So this is your basic intro competition. Many of you have done this before, but I will post the rules below:1. Write a 13 line hooky intro. Explanation here of how to ensure yours is 13 lines. If it is longer it will get cut by The Lady of the Scissors (visual: Scissors, grasped in a hand, rise slowly in the centre of a lake to choral music..).
2. Write to the prompt. We are flexible, but it should be there...somewhere!
3. Post your intro using the format identified in this
thread. Please don't post anything but entries on that thread.
4. All entries posted by or on 15th February (GMT). I will close the competition on 16th and open it for judging.
5. If you wish your entry to anonymous (until the reveal at the end) then email me with your Hatrack name and your story FORMATTED exactly as it needs to be to posted. By that I mean if want italics then use the code, and make sure I can just cut and paste it into a post without any more fiddling...Be aware, if you send it to me and I post it and then you want to change something you won't be able to.
6. Guidance for voting: when voting is open you will be asked to vote for your top 3 stories. Please take into account smoothness of prose, desire to read more, adherence to the prompt.
You are not allowed to vote for your own.
You may post comments about the intros (encouraged) but this isn't obligatory.
If you fail to vote you will be disqualified and your votes will trickle down (if someone voted you first then your 5 points goes to whoever they voted for second).
When voting opens, vote before looking how others have voted. It is fairer and stops you from being influenced one way or the other(i.e. everyone votes for a particular story...)
Don't play if you don't plan to vote...
So...the prompt:
There must be no actual dialogue (I am British!), and it must be about someone going somewhere they fear, alone. You are allowed to use indirect thoughts in third or 1st person.
[This message has been edited by skadder (edited February 08, 2011).]
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