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...?)
[LADLES AND JELLYBEANS: WE ARE IN THE TOP 10! And this entry will break the 3-way tie for 8th place…]
“Besides,” hissed Aisha back at the antipodean reptile, “I’ll thank you to mind your own bizzo (as you Orstr-eye-lians say). In your own lingo: rack off hairy legs! This boy is MY meat!”
[short and sweet!]
[And now, quickly! Before bleedin’ Jane pops in… Ha ha! A turn of my own!]
“What are all these Ozzies doing in the middle of Hampshire?” asked Jane. “Kangaroos, wombats, scrub pythons... bloody foreigners!
“Maybe we should have a referendum to break out of the Commonwealth as well as Europe.”
[Sorry, Victoria, but you’ve broken the 3 sentence limit (by TWO!). However, to prove that I’m not a COMPLETE baddie, I’m going to edit that for you:]
"Did you think you could just leave me behind?" screamed Aisha at the same time that Jon was spluttering: "I knew you'd catch up… There was no need for us both to slow down or we'd never get back to civilization before..."
"Let me dissspatch him for you," hissed a scrub python, slithering under her shoe and onto his neck."
[See what you can do with a little creative editing?]