Writing challenge

[[deleted user]]

Good luck Rhy

[[deleted user]]

Teaser Attention this is Tessa from the future, this is not in fact the teaser, I don't really know what it is, a snip bit I guess. For my real Teaser look below for my Rumpelstiltskin retelling...

(view spoiler)[ "I don't even know who you are, how can I let you take my baby." The distraught Queen yelled, sobbing into her husbands arms.

The boy, now man, turned around and looked at her with sad eyes, "I'll tell you what, if you can guess my name, you can keep your kid." (hide spoiler)]

[em_panada]

*cries*

[[deleted user]]

Ok?

[em_panada]

Well, you know. Just the picture of it all. The mercy.

[[deleted user]]

So I lied, that previous little snip bit was not the story teaser, because once I actually sat down and began to write the story I came up with a better one, so here it is...

(view spoiler)[ There once was a kingdom, a kingdom that was run by a very greedy king. You all know the story of the poor millers daughter, the one who couldn't spin straw into gold. The one with the strange little man who came offering aid. You all that story, but did you know it was wrong. Did you know that there was no straw, rather it was cloth, and it was to be spun into silk not gold. Did you know that the strange little man was not a man at all, but rather he was a young boy. Do you know the real story? No, well let me tell it to you. For this is not the story of the young miller's daughter, but rather this is my story. Who am I? I'll let you decide that for yourselves. (hide spoiler)]

[em_panada]

!!!!

[[deleted user]]

2 paragraphs down approximately 50 more to go. I don't know how you guys do this.

[em_panada]

Haha! It's not that big of a deal if you like what you're writing!

[Travis]

TMEB wrote: "Travis : You asked for it Write a short story at least 4,000 words long. It must meet the following criteria...

Hey, Tessa! Since you've got me writing 4000 words, I've decided to do this in parts. Part 1 is ready and waiting for you. It actually fulfils most of the criteria - only missing a deaf character and the plot twist. It's in my Writing Challenges - Complete folder (even though it's technically not complete) :)

[[deleted user]]

That's fine take your time Travis, I'll go check it out.

[[deleted user]]

Hello! I am SO SO SO sorry but I won't be able to give you my challenge! I'm out of all challenges I was in and want to be in until further notice! Something in my family came up! I might not be on here for a little bit! Again, I'm REALLY sorry!

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E.M. wrote: "Where do we put a story for a challenge? Our own folders or one on the challenger link (here)? I've finished a story for the one due March 19 but am unsure where to post it. Also, do I include a sp..."

You can either post it here under a spoiler ( so it doesn't take up as much space), or you can post it in your own folder.

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Crosby wrote: "Hello! I am SO SO SO sorry but I won't be able to give you my challenge! I'm out of all challenges I was in and want to be in until further notice! Something in my family came up! I might not be on..."

Don't worry about it D

[[deleted user]]

Never mind! The family thing is fixed! Sorry for the confusion... I'm back in my challenge!

[Rhys]

Congrats! Family problems should always be fixed! :)

[[deleted user]]

:)

[[deleted user]]

Thanks guys and again sorry!

[em_panada]

(*FRENCH ACCENT*) I'll take ze challenge!

[[deleted user]]

Em: (view spoiler)[ Write a poem inspired by this quote...


War is created by people who are too old to fight for those who are too young to die.
Vikrant Parsai

Deadline: March 4th (hide spoiler)]

[Travis]

Travis wrote: "TMEB wrote: "Travis : You asked for it Write a short story at least 4,000 words long. It must meet the following criteria...

This challenge is finally complete! It's in my folder with four parts (only because it didn't fit in a couple). Enjoy! Let me know if the twist worked :)

[[deleted user]]

I will go check it out.

[[deleted user]]

Em=Emmeline

E.M.= E.M.

[em_panada]

I'll take another challenge per favore!

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Em (not E.M.): (view spoiler)[Writ the first page or so of a novel with this prologue...



