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Colour Challenge

1: Pick your favourite colour
2: List as many things you can think of that are that colour or remind you of the colour
3: List as many describing words for the colour and for the items in 2 as you can
4: Write a poem using all those words and descriptions

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I'm doing a Creative Writing class at the moment and we've been set some ... interesting excercises. I've used a couple we've been set and added some of my own for fun. Have a go and see what you can do!

Challenge Number One:

1. Pick your favourite song
2. Write a short (1000-5000 words) story based on the lyrics (ie the story behind them).
3. Don't have the person who wrote/performed the song as a character; make the characters up.
4. I'd love to see them, so send me either the link if you have it online, or it as a document. Make sure to include the actual lyrics.

Challenge Number Two:

1. Write a short story about anything with the title "Through the Kitchen Window"
2. Try to keep it around 200 words in length
3. I'd love to see them, so send me either the link if you have it online, or it as a document.

My Response

Fanfiction: Harry Potter

Challenge Rules:

1. No manipulative! uncaring! or evil!Dumbledore, no independent! or dark!Harry. The only exceptions are if I state, and if so I want to supervise.
2. Let me know when you start writing/posting, because I would love to read them! I may offer to beta, but only if I have time.
3. Some challenges I may already have a little material written for, which I’ll send when you begin to write (as long as you tell me!). Feel free to edit it, but I’d like to see it, or variations, in the story.
4. If I send a summary, only edit it if it’s not right with the storyline (e.g., if the summary’s too serious or too humorous).
5. No OoC-ness or Mary Sues. The former can be compromised, the latter not. Sorry.
6. No HBP unless I give specific permission. I’ve really gone off that book since JKR proclaimed my Alby dead. (Sob)

Trial & Error Challenge

1. Post-GoF, but with some OotP elements. You can add as many as you want to the ones I give you.
2. Halfway through Harry’s fifth year, Sirius dies, and Harry’s mad at Albus for reasons you can do what you want with, as long as it conforms to the rest of the rules (see above also).
3. The Ministry are accusing Harry of murdering Cedric Diggory, and he has to run away from Hogwarts.
4. Albus is in serious trouble also, for opening proclaiming Voldemort’s return, and eventually he also has to go into hiding. He and Harry end up together, anywhere you want.
5. Harry has to get over his anger at Albus and the two have to work together to force Voldemort out into the open.

Body-Switch Challenge

1. Post-OotP or post-GoF, set in Harry’s 6th year
2. The new DADA teacher is Severus Snape’s wife. They’ve been married ten years.
3. An accident with a reversal spell switches Harry and Severus into each other’s bodies.
4. Ships: Harry/Ron and Severus/OFC (see above) Mrs Snape is NOT a Mary Sue!
5. Albus has to try and find an answer to the problem while Harry and Severus pretend to be each other, with some help from Ron, Hermione, Albus and Mrs Snape