The 2004 Regular Monthly Challenges
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Write something short... a poem, a drabble, a snippet, a limerick... our theme is New Beginnings. |
Include the Following Challenge:
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Use at least three of the four listed items in a story... a bonfire, a bottle of whiskey, a cell phone and a stack of old love letters. |
Song Challenge:
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Write a fic based on, or inspired by, one of the two following songs. It does not need to include the lyrics. YOU'RE STILL THE ONE YOU MADE ME BELIEVE IN MAGIC |
Holidays, Birthdays, and Anniversaries Challenge:
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Write a story in keeping with one of this month's special occasions... New Year's Day - Jan 1 |
AUs Challenge:
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The "Desert Harem" AU fic. A classic of the fan fic alternate universe. Whether set in an alternate history, a futuristic sci-fi distant world, or a fantasy realm, write a story with your choice of any favourite characters/fandoms, choosing one to be the "Sheik", the other(s), his kidnapped victim(s) for his harem. Can the fires of his passion win over his reluctant prize? |
Beginnings Challenge:
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Write a fic starting with the following first sentence: "I think we lost 'em." |
Shakespeare Challenge:
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Use the quote in some way, whether title, dialogue, theme, etc: "Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better." |
Famous Quotations:
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"Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love." |
Ripped From the Headlines Challenge:
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Use the following news item as a basis to build a fic around... Miami, Florida - Alleged plot to blow up abortion clinics - accused was allegedly plotting to firebomb abortion clinics, as well as churches and gay bars across the eastern United States. |
RANDOM CHALLENGES:
Author, Author -
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How about turning your favourite character into a writer? Would he/she write about friends? Co-workers? Would they write fiction, based on the familiar? Or non-fiction? What kind of fan fiction would they write? <g> I mean, I can see Starsky reading K/S zines for example... being as much a fan of ST as SW... would he have more fun writing the stories, or researching them? |
You've Made Your Bed, Now Lie In It -
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write a story where all the action takes place in a bed, without any sex. It needs to be more than a drabble, and something should happen, some action, some turning point in the characters' relationship, a fight, making up... whatever it is, it should be something more than a dreaming/musing piece. |
Friends and Lovers -
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your characters have been the closest of friends for years, seen each other through good and bad, sickness and health, love and heartache, until finally one of them has an epiphany. Or maybe they knew all along and just can't stand it any longer. Either way, the relationship needs to change. Your character's decided it's got to be all or nothing... either they will be together, or else they need to be apart. |
February
REGULAR CHALLENGES:
Quickie Challenge:
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Write something short... a poem, a drabble, a snippet, a limerick... our theme is Seduction. |
Include the Following Challenge:
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Use at least three of the four listed items in a story... cinnamon hearts, melted chocolate body art, red heart silk boxers and a burned out light bulb. |
Song Challenge:
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Write a fic based on, or inspired by, one of the two following songs. It does not need to include the lyrics. JUST KISS ME THE WAY |
Holidays, Birthdays, and Anniversaries Challenge:
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Write a story in keeping with one of this month's special occasions... Robinson Crusoe Day - Feb 1 |
AUs Challenge:
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NASA... Astronauts... this month, rewrite your favorite characters as members of the first human colony to live on the moon or the first manned mission to Mars. |
Beginnings Challenge:
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Write a fic starting with the following first sentence: "Sonuva-... I completely forgot..." |
Shakespeare Challenge:
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Use the quote in some way, whether title, dialogue, theme, etc: "Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have
Immortal longings in me." |
Famous Quotations:
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"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence." |
Ripped From the Headlines Challenge:
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Use the following news item as a basis to build a fic around... Arizona hostage standoff enters 14th day -- Arizona Department of Corrections officials aimed floodlights overnight at a state prison tower where two inmates have been holding a woman guard hostage for two weeks. |
RANDOM CHALLENGES:
SomeBunny Luvs U -
