Local Zero.
A local hero is a fraud, and only he knows it (at least at the beginning of the story. The story can change that, or not).
Time Limit: 30 Minutes
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Turbo Survivor II, Challenge 14: Small-Town Diner
The story takes place in a diner in a very small town. Though nothing ever happens there, this story contains what will be the biggest, most life-altering moment in all of the lives of everyone present, from the staff to the customers.
TIME LIMIT: 40 Minutes
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Turbo Survivor II, Challenge 13: Little. Yellow. Different.
You can write about whatever you want, but your story has been heavily sponsored, effectively turning the story into one big product placement (for a single product, not several). Whether the story is dramatic, comedic or whatever, the reader is left knowing that they’ve just read a subversive commercial.
Time Limit: 40 minutes
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Turbo Survivor II, Challenge 11: The Newborn
A fictional society (or an existing society presented in a fictional way) has a very specific process and event after a baby is born. Show us one such event.
Word Limit: None
Time Limit: 40 minutes
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Turbo Survivor II, Challenge 10: In The Moments After
A character has died mere seconds before the story. The story centers around the person (or persons) at the scene immediately following this death.
TIME LIMIT: 35 Minutes
WORD LIMIT: 450
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Turbo Survivor II, Challenge 9: The Sacrifice
The Sacrifice.
One or both of the participants in a first date is pretending to like or put up with something that they cannot stand, because otherwise the date is going well
WORD LIMIT: 350
TIME LIMIT: 30 minutes
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Turbo Survivor II, Challenge 7: Distillation
For this challenge, you will take a well-known movie, book, TV show or other pop culture phenomenon and distill it down to exactly fifteen words. A winning entry will be not only true to the subject matter, but clever as well.
TIME LIMIT: 15 Minutes
WORD LIMIT: 15 EXACTLY. A submission with more or fewer will be disqualified. Remember that the title of the work is not counted.
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Turbo Survivor II, Challenge 6: Fortunately, Unfortunately
I will provide the first line of your story. The next sentence starts with either “Fortunately” or “Unfortunately.” From there on, you alternate every single sentence starting with Fortunately or Unfortunately.
Finish the story by adding fifteen or fewer more sentences. There will be no word limit, because the number of sentences effectively takes care of that.
The opening line is:
I took the whole family on a vacation to the casino.
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Turbo Survivor II, Challenge 4: The Last to Know
For this challenge, your central character has reached some degree of fame or notoriety. This fame is now in steep decline, and everyone has figured this out but the character him/herself. They can figure this out in the course of your story, if you so desire.
WORD LIMIT: 500
TIME LIMIT: 35 minutes
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Turbo Survivor II, Challenge 3: Intrigue!
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.
Word Limit: 50
Time Limit: 20 Minutes
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