The default setting in Q&As is "Recent". However, by clicking on "Popular", I came across this (the most popular thread ever on this forum, with 88 replies):
https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/question/view/192
It seems to have fizzled out some years ago, but I thought that I might revive the idea for a new generation of users on this forum.
NEW RULE: To prevent total hijacking, each entry may be a MAXIMUM of THREE (3) sentences!
Even when this thread disappears from the most recent page(s), please keep it in mind and return to it again and again. Let's see if we can write a novel-length work of beauty and originality! At least set a new record for thread length.
Obviously, styles will change. Genres may also do so. I will try my best to keep it from sliding into a Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter OR Twilight clone. (THAT's a gauntlet thrown down for some of you fanatics! This could be fun!)
p.s. If it's interesting, I'll ask others at La Gr@not@ if we can publish it. Prepare your CVs!!!
I'll begin:
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Aisha wiped the mud out of her eyes before plunging her head in the almost-freezing mountain stream.
"That Jon!" she muttered (filling her mouth with water, the rash girl), "He'll pay for this!"
Shaking her head caused myriad waterdrops to fly out from her long, red hair.
(to be continued...?)
You will have noticed that “which THREATENING damsel to rescue first”, and some of you might have thought “that should have been ‘threatened’ ”; but no, Dear Readers, that was no typo! Although Jon might have been totally unaware that neither young woman was in immediate danger, this was – in fact – the case (Aisha being in the cave with 7 cute dwarves [one of whom was getting sleepy]; and Jane Austen not needing oxygen to continue in her undead state). On the other hand, there was no denying that – despite Ms. Austen’s genteel veneer – both females were forces to fear (so be forewarned, fair fellows fans of forest fables).
Refusing to expose her ankles an obvious mistake from Jane who immediately struggled to navigate even these calm waters and sank to become tangled in the underwater flora. Of course, being a zombie, her only peril was ruining her hair. This left Jon with the dilemma of which threatening damsel to rescue first - the one with romance on the undead brain or the one who was naked?
Meanwhile, Jon, Jane Austen, and an unnamed CIA agent – who had all witnessed Aisha’s disappearance below the water surface – were preparing to dive in to the rescue. The CIA agent (still camouflaged as a snake) was prevented from doing so by becoming entangled with a 7-metre-long scrub python (“call me Amy”) which seemed to have amorous intentions.
Unlike Aisha, not bothering to undress, Jane and Jon hit the water simultaneously.