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write a story where one guy gives another the silliest, most unlikely, utterly non-masculine Valentine's present that you can come up with... fuzzy pink bunny slippers, red satin heart pillows... but with real feelings behind it. |
Valentine's Charity Bachelor Auction -
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A classic of romantic fic. |
Fools Rush In -
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Lightning strikes... Lust at First Sight... immediate and incendiary physical attraction that leads to an night of passion the likes of which neither partner had ever experienced before. Only now, reality rushes back in, and it's time to deal with the aftermath, and at least one of your characters is pulling back... uncomfortable? In doubt? Afraid? Embarrassed by his/her behaviour? |
March
REGULAR CHALLENGES:
Quickie Challenge:
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Write something short... a poem, a drabble, a snippet, a limerick... our theme is Lady Luck. |
Include the Following Challenge:
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Use at least three of the four listed items in a story... a tarantula, a curling iron, missing kitchen shears and a DVD player. |
Song Challenge:
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Write a fic based on, or inspired by, one of the two following songs. It does not need to include the lyrics. PUSH WITHOUT YOU |
Holidays, Birthdays, and Anniversaries Challenge:
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Write a story in keeping with one of this month's special occasions... Peanut Butter Lovers' Day - Mar 1 |
AUs Challenge:
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let's try a different first meeting scenario... instead of their canon meeting, your two characters meet for the first time when one hits the other with his car, or at least has a very near miss. |
Beginnings Challenge:
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Write a fic starting with the following first sentence: "Um, okay, how can I put this? I have good news and bad news..." |
Shakespeare Challenge:
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Use the quote in some way, whether title, dialogue, theme, etc: "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't." |
Famous Quotations:
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"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?" |
Ripped From the Headlines Challenge:
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Use the following news item as a basis to build a fic around... Triple murder charge in missing family case. |
RANDOM CHALLENGES:
High School Reunion -
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your character has to face his 10 year (or higher) reunion. Was s/he one of the popular kids in high school? Or is it time for look-at-me-now revenge? |
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder -
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your chosen characters are separated by vast distance. Can they keep the relationship going strong? |
Who Are You Again? -
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another classic of slash fanfic... one of your characters is struck by amnesia and either sees his platonic partner in a whole new light, or forgets the relationship he has with his lover. |
April
REGULAR CHALLENGES:
Quickie Challenge:
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Write something short... a poem, a drabble, a snippet, a limerick... our theme is Honesty. |
Include the Following Challenge:
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Use at least three of the four listed items in a story... a resort hotel, lost speedos, a bowl of guavas and a pair of knitting needles. |
Song Challenge:
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Write a fic based on, or inspired by, one of the two following songs. It does not need to include the lyrics. GOODBYE TO YOU WHEN I FALL IN LOVE |
Holidays, Birthdays, and Anniversaries Challenge:
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Write a story in keeping with one of this month's special occasions... April Fool's Day - Apr 1 |
AUs Challenge:
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Pros and Cons - Take your character and put him somehow on the wrong side of the law. What if s/he were actually an international jewel thief? A con artist? Maybe you'd like to play it for laughs and they are bungling kidnappers? Or maybe it'll be deadly serious and you'll write them as a psychopath or a serial killer? |
Beginnings Challenge:
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Write a fic starting with the following first sentence: "Hey there, stranger! Long time, no see." |
Shakespeare Challenge:
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Use the quote in some way, whether title, dialogue, theme, etc: "I am a man more sinned against than sinning" |
Famous Quotations:
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"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." |
Ripped From the Headlines Challenge:
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Use the following news item as a basis to build a fic around... Enough innuendo: women want proper gay sex on screen |
RANDOM CHALLENGES:
Dream Lover -
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"Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them." --John Updike |
First Date From Hell -
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Just what the title describes. Your character goes on a first date where everything that could possibly go wrong, does go wrong. In the most excruciating and embarrassing way possible. |