April,17th ,1896

The waves crashed against the wooden hull of the ship, Victoria. Gust after gust of wind hit the sails rattling the timbers and making the masts creak and groan. The captain of the old schooner, a man by the name of Sal, was strapped to the deck barking useless orders at his crew desperately trying to save his ship. He was a short, elderly man, with a small amount of white hair on top of his absurdly large head. He was known by all the sailors as a tough, but fair and respectable captain. He had a way about him that made people respect him, he was a leader and I personally would've followed him into any battle no matter how bad the odds. But, that day the man who was usually so confident and optimistic, knew even then that they weren't going to make it. He was sure that the crew couldn't hear his useless orders over the noise of the storm and even if they could it wouldn't have made a difference.
Water splashed against his leg as yet another humongous wave struck the ship. Sal looked despairingly at the sky. It was only 3 hours past midday but the storm had blocked out all of the suns light. Instead, the sky was covered in angry black and gray clouds pushing and shoving one another for space, over crowding the sky so that whenever one of the clouds had a chance to move another took its place. Sal was an experienced sailor and had never once gotten seasick, but when he looked up at the sky at that moment the constant shifting and changing of the dark mass was enough to make him want to go to the rail and hurl. Thankfully he did not act upon this thought because not a moment or two after he thought this another crew member did throw up and though he was also strapped the ship he was swept away by the roaring sea along with the large chunk of railing he was attached to.
Sal sadly surveyed the ship. Even through the downpour he could see that the vessel was in ruins. One of the three masts was cracked almost in half and was leaning at a dangerous angle over the deck. Half of the wooden planks, so expertly put together ,were wrecked and the other half was drenched in sea water. The once beautiful carving on the rails was destroyed. In just thirty minutes the monstrous storm had reduced the majestic ship to a simple raft barely floating. He knew that if they somehow made it out of the horrible storm they could never make it to land.
He sighed and looked at the palm of his right hand, on it was a star. The gold symbol made his old sea cracked hands seem like a beacon of hope in the mist of all this despair. He smiled and for once that day he was happy. Sure he was going to die, but he had lived a full life. He was a Guardian after all, the symbol on his hand proved it.
Suddenly an ear splitting crack rang through the air. Sal looked up just in time to see the middle mast hit the ship cracking it in half. He was sent flying through the air and into the cold Atlantic ocean. As he sank beneath the waves the old man had only one thought. That if the ship was one day found that they would know how beautiful she once was and they would know that he had tried his hardest to save her. With that final thought the Victoria and her ever loyal captain sank beneath the waves.
Of the thirty or so passengers and crew on that ship only two survived. You could argue that it was the large amount of magic protecting them that kept them alive, but I would disagree. I think that the reason that young Cora and Thomas lived that horrible day was the sacrifice their parents took not only to save their kids,but possibly everything they worked so hard to protect. You see all the Guardians were on that ship and with them all the knowledge that could lead a future generation into finding what they were protecting. The children were now the last and final clue to a treasure so massive and powerful that it could never possibly see the light of day.
For a long time the children were to drift not lost but protected from society until one day, when life itself was being threatened and there was great need of the Guardians, I would call them and they would awake into a different world where they would have to carry out the task that their parents and all that came before them had done.



Deadline: March 14th (hide spoiler)]

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P.s. I wrote that prologue when I was about 12 for a novel I was going but ended up not. My young agge is probably why the prologue is so disconnected and confusing. I also wrote the first chapter or so of this book and had a pretty clear idea on how it was going to go, so it will be interesting to see how you interpret it.

[em_panada]

It's probably going to be the complete opposite. I'm not all that familiar with the time period, but I'll give it a shot.

[[deleted user]]

Okay good luck. It has to be better than what I came up with in 7th grade, which was pretty weird.

[em_panada]

Thanks! I just finished writing it and am about to post, but I wouldn't completely discredit the story. I thought the prologue was well-written and unique. It definitely was a twist for me when you pulled out the word Guardian. Unfortunately, that part of the story where they find out what is in store for them isn't in my page. :P

[[deleted user]]

Wow that was quick. I'll go read it.

[Rhys]

I'm not done with my challenge and the deadline was yesterday. Can it be extended?

[[deleted user]]

Of cource, you have another week.

[Travis]

Scusi, signorina? (Another challenge*), grazie.


*Translated from Italian, because I don't know how to write it in Italian.

[Michelle]

I've been sick for over a week so I haven't been able to put very much work into my challenge. Can I have an extension? I was given until tomorrow initially.

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Michelle wrote: "I've been sick for over a week so I haven't been able to put very much work into my challenge. Can I have an extension? I was given until tomorrow initially."

Of course I will give you another week. Hope you feel better.

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Travis:(view spoiler)[ Write a short story about this person...




Deadline: March 28th (hide spoiler)]

[Michelle]

Thank you :)

[Travis]

TMEB wrote: "Travis: Write a short story about this person...


Deadline: March 28th"

Oh, I know her! I'll give you her life story. :)

[[deleted user]]

Ok

[Travis]

TMEB wrote: "Travis: Write a short story about this person...


Deadline: March 28th"

All done and in my Writing Challenge Completed folder! Thanks, that was a fun one. Got lots of ideas with it and may just continue it. :)

[[deleted user]]

I'll go read it right away

[Sammy]

TMEB wrote: "Travis: Write a short story about this person...


Deadline: March 28th"

That's such a great picture, as you know, "A picture is worth a thousand words." Is that a lame quote to pull out in the writing community? :P

[Gretchen]

I'll do it!

[[deleted user]]

Do what? Would you like me to make you a challenge. These challenges are personalized, one per person, but I;ll make you one if you ask for it.

[Sammy]

Can you make me one?

[Gretchen]

Yes. Could you give me a challenge please?

[em_panada]

*cough cough* Rumpelstiltskin done yet?

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Eммelιɴe wrote: "*cough cough* Rumpelstiltskin done yet?"

OMG, I completely forgot. I'll get it done right away.

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Sarah:(view spoiler)[ Write a poem or short story inspired by this song...


October By Eric Whitacre

Youtube


Deadline: April 2nd (hide spoiler)]

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Gretchen: (view spoiler)[ Write a short story with this as the beginning...


I wish that...

Deadline: April 3rd (hide spoiler)]