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

And here we have it folks, our first very own, spiffy new, NSWFF ONLY challenge.

The . . . *drumroll please* . . .


The Fifty Sentence Challenge


Like drabbles, only . . . less.

What is this challenge, you may wonder?

Well, funny you should ask, because here we have the:



Instructions:

1. Every month, on the first, for as long as people are interested, I will post four prompt tables. Your goal is to take these 50 prompts to create 50 sentences to form a full story.

2. You can do one table; or you can do all of them (for you prolific authors out there ? you know who you are!).

3. Any fandom is up for grabs. But, the same fandom should be used throughout the set of fifty sentences you are writing.



The Rules:

1. Each prompt is for one sentence, and one sentence only. While you should feel free to stretch the laws of grammar and slaughter commas, use common sense while doing so.

2. All of the sentences must be posted together. No 25 of them here, or 25 of them there.

3. Each sentence may be independent of each other, or they may be continuations. (For example: ?How are you?? and then ?Just fine.? may be done under two different prompts.)

4. You may do one table, or you may do all of them. You may do the same table twice for more than one fandom ? the whole point of this is to write. You can keep the same thread; you can keep separate threads (although, if you are going to participate regularly, I would recommend keeping these in the same thread to prevent a mini-fic overload on the boards. ) ? just keep in mind your sanity while embarking on this.

5. Feel free to pimp your posts in this thread, but can you also be very kind to the indexers, and PM us the links to your stories?

6. After the end of the month, that month's tables are dead. No matter how shiny a dead table may be ? please pick from an open and active prompt table so as to not cause more chaos than needed.

7. There will be no mixing of the themes from the different sets. You commit to a set like a spouse. Learn to love the whole of it ? even the pesky prompts that bother you.

8. Do the prompts in order ? once again, learn to love the good and bad of a set. There's no excuse for lazy writers!

8. A no brainer ? but keep the sentences TOS friendly.

9. I had to have a nine here so that ten would feel important.

10. Have fun!



Here are some examples done ahead of time by a few lovely ladies:

?Case Study? and ?Fractures?, by Idrelle_Miocovani

?Iridescent Facets of a Gorgeous Journey? and ?Finding Our Way Together?, by Jade_eyes



For further questions, feel free to post them here, or PM the challenge sock or your hostess: Mira_Jade. If a worst case scenario happens, all powers that be of this thread shall be handed to Jade_eyes.



Alrighty, lets get started!

 

Index of Awesome People Who Have Participated:

Continuous Threads

* In The Shadows, by FelsGoddess (Harry Potter)
* Insights of Middle-Earth, by laurethiel1138 (Lord of the Rings)
* Alliteration Abound, by mavjade (Multifandom)
* How Dreaming Becomes Us, by Mira_Jade (Multifandom)
* Tilting at Windmills, by Idrelle_Miocovani (Multifandom)
* It Only Takes One, by Master_Jaina1011 (Star Trek 2009)
* Blurring the Lines, by RX_Sith (Tron: Legacy)

Round One - January 2011

* Sparkle Like Magic, by NYCitygurl, (Harry Potter, All Tables)
* For the Inner Child, by Master_Jaina1011 (NCIS, Table III)
* Bring Me That Horizon, by divapilot (Pirates of the Carribean, Table I)
* By Your Guiding Light, by Mira_Jade (Star Trek 2009, Table II)
* Irridescent Facets of a Gorgeous Journey (pt. II), by Jade_eyes (Star Trek 2009, Table II)
* Finding Our Way Together (pt. II), by Jade_eyes (Star Wars, Table III)
* Crystal Visions, by TheMacUnleashed (Supernatural, Table IV)

Round Two - Febuary 2011

* Elemental, by NYCitygurl (Avatar: The Last Airbender, All Tables)
* Maladies, by mavjade (House M.D., Table IV)
* Yup, by amidalachick (King of the Hill, Table I)

Round Three - March 2011

* Fragments From the Cortex, by laurethiel1138 (Firefly, Table I)
* Brightly Burning Love, by NYCitygurl (Twelve Houses, All Tables)

Round Four - April 2011

* [link=http://boards.theforce.net/non_star_wars_fan

 

Your All Powerful Tables:

Round One - January 2011

Table I: there was once a boy who lived . . .

01. Bewitched ----- 02. Bravery ------- 03. Charm --------- 04. Intellectual ---- 05. Cooky
06. Filthy ---------- 07. Family ---------- 08. Sense --------- 09. Rubbish ------- 10. Wart
11. House --------- 12. Diary ---------- 13. Wand ---------- 14. Alchemy ------ 15. Dotting
16. Color ----------- 17. Magical ------- 18. Studious ------- 19. Haughty ------ 20. Copy
21. Voodoo --------- 22. Broom -------- 23. Prophesy ------ 24. Spirit --------- 25. Misstep
26. Connection ---- 27. Sport --------- 28. Points ---------- 29. Robes -------- 30. Resemblance
31. Spell ----------- 32. Mark ----------- 33. Lifetime ------- 34. Hold ---------- 35. Draw
36. Bond ---------- 37. Flamboyant --- 38. Sacrifice -------- 39. Hex ---------- 40. Spill
41. Potion --------- 42. Wanting ------ 43. Growth --------- 44. Professor ----- 45. Castle
46. Smoke --------- 47. Always ------- 48. Invocation ----- 49. Demise ------- 50. Portrait



