The Creative Writing Challenge - Task #1
After a sequence of 3 Pre-Launch posts about this epic creative writing challenge, I have the honor to finally and officially LAUNCH IT! Still not in the participants list? Keep reading.
Those of you who sees the Creative Writing Challenge (CWC) for the first time still have a chance to join with a flying start by tomorrow at Midnight (Aug 3).
To quickly catch up with all the rewards and rules I advise taking a look here. Ready? Okey then. Brush up your creative muscles and put yourself on the starting line together with the rest of the challengers who are already sitting at their writing desks in front of a blank sheet of paper holding a pencil and waiting for the start.
Let the creative writing challenge begin:
Creative Writing Challenge
NUMBER ONE
NUMBER ONE
1). Go to your home library. Pick a random shelf. Take the 7-th book. Open page number 7. Find the 7-th sentence and write a short poem OR a short essay based on what you have read in the sentence. Don’t forget to take a snapshot of the sentence which triggered your creativity to write the post. Include the snapshot at the beginning of your post.
Minimum requirements:
- 150 words for a poem and 300 words for a short essay (creative fiction and nonfiction are both accepted)
- pick at least one image as a header (the snapshot is counted as one image as well)
- and last, but not least: use your imagination and have fun
2). Once you have finished, publish it as your next post. Then get back here and submit the link as a comment.
Deadline:
Since the door for new participants is still open by tomorrow by Midnight, the deadline to submit your first post (out of 9) will be Aug 4.
A SBD Reward:
Those of you who complete all the 9 tasks will share a price pull (Currently 10 SBD and looking for sponsors).
Additional Rewards
- a significant improvement of your creative writing skills
- a chance to build new healthy writing routines (the same hidden benefit as we had in @merej99's challenge)
- an opp to compare your work with the one of your colleagues and discover personal weaknesses to improve
- connecting with other people with the same interest able to give you feedback and encourage you during the challenge and beyond that
Curious to see who you are competing with?
Here's the list with all of the participants:
| Name of challenger |
|---|
| @alemars16 |
| @orii |
| @rootingrobert |
| @kubbyelizabeth |
| @rachelburger |
| @flemingfarm |
| @ricardoangulove |
| @merej99 |
| @greatness96 |
If no one joins by tomorrow Midnight, it will be a nice coincidence that we'll have 9 tasks and 9 challengers.
If everything is clear, just go ahead and start challenging yourself!
Even if your shuttle doesn't reach the open space, there's always a second attempt.
Consistency will put you in a league of winners.
Greets,
@steemfluencer
Wait..am I part of this? Or do I have to submit my first challenge before I'm official?
Hello @unwhisp! Yes, you are. Go ahead and submit your entry. I've included you as one of the participants already.
when is the deadline? Today at what time/time zone? Thanks!
Hello, it's today by Midnight your time zone :) We don't follow a 100% strict rule for that one. For example it's already 1.30 a.m. here. and the deadline is over, however hundreds of millions of people living on the West North American cost still have about 8 hours and 30 minutes.
Aww, you're so generous on the time, but I'm not going to be able to pull it off this time. Got my sentence, but it has me stumped and I'm out of time. Sorry, but thanks for initiating this!
https://steemit.com/writing/@cristof/general-do-you-hear-what-you-are-saying-this-is-ludicrous
Here's my work.
Here is my submission. Thanks!
https://steemit.com/writing/@negativer/creative-writing-challenge-task-1-what-did-we-look-like-201783t15524897z
Hey @negativer! Thank you for the entry! You'll be soon part of the posts table I work on in the Day 1 - Diary post.
Here is my attempt. https://steemit.com/writing/@flemingfarm/the-creative-writing-challenge-task-1-jealousy-is-an-excellent-clue
First was my essay, this is my short story.
https://steemit.com/writing/@flemingfarm/the-creative-writing-challenge-task-1-jealousy-a-short-story
Are you serious? That's is what I call a challenge spirit! Well done @flemingfarm! Well done!
Thanks, I just couldn't get the original story line out of my head so had to finish it.
Here you go!
The Short-Circuited Sexbot of Incinerator 9
Oh :) That was pretty interactive! :) Would be curious to see what are you going to come out with for the second task :)
By "essay" do you mean creative nonfiction or can it include fiction too? :)
Hello Rachel and thanks for asking. I've just edited it so it's clear enough - it includes both creative fiction and nonfiction. Just work on the one you assume as the most appealing to you. Same goes for the subject of the text - just don't forget about a narrow or a broader connection with the sentence in the book you are going to discover :)
Here's mine! https://steemit.com/writing/@orii/creative-writing-challenge-task-1-we-were
Thank you @orii! Let me add your post in the table. You'll soon have the next post with Task #2. Keep an eye, I'll post it pretty soon.
The deed is done. Me first entry:-)
https://steemit.com/writing/@kubbyelizabeth/creative-writing-challenge-day-1-triple-7
It's already in the Day 1 Diary post. Thank you!
No thank you. I am loving these challneges!
Here's my entry:
https://steemit.com/writing/@morodiene/creative-writing-challenge-task-1-and-so-except-for-my-mortal-connections-i-m-alone
Whoa! You've entered as one of the last participants and you are already done with your first post! Congrats! :)
Glad I squeaked in under the wire!
Hii, this is my entry: https://steemit.com/writing/@alemars16/the-creative-writing-challenge-task-1-crash-and-burn I posted it several hours ago but forgot to put the link here :)
Oh, so you did it! Well done @alemars16! :)
So your 'Crash and Burn' post was added to the table with all the posts under Task #1. Looking forward for your entry for Task #2 :) Of course, you don't need to follow the challenge strictly if you are fine with that. Whatever you do, I'm really happy that you express willing to improve your writing.
Thank you! I've just submitted task #2 :)