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Date: 2-2-2016
Word Limit: 1250
Words Written: 31,594
Judges (crits):
Boaz-Jachim
crabrock
sebmojo
Audio Recap: Post-Apocalyptic Week
Boaz-Jachim
crabrock
sebmojo
Audio Recap: Post-Apocalyptic Week
Week Archivist:
Kaishai
Kaishai
This week's prompt is the post-apocalypse. You are going to write me stories about interesting people who want something. I want to be specific:
1. Post-apocalypse.
Something happened, and society got messed up. Maybe it's a medieval post-apocalypse after demons invaded. Maybe it's a sci-fi post apocalypse and trees are turning into crystals. Maybe it's a surreal post-apocalypse and everyone's becoming rhinoceroses. Maybe you write Fallout fanfic and I get mad. No stories about causing the apocalypse. If your brains are too decadent and soft, you can ask for an apocalyptic premise and I will flash rule you.
2. Interesting people.
How are they interesting? I don't know. Maybe they have a sweet jacket, or a complex emotional landscape, or they can melt bones. I don't want to read about boring people though. And I really don't want to read about people doing boring things, like wandering around aimlessly or talking the whole time.
3. Who want something.
This can be anything, even abstract concepts, as long as it's specific. Maybe they want to reconnect with their girlfriend. Maybe they've been captured and want to break free. Maybe their car got stolen. Maybe they want to find a working god damn computer that doesn't have a cyberzombie jacked into it. 'To survive' is vague and bullshit. Give them a specific goal.
So, write about interesting people who want something in a post-apocalyptic setting.
1. Post-apocalypse.
Something happened, and society got messed up. Maybe it's a medieval post-apocalypse after demons invaded. Maybe it's a sci-fi post apocalypse and trees are turning into crystals. Maybe it's a surreal post-apocalypse and everyone's becoming rhinoceroses. Maybe you write Fallout fanfic and I get mad. No stories about causing the apocalypse. If your brains are too decadent and soft, you can ask for an apocalyptic premise and I will flash rule you.
2. Interesting people.
How are they interesting? I don't know. Maybe they have a sweet jacket, or a complex emotional landscape, or they can melt bones. I don't want to read about boring people though. And I really don't want to read about people doing boring things, like wandering around aimlessly or talking the whole time.
3. Who want something.
This can be anything, even abstract concepts, as long as it's specific. Maybe they want to reconnect with their girlfriend. Maybe they've been captured and want to break free. Maybe their car got stolen. Maybe they want to find a working god damn computer that doesn't have a cyberzombie jacked into it. 'To survive' is vague and bullshit. Give them a specific goal.
So, write about interesting people who want something in a post-apocalyptic setting.
25 Total Submissions, 3 Total Failures:
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