Challenge The Fifty Sentence Challenge - December's prompts, and a question to participants!

Here's my entry, for Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Bring Me That Horizon

That was fun!

 

That was my problem with the first two ones that I did way back earlier - grammar rule slaughterage began. I did Table IV this evening with an unlikely piece (possibly even more unlikely than Shakespeare ) and apparently my skills haven't gotten any better.

 

Well, it's almost 5:00AM here, and after a night's work, here's my little multifandom series (multifandom meaning a different fandom per table in each month )

Tilting at Windmills, right now featuring a Doctor Who ficlet called "Strange Brew".

 

I've started one as well again within Tron: Legacy.

Tron: Legacy - Blurring the Lines.

 

I've read everyone's responses so far, and I have got to say that each one has been extremely enjoyable to read. Bring on some more!

Speaking of which, Tilting at Windmills has been updated with Table II: "Horizon in the Mists" (this time, Mistborn is the fandom).

 

And here is my wee contribution:

Insights of Middle-Earth

Enjoy!

Cheers,

Lauré

 

And for that, I am very proud of you, Mira.

I have put up Table III with a Sherlock story, Winterised Crime Investigations. Apologies in advance, Mira - I may have taken out most of the happy holiday feeling in the prompts.

 

Sorry for the double post.

I have officially completed all four tables! Tilting at Windmills has been updated with my final ficlet for January - Men of All Seasons (The Departed - bloody good film, if you haven't seen it).

 

It Only Takes One- Table I has been updated.

Now only two more to go this month...

On second thought I think I might have to look up definition for some of the words in Table IV..

 

I gave this challenge a try, but I just could not get a few words to fit, and not to mention that the story took a life of it's own. It just absolutely refused to be bound by the rules of the challenge, so I had to release the one-shot to allow it to be as good as it potentially could be. I do give credit for this challenge though. because of it, it helped me develop this very beautiful one shot story that I am absolutely love. Without this challenge, this one shot of How To Train Your Dragon would not have been possible.

The vocabulary really made this story, and I will try to use as many as possible, to continue the story; I just have to let it be what it wants to be.

Anyway so if you run into my How To Train Your Dragon Vignette, You may recognize many of the terms from one of the tables in the challenge. The story started out in response to this challenge, but it just took a life of it's own.

 

My vocabulary enjoys being stretched.

But you know what? I may just create my own set of prompts, mais en Français. Just for the hell of it...

I'm glad that the challenge got you writing, mrjop2! I'll be sure to check out the vignette. I do hope that you may consider returning to the challenge sometime, if you find the write inspiration for it.

 

When I want to write another vignette, I will definitely use this challenge as a starting point. If I can make all the words fit, then I will post it as a response to the challenge, if I can't I will post it as a vignette. This challenge is probably the best in helping a writer to write a really good one-shot.

 

Are we supposed to post when we update with more sets? If so . . . Sparkling Like Magic, Set II

 

This challenge is a lot harder than it looks. I'm finding that I can't just dash off 50 sentences. I feel like I might not be giving my best on each one.

Does each one have to be a masterpiece?

 

Mira, you quoted me twice.

You dear!

 

Well... since we can self-promote...

Crystal Visions.

It's just Supernatural at the moment, but that'll probably change if I do more over the year -and I certainly plan to

 

Yay!! I love seeing more people do this

 

Alrighty, everyone.

First off, you all have been fantastic with your feedback with this! I mean, fantastically fantastic.

And to insure a fantastically fantastic turn-out in the future, I have a few questions to pose to you. Brutal honesty is encouraged.


1. Did you find the prompts easy to write for? (Relatively speaking )


2. Which did you find more enjoyable to write for ? the fandom centered prompts, or the general ones?


3. Is there a fandom in particular you'd like to see a table for?


4. Is there anything you would like to see done differently?


And, of course, anything else you would like to say. More promts come in twelve days - and you can make a difference.



FSS

 

And here are my answers:

1. The prompts were sometimes a bit of a stretch, but as I could write them out of order (though I posted them in order) and progressively work through them from the easy ones to the more difficult, I guess it was ok.

2. As I chose a fandom-centered prompt, I cannot really answer for the general ones. For me, it was more a matter of content that could be made to serve my purpose, so I chose the one that fitted better the fandom I wanted to write about.

3. Well, since I'm writing for The Lord of the Rings, I think that my ideal set of prompts is rather self-explanatory.

4. Not for the foreseeable future. If there's anything off, I'll let you know.

Cheers,

Lauré

 

1. Did you find the prompts easy to write for?

Oh yes! There were a few prompts that were challenging because I had to think a little bit more, but that was more because I didn't want to do the obvious thing with the prompt. Table IV threw me in a loop, until I watched The Departed, and... yeah, the rest is history. Table IV ended up being the very first table I finished.


2. Which did you find more enjoyable to write for ? the fandom centered prompts, or the general ones?

Either is good, because both types have their challenges and quirks. If you're writing multi-fandom like me, fandom centered prompts encourage you just to jump to the obvious choice and write the table for the fandom generated by the prompts. However, since I like challenging myself, I like seeing how far I can go into a completely different fandom (even one that is the polar opposite of the fandom represented by the prompt table). As long as fandom centered prompts aren't using fandom specific words like, say, "Dalek" or "Time Lord", then I'm good for anything.

General ones are great, too, because they offer more flexibility and can sometimes be just as challenging as the fandom centered ones. The greatest challenge about general ones would be trying to develop a consistent atmosphere throughout all fifty sentences - atmosphere is easier to achieve through fandom centered prompts, I think.


3. Is there a fandom in particular you'd like to see a table for?

I is Multifandom Idri! Any fandom works for me!

And I therefore dare you to do one for The Departed. I just dare you. (My Muse works in wonky ways - and seems to currently depend on films I have recently seen - what else can I say? )


4. Is there anything you would like to see done differently?

Nope, none at all! This is just a personal thing, but if I was doing the challenge, I would release the tables a week at a time, but since not everyone wants to write for all tables, it makes sense to release them all together. My own personal issue is that once I have all four tables, I will most likely write responses to all of them at once and then post all of them within four days. Which is kind of anti-climactic when you consider that it's a monthly challenge, not a four-day challenge. But that's just my problem and I should use this opportunity to finally learn how to pace myself.