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[Weather]

Weather

A storm in the night?

Heat at the beach?

Frozen mountains?

Weather influences us all, be it by just allowing us to bath in the sun, or stops us from going to an open air concert. Maybe it's completely different than your protagonists expected, or they are waiting for the perfect day to fly their hot air ballon. Good, bad, sunshine, storm, sudden or expected - this is all up to you.

But the weather must somehow influence your characters actions. Positive or negative is up to you, but the difference the weather makes must be felt to some degree.

Deadline: 13. September

[You are not bound by the rules of the original competition.]

Re-Write

Sometimes, a story doesn't turn out as one hopes it does. Maybe you realize that you should have told it from a different point of view. Maybe the ending just didn't work. Maybe you were in a rush and couldn't give the story as many details as you wished. Maybe you realized too late that a scene was completely useless and the story would have been better without it. Maybe someone commented something about your story that made you go: "Wow, I should have done that!"

This FWC is about re-writing a story you already entered into the competition at some point in the past. A re-write is not the same as simply editing a story. A re-write is more. Basically, it requires you to tell a story again. Of course, you can look at your old work to do so, but just changing a sentence here or there, removing a paragraph or adding one is not enough. Your job is to re-tell the story, as if you were writing it for the first time (though keeping sentences or paragraphs you particularly like here and there is okay). You can change major elements, but it should still be recognizable.

I realize that the topic as stated above would not allow newcomers to enter, because it requires an old entry. Considering how few people enter, and those that do are regulars, I don't think it will be a problem, but I do offer an alternative: You can also re-write the story of someone else who entered the FWC at some point in the past, though only if you never entered here before. And if possible, ask for permission from the original author.

In short:
- Re-write one of your old entries.
- If you never entered before, re-write a story from another participant (but ask for permission).
- Post a link to the old story, so that we can compare them.
- Get everything done by 21. July.


Edit:
One point I forgot to mention: You are not bound by the rules of the original competition. If your entry was for a 500 words story, for example, and you want to turn the re-write into a 30 000 words monster, that's completely fine.

A Spy!

Is he working for a foreign government? Is she a corporate spy trying to find business secrets? Is it a student trying to get the questions for the next test from their teacher?

Whatever it is, your story must contain some kind of spying or espionage. It can be high-tech and full of action, or based on psychological warfare or something similar. It can be about the spy trying to get information or someone trying to stop a spy. You get the idea, I'm sure.

Deadline: 22. February

[Ice and Snow]

Ice and Snow

It is winter, and supposedly that means it is cold (well, if you live on the northern hemisphere). I like snow (as long as I don't have to drive) and I wonder: Do you too?

You don't have to. You can tell us about the fun children have building a snowman, or about a car getting stuck in a snowstorm. Maybe you want to tell us about scientists in the Arctic or the gripping tale of the person who invented icecream.

No matter what, your story better has something that is freezing cold!

Hot chocolate and coffee will be available in this thread for all on 10. December (which is also when your stories should be posted).
Put on a warm jacket, light some candles and write me some freezing cold stories!

This thread contains lists of past topics for the active competitions in this forum.

The lists were created half automatically and half manually and are not complete, because they are based on the thread titles of past competitions.

They are sorted newest to oldest.

In this thread you find lists for the following competitions:

- Background Blitz
- Colouring Ball
- Fortnightly Writing Competition
- MAGS
- Music Competition
- Sprite Jam