Table II: as we chased the stars from their black, black sky

01. Venture ------ 02. Gravity ------- 03. Try ------------ 04. Disarm ------- 05. Crisis
06. Worth -------- 07. Cheat -------- 08. Jealousy ------- 09. Wingman ----- 10. Trek
11. Patience ----- 12. Stunt --------- 13. Bandage ------- 14. Quirk -------- 15. Clasp
16. Half ---------- 17. Flirt ---------- 18. Celestial ------- 19. Respect ------ 20. Distraction
21. Collision ------ 22. Logic --------- 23. Burden --------- 24. Barter ------- 25. Quintessence
26. Nostalgia ----- 27. Officer ------- 28. Commission ----- 29. Maverick ----- 30. Trail
31. Bicker -------- 32. Meld --------- 33. Match ---------- 34. Tame -------- 35. Back
36. Frontier ------ 37. Scathe ------- 38. Wreckage ------ 39. Dust --------- 40. Renewal
41. Pace --------- 42. Assurance ---- 43. Wanderlust ----- 44. Ale ---------- 45. Entwined
46. Ferocity ------ 47. Far ---------- 48. Other ----------- 49. Orbit -------- 50. Enterprise



Table III: oh, the weather outside is frightful

01. Winter ------- 02. Decorate ------ 03. Sparkling ----- 04. Sled ----------- 05. Wool
06. Snow -------- 07. Mitten -------- 08. Jingle --------- 09. Hospitality ----- 10. Melt
11. Nippy -------- 12. Merry -------- 13. Slippery ------- 14. Gift ------------ 15. Skates
16. Glow -------- 17. Snowball ------ 18. Snowman ----- 19. Bundle --------- 20. Powder
21. Icicles ------- 22. Kindle -------- 23. Cocoa --------- 24. Wrap ---------- 25. Quilt
26. Chill --------- 27. Cider --------- 28. Holiday -------- 29. Crystal -------- 30. Company
31. Holly -------- 32. Pine ---------- 33. Scarf ---------- 34. Festive -------- 35. Bells
36. Hibernate ---- 37. Blizzard ------ 38. Snuggle -------- 39. Hearth -------- 40. Ski
41. Cinnamon ---- 42. Celebration --- 43. Chimney ------- 44. Feast --------- 45. Boughs
46. Spices ------- 47. Aroma -------- 48. Flakes -------- 49. Toasty -------- 50. Together



Table IV ? veers most verbose; variably

01. Verse -------- 02. Visualize ------- 03. Vocalize ------- 04. Veil ----------- 05. Victim
06. Volunteer ---- 07. Vicissitude ----- 08. Vocabulary ----- 09. Vociferous ---- 10. Vitrine
11. Veteran ----- 12. Vestige -------- 13. Value ----------- 14. Visor --------- 15. Volt
16. Vogue ------- 17. Veneer -------- 18. Vanity ---------- 19. Vanilla -------- 20. Villain
21. Visit --------- 22. View ---------- 23. Virtuous -------- 24. Vignette ------ 25. Valor
26. Virtuoso ----- 27. Vacant -------- 28. Vanished ------- 29. Veer ---------- 30. Voyeur
31. Vital -------- 32. Vaudevillian ---- 33. Vivified --------- 34. Violation ------ 35. Volant
36. Voice ------- 37. Vice ----------- 38. Vindicate ------- 39. Volcanic ------ 40. Voyage
41. Votive ------ 42. Verdict -------- 43. Veracity -------- 44. Verbose ------ 45.Visage
46. Vain -------- 47. Violence ------- 48. Variable -------- 49. Void

 

*held just in case*

 

*and why not this one too? It looked lonely . . . *

 

I'm so excited for this!! The prompts look awesome I especially love the title of the first set

And the challenge is awesome!! This is something really unique, but I love the way it's done So much fun!


And my first go at it: Sparkling Like Magic

 

This should be fun. I already copied and pasted two tables, one for each fandom I'm doing. One you already know but the other I'll keep a secret for now.

I'll be working on these later on.

 

Mira - You're welcome!! And thank you for hosting this!!

MJ - I can't wait to see them!! And now I'm trying to guess what the other fandom is . . .

 

Hi:

Can I use Table 2 and 3, for the threads I already have started: 2 for Irridescent Facets and the 3rd for Finding Our Way? The snow theme fits Csilla Yesness! And J/J playing and then cozying.

 

So, let me see if I got this straight:

Each word from the table gets one sentence inspired by said word?

The entire document that is constructed from said 50 sentences does NOT necessarily have to be a coherent fic with a beginning/middle/end and a plot arc but can in fact simply be little glimpses into the characters a la drabbles?

The fic must be in the nonSW genre?

This looks very intriguing.

 

I used Table #2 for an SW-centered set.

Finding Our Way Together:

http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/31279507/r31280004/

 

My first one is up in my secret fandom: NCIS

For the Inner Child

Now onto my Trek one!

 

I love all the sets I've seen so far. Wonderful job, ladies!! This challenge rocks

 

ANd my ST one is up!

It Only Takes One


ANd my muse is complacent for the night. Thank God.

 

Alrighty, the index is updated!

Thanks to all of you lovely ladies for giving us a great start.


*puts out plate of cookies shaped as - inseart fandom object of drooling here -. *

 

Harry Potter In the Shadows I used Table 1.

 

Irridescent Facets of a Gorgeous Journey, part 2!

 

Have I mentioned that I love doing these? I still have a set that Mira gave me a couple years ago that I need to do... Hopefully sometime soon!

 

I'm having trouble sticking to just one sentence. *sighs*

 

This is a challenge where the rules of grammar are slaughtered without mercy.

Or that may be just me.

I'm happy to see that you are taking a crack at this, though!