A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words! Fall 2008 Challenge
It’s time to celebrate all things Autumn! Change is in the air, frost is underfoot and we're trying something new and different in our Challenge forum. Instead of written story starters, we are inviting you to be inspired by the single photograph in each of our seven themes:
Love’s Sweet Harvest
It Happened One Autumn
The Apple of My Eye
Fall Frolic
A Killer Frost
Autumn Expressions
Seeing Red
You must use the title attached to the photograph you choose, but you don’t need to attach the picture to your story as an intro. Readers can refer to the Challenge Guidelines area to see the source of your inspiration. Just start writing, but carefully peruse our voting categories first to see some of the new ones we’ve created especially for this Challenge.
You may enter this Challenge as many times as you like, though, as always we are striving for quality not quantity. You must use a different Title/Picture for each entry and you must finish one story before starting another. Also stand-alones only please -- no sequels. To celebrate our prolific authors we have a special category: Exemplary Body of Work. (See below for more details).
All stories must include at least one character from either Sue Thomas F.B. Eye or Murdoch Mysteries.
As usual we ask that you begin your story by:
Select New Topic
In the title area please include the title of the picture you have chosen and your name : ie. A Killing Frost – kav
In the description area please include your rating: ie. PG17
Then just keep writing! A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Challenge begins on Tuesday September 16 and ends at midnight in your area Saturday Nov 1st.
Voting Categories for A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words.
NEW! Best Short Short: Write a vignette of 1000 words or less to have your story included in this category. Please include your word count at the end of your final post.
Best Short Story: any story under 7000 words will be included in this category. Please include your word count at the end of your final post.
Best Full Length Story: all stories 7001+ words will be included here.
NEW! Best Missing Scene: Use one of the pictures as the inspiration to write a missing scene from any episode of Sue Thomas F.B. Eye or Murdoch Mysteries. Please include the episode title and a brief synopsis of the scene before your story takes place.
NEW! Most Chilling Scene: Since Halloween falls within our challenge deadline we thought we’d add this category for any spine-tingling writing you care to do.
NEW! Most Tender Scene: This is for those toe-curling “ahhhhh” moments – only one scene per writer will be included in this category.
Best Love Scene: Sizzling hot or achingly tender – you write them and we’ll gladly read them…and choose one per author.
Best Kiss:
NEW! Thanksgiving Spirit: Our Canadian members celebrate Thanksgiving in October so this one is for them. You don’t have to write the holiday into your story, but if you manage to catch the spirit of thanksgiving your story will be entered into this category.
Most Intriguing Original Character: Good or bad, you create ‘em and they’ll be listed here.
Best Romance: (Jack and Sue, other) Specific ‘other’ pairings will be listed if enough entries warrant it.
Best Comedy: Tickle our funny bone and your story will be entered here.
Best Drama: Heartwrenching? Suspenseful? Thoughtful? Provocative? Predominately serious work will be listed here.
Best Novice Challenge Writer: Haven’t entered a challenge more than once before.
NEW!Exemplary Body of Work : Writers who have entered this challenge more than once will be listed here.
As always we request that you do not post your challenge story elsewhere until the challenge and voting have been completed.
Pictures are posted as their own topic.