Jesus Freaks for Writers discussion

Alright guys!! We are going to have a writing contest! :) Please give suggestions for how you think we should do this. I've got a couple ideas, but I'd like to get as much input as I possibly can. Thanks!'

Short stories or novels? That is definitely something that would need to be decided. Other than that, I'm afraid I don't really have any ideas.

I think it would be cool if we all wrote with the same opening; or maybe stay in the same genre.

Thanks for your ideas guys! Keep it coming!

Suggestions from a friend:
Okay, so I'd give them a unique story idea. Like, a story about slaves told from the slavemaster's POV; or a story about knights slaying a dragon told from the dragon's POV, or maybe even a young, cowardly Knight's POV. Something like that. Then, give them their restrictions/rules. Approximate word counts, content, deadlines, etc. I'd suggest giving them an eye-catching image for inspiration, too. Sometimes even the simplest of art works or photos can inspire us.

We could pick a fairy tale and all write it in our own words, changing the characters and time/setting as we choose. But still keeping the moral and base of story intact.

I love the fairy tale idea.I love the famous story/book idea too.

Great ideas, all of them!! I'll keep these all in mind; if they don't work out for this contest, possibly for future ones!

You could make up an opening paragraph and then we all have to write a story based on that. That way it would be the same but different. We did that for school once and it was super cool. You could also have it be so we had to make up a story in a thousand words or something like that.

Thanks for all the suggestions so far! keep 'em coming! Now, I also need suggestions on how we can do the judging. Should one person judge (the contest organizer), or the mods, or should we have a poll that the non-participant members vote on? Let me know your thoughts!!

I think we should have non-participants vote for the winning story by having them vote each story as either, most creative, best characters, best plot, most detail in scenery, etc. And have all those categories equal points, then add the points up to equal the winning story.

Love the idea of getting a unique prompt and then writing a story\novella!

Alright, I need your input on how you thought our recent contest went. Should we do more? You can also vote on this poll

Alright guys. Anyone ready for a new writing contest? I had a few thoughts on it, and I want to run it by you.

First of all, I think I want to up the word count. Make it, say, 5,000. It's a little more difficult to read through, but I am terrible - and I mean terrible - at solving any problem in 300 pages or less, let alone 2,000 or so.

Second, Easter is coming up. (Food! And I get my braces off three days afterwards!) Anyways, I was thinking we could do something themed with that. Something to do with sacrifice and love.

Or, we could do a short story theme with Carrie Underwood's song, "See You Again". When I listened to it (and watched the music video - bring tissues!) I got all sorts of ideas.

Also, if anyone has any of suggestions for prompts/themes, let me know!

Let me know! I'll start a poll!

Brianna wrote: "Alright guys. Anyone ready for a new writing contest? I had a few thoughts on it, and I want to run it by you.

First of all, I think I want to up the word count. Make it, say, 5,000. It's a littl..."

I think those are both great ideas, Brianna! Maybe you could run a contest where everyone submits a short story based off or inspired by a different song of their choosing? Just a thought.

Awww man! You get your braces off a few days after Easter? That's just mean!