For some of us, blogging is personal. Others are trying to educate or entertain; many more are hybrids. Yet we’re all storytellers. Creative Writing Challenges help you to push your writing boundaries, show off your blogging chops, and, hopefully, spark more post ideas.
To participate, tag your post with DPchallenge or leave a link to it in the comments. (It would also be great if you could link to this post to encourage people to take part – the more the merrier!) Your post should be specifically written in response to this challenge. We’ll keep an eye on the tag and highlight some of our favorite posts on Freshly Pressed on Friday.
If you’ve been living in a bunker or are just the kind of person that doesn’t check The Daily Post… daily (what’s wrong with you?), you may have failed to notice that we’re smack-dab in the middle of Phoneography Month. With that in mind, today’s creative writing challenge is all about phones and photos. See what we’ve done there?
It’s 2AM and your phone has just buzzed you awake, filling the room in white-blue LED light. You have a message. It’s a photo. No words, no explanation. Just a photo. Tell us all about it. And what happens next.
Enough Already?
If that has your imagination racing, leave this post now. Go. To the writing cave! If not, read on, and we’ll throw out some more questions to stir your thoughts.
My Mind Is Blank But I Must Scream
Still here? Not in the writing cave? Ok, let’s think about what this photo could be. Who it could be of. What it might be the start of.
- Is it from someone you know, someone you don’t know, or is it too mysterious to figure out?
- Why would they have used a photo instead of just calling or texting?
- Why are they sending it at 2am?
- Does it feel threatening?
- Does it feel like an invitation?
- Does it feel like a clue or a puzzle?
- Does it make you laugh? Or shiver?
- Does it feel like it might have been sent to you by mistake?
- Is the photo of a man, woman, mineral, vegetable, place?
- Is it the first of several photos? Or the only one you get?
- Are you going to reply? What would happen if you did? Or didn’t?
You could go as far as describing the photo, or take it up a notch and write a full-blown Scooby Doo mystery, replete with unmasking the ghoulish figure only to find out that it was Old Man Johnson all along. It’s in your hands.
Now, to the writing cave with you, and don’t come back until you’ve got a comment or trackback to share.
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Reblogged this on inkedpenandblankpaper and commented:
This has helped me tremendously as an author-in-training. As always, thank you for publishing this creative writing exercise.
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Here’s mine 🙂
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An actual 2 AM-ish phone photo and story by a woman with depression and insomnia, inspired by this challenge (thanks!). Live her insomnia with her… http://brokenlightcollective.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/the-endless-night/
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my DPchallenge post is on my blog page, im unsure of how to post it directly to you.
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This newway is exciting,Today,s creative writing challenge is newway for blogging.Future I participate more new things.
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Reblogged this on My Portfolio.
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Check out what I said happen –>> http://nshepherd1.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/dpchallenge-creative-writing-challenge-2am-photo/
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2am buzz, who could it be?
Does he want the booty or does he really want me. So tempting, so lusting, the thirst isreal. I reply with a wink and rool over to phil. Does he really want me or he does he want the booty? the lines are blurred its hard to tell im faded at 2 and phill was buzzing at 12 so all this fly shiy they talk is it just game? Why you buzzing me at 2 and this ninja phone been ringing since 12.
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http://thegirlwithgreatexpectations.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/2-am-photo/
I may have overdone it a little, but I liked the idea. Thank you for giving us this opportunity!
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I am entering a Very Silly Post http://diaryofasadwidow.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/dp-challenge-my-mind-is-blank-but-i-must-scream-dreaming-of-spring/ . Hope you enjoy
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Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone
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Okay here is my entry: http://greenembers.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/where-were-you-when-i-needed-you-dp-creative-writing-challenge/
I just kept it simple and short, that works a bit better for me, lol.
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After reading through so many of these if my phone beeps at 2am I won’t be looking at it… And I’m double locking all the doors in my house! Some great entries but I’m scared now lol
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The photo came through at 2 am as expected, but it was the wrong man…
#DPChallenge http://fifty5words.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/targeted-at-2-am/
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Ooh this a very interesting! I liked how its at 2 am in the morning! Makes the people who are writing more open to different possibilities of how to take on the story.
Here’s mine! :http://wolfchick26.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/2am-photo/
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Oh by the way, mine is a full blown article. A true story actually except when I was texted the photo it was 4AM
http://inspirewild.com/2013/03/19/a-40-year-old-murder-in-cape-cod-the-phone-the-stairs/
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so glad!!!my klient sent masagges, finnaly,,it worth! Because they give me 500 dollars!!!
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Thanks, this was a lot of fun! I ended up spooking myself out while writing it. http://mmpearson.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/creative-writing-challenge-2am-photo/
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This is my very first creative writing challenge:2am, which I combined with my weekly photo challenge:lunchtime
I hope you enjoy it! 好的妙语. Bon appetite!
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This is the first time that I have published a blog. I enjoy creative writing but I like a challenge even more. Please read my short story and critique it. I didn’t go to college. This is something I do for fun. If I have any hope of being a paid writer i’m going to need your help. Thnx
http://thebeginningsofmhdickey.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/you-have-one-n…-by-m-h-dickey/
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I’m sorry but i think i put the wrong address for my entry. Here it is again:
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A great acheivment
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http://theseeker57.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/my-water-bag-broke/
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Here’s my link to my post for the #DP Challenge:
http://buzzingtrends.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/2am-photo-dp-challenge/
Juliana x
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http://unchartedpens.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/the-2am-photo-what-it-all-was/
I hope I made it a bit interesting! Comments!
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I can’t remember if i already left the link here 😦 Early onset dementia 🙂
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Reblogged this on Hunting Dragons and commented:
Thinking of a story… Love this idea!
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Here’s my contribution! 2AM Christmas Day. http://waitingonaword.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/2am-christmas-day/
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That was fun! Here’s my little 500 word offering 🙂 Off to read some of the others!
http://huntingdragons.net/2013/03/20/creative-writing-challenge-2am-photo-one-new-message/
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