A Mini-Challenge - Discovered When We First Met...

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It's been a while since I posted a challenge here at discoveredinalj, mostly because we're waiting for a Guest Challenger to prepare a little something (*g*) and partly because it's been quite quiet lately, writing-wise. I'm guessing that alot of people are working on their Big Bang stories, and of course there's lots of general "real life" busy-ness around too. But this morning I'm feeling inspired by some of the old posts over at the_safehouse, and so I thought we might have a go at a wee challenge to end the month (and maybe even start the new one!).

This challenge is in homage to the very first fic challenge over at The Safehouse, set way back in April 2004 by phantomas who was the comm mod back then. It went like this:

What did the Lads think the first time they met?

Either from Doyle’s pov or from Bodie’s or both.

from drabble length - 100 words - to novel length if you are so inclined :)

There were three or four drabbles posted in response to the challenge (and then people started posting other fic as well, and bam! there were Pros stories up on lj! *g*) - shall we see if we can manage to equal if not pass that? We'd just need four posts... *g* There's so much scope for first meetings too - as per these posts over at ci5hq (if anyone's needing extra inspiration... *g*) If anyone would like a prompt, then do comment to request one below, and you will be given a place of meeting to get those ideas ticking over...

So - posting any time, any length, and any format - a drabble or a story or artwork or... anything you can think of - until the next challenge opens (and don't forget to use a trailer instead of a header, if you need to use either!)... What did the Lads think the first time they met?

Comments

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Gissa prompt then - I need to flex my lads :D

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh yeay! Right, your place is... a tennis court. *g*

Hmmn - would you like to give me a prompt in return? *g*

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

a tennis court Heh!

OK then - yours is a car showroom. Or a car pool. Or, you know, somewhere with a lot of cars :D

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I like it... they have to meet there... oooh, how... um... *g*

[franciskerst.livejournal.com]

I'm horribly ashamed not to have performed as planned. I was mostly off line for a fortnight because of guests in my house. It was a lot of fun for me (excursions, good restaurants and so on) but no time at all to do anything else, not even to think about anything else. I'm now ready for the next turn but also very interested in this one.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

No worries, I figured life must have happened! Send me over your stuff when you're ready, and then I'll show you mine... *g*

[hutchynstarsk.livejournal.com]

Is this challenge still open? Can I play? What's a trailer?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

The discoveredinalj challenges usually have a specific closing date, but because it's been quiet lately, and because a hopeful guest-challenger wasn't sure how much time she'd need, I left this one open-ended. That said, I was thinking of closing it, but I shall leave it open for another week if you fancy playing!

Oop, sorry - and the rest of your answer... *g* Yes, please do play!

If you take a look at the User Info page you'll find the challenge/posting guidelines. In order to avoid spoiling people for stories, but to provide the info for people who do want it, we use a "trailer" system instead of a "header" - just copy and paste the story information at the end of your story, under the cut rather than at the beginning. Again, it's all on the User Info page! If you read some of the other stories posted for challenges here at the comm, you'll see what I mean too...

Oh, and previous challenges are all archived via the User Info page, if you want to see what's been written before too (and some brilliant fic) - just click on the banners for the challenges and it'll take you to the tag page for them. There are a few that made it as far as "Dialj Bound" zines too - downloadable as pdfs if you want the whole thing to read - also on the User Info page... *g*

[hutchynstarsk.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks. :D

I stayed up late last night working on it. A bad idea, as I needed to be alert this morning, but I had fun. *rubs hands together in glee* :D

I did glance through the user info but I'm going to have to read it in depth because most of it didn't register with me the other night. Thanks very much for the information and for keeping the challenge open longer! :D