Alcohol Awareness Month -
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Your character has developed a drinking problem or potential problem, serious enough that a friend, partner or co-worker confronts them about it. |
May
REGULAR CHALLENGES:
Quickie Challenge:
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Write something short... a poem, a drabble, a snippet, a limerick... our theme is Salsa. |
Include the Following Challenge:
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Use at least three of the four listed items in a story... a kite, a scrapbook, a stray dog and a motorcycle. |
Song Challenge:
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Write a fic based on, or inspired by, one of the two following songs. It does not need to include the lyrics. WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO FOR YOU I WILL |
Holidays, Birthdays, and Anniversaries Challenge:
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Write a story in keeping with one of this month's special occasions... Lei Day - May 1 |
AUs Challenge:
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Change your character(s) stars. Make them a rising star in the music world. Maybe a classical pianist, maybe an opera singer, maybe the hottest new country music band on the Nashville scene. Whatever the style, whatever the story, it's yours to write. |
Beginnings Challenge:
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Write a fic starting with the following first sentence: "I won! I can't believe I actually won!" |
Shakespeare Challenge:
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Use the quote in some way, whether title, dialogue, theme, etc: "Everyone can master a grief but he that has it" |
Famous Quotations:
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"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city." |
Ripped From the Headlines Challenge:
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Use the following news item as a basis to build a fic around... Alien Fish Caught in Maryland Lake (CNN) |
RANDOM CHALLENGES:
Dating Service -
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After spending another in an unfortunately long line of lonely weekends, your character decides to take the plunge and enlist the aid of a dating service/matchmaker, anything from an online service to a matchmaking maiden aunt. |
National BBQ Month -
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your character hosts their first BBQ/pool party of the summer, maybe for a large group of friends, maybe just for them and their honey. |
Sex Toy Party -
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Your character either hosts, or gets invited to, a sex toy party. Do they come away with toys? Or ideas? Or both? Are surprises in store for their partner? |
June
REGULAR CHALLENGES:
Quickie Challenge:
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Write something short... a poem, a drabble, a snippet, a limerick... our theme is Summer Lovin'. |
Include the Following Challenge:
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Use at least three of the four listed items in a story... an aquarium, roses, iced tea and a banana peel. |
Song Challenge:
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Write a fic based on, or inspired by, one of the two following songs. It does not need to include the lyrics. UNWELL I'M WITH YOU |
Holidays, Birthdays, and Anniversaries Challenge:
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Write a story in keeping with one of this month's special occasions... Clean Air Day - June 2 |
AUs Challenge:
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Phantom of the Opera - take the classic tale and rewrite it, adapting it to fit your fandom (or your fandom to fit it, whichever your preference). Maybe it's not a phantom of an opera... maybe it's a phantom of an office building? Or a hospital? Happier ending or a sadder one? Your call. |
Beginnings Challenge:
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Write a fic starting with the following first sentence: "Fire down below!" |
Shakespeare Challenge:
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Use the quote in some way, whether title, dialogue, theme, etc: "How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes!" |
Famous Quotations:
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"If raindrops were kisses, I would send you a storm." |
Ripped From the Headlines Challenge:
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Use the following news item as a basis to build a fic around... Lego Rated Adults' Favourite Toy |
RANDOM CHALLENGES:
Gay Pride Parade -
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your character is encountering their first ever Pride parade, whether as a participant or as a spectator. How does it affect them? Will their feelings and attitudes evolve in any way? For the better, or the worse? |
Roughing It -
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your character(s) hit the camping trail. Hiking, fishing, tenting (or if they're less adventurous, maybe a cabin in the woods). Living off the land. Are they having a good time? Or do they long for a return to civilisation? |
Sleepwalking -
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your character begins sleepwalking at night. What are they doing? Where are they walking? Are they going to get into an embarrassing situation? Reveal more than they'd ever intended? |
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