Jul
29
2009
The Chain Story
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For the final part of the pre-contest phase, the 12 contestants worked on a chain story on the Fourth Fiction Twitter page. I provided the opening lines for the story at midnight, July 24th, and the contestants developed it as they wished, writing one post per 24-hour cycle. The chain story ended August 1st when a pre-competition poll was posted. See this video for more details about this pre-contest chain story.
THE CHAIN STORY
HOST: It was a dark and stormy night. There was a knock on the door.12:00 AM Jul 25th from web Continue reading
Jul
24
2009
Roundup of the 10 Literary Dares
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Fourth Fiction Dare 1: Write a caption for this cartoon
Each Fourth Fiction pre-contest dare was posted at midnight on the Fourth Fiction Twitter page between July 14th and July 24th. The contestants had 24 hours to respond to each dare. The outside responses by non-contestants are also included (after the contestants’ responses) in many of the posts. For more details about these pre-contest literary dares, see this video.
The 10 Dares
DARE 1 – Come up with a caption for this cartoon.
DARE 2 – Tweet a story that involves an act of cannibalism.
DARE 3 – Write something from the perspective of a sperm.
