what the prompt is until we’re ready to write. It’s fast. It’s stressful. It’s a blast. It was also my idea. I moderated Turbo Survivor I three years ago. Now I’m playing.
We got to do a practice run before the season in order to have a team draft. We had to write about a guy (or gal) named Clem who just had the worst day ever on his cooking show. And we had thirty minutes. Those stories are anonymous for now, but I can tell you about my team:
The Legends of Temple Grandin
Shawn Ashley: Has played five Survivor writing competitions, and has placed 3rd, 6th, 21st, 2nd, and 23rd. When she’s on, she’s on.
Brian David: Has played in Survivor four times, finishing 8th, 21st, 7th, and 3rd. Has also made the playoffs in Play With The Prose.
Jordan Graham: A new player I know nothing about.
Joshua Longman: Another new player I know nothing about.
Joseph Rakstad: Has played Survivor five times and finished 15th, 17th, 20th, 15th, and 23rd. He has the worst average finish of anyone who has played four times or more. mostly due to a lot of bad luck. Here’s hoping this is the season he turns the corner.
And, yours truly has played Survivor three times and have finished 4th, 2nd, and 12th.
Stay tuned as the first challenge is due tonight.
In this semifinals match, we were tasked to write a story where there is an impossibly cruel character. I think I achieved that.
Continue reading Play With The Prose 7, Semifinals: Shawn Ashley
During the final week of the season, we had to write a redemption story. Before I get to that, I want to acknowledge those of you have begun following my blog after reading one of my stories. Thank you for coming around and I hope you’re enjoying them. If you’re interested in reading the other stories, or perhaps participating in the next writing competition, you can head over to Casa de Leche and check it out. There are other games there besides Play With the Prose as well.
Continue reading Play With The Prose 7, Challenge 12: Kelly Wells
In the penultimate week of the season we had to write about cooking.
Continue reading Play With The Prose 7, Challenge 11: Annette Baron
This time we had to write about the afterlife. Last time we got this prompt, I went humor and included Ray Combs, who had committed suicide. Decided to kind of go that route again.
Continue reading Play With The Prose 7, Challenge 10: Andy Rustleund
This week we had to write a 700 word piece of dark fan fiction. I decided to be a fan of a story that ran the previous week in the contest and write a sequel to it. Here is Matt Novak’s story from the previous week:
Continue reading Play With The Prose 7, Challenge 9: Dave Johnson
Death By Troggles 
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