Creative Writing Contest #2

[Reka]

Okay, so I said I would eventually get around to this.  For a while I was trying to think of really cool writing assignments that would appeal over a wide spectrum of writers.  I am trying to step away from the "make up your own character in a fantasy world" stereotype and really work you guys into thinking about your story.  So, I came up with two ideas on my own--and then I borrowed another idea from my Creative Writing Professor.

You have three choices to choose from:
1)  This is called eavesdropping.  And what do you literally do?  You eavesdrop on a conversation by anyone.  But, you have to be discreet about it.  Your goal is to get a few good lines of dialogue that you can use to start a story.  Then, after you get those few lines of dialogue with your established characters (which will be the people you eavesdrop on), you will embellish.  This is when you get really creative.  You turn the conversation into something outlandish, adventurous, or maybe even sorrowful, or tragic.  Make it yours! This is an exercise that will help you build on your character interaction skills.  You are allowed to get into fantasy should you choose for this option.  You could take for example, a distressed pair of teenagers gossiping about their boyfriend breakups and turn it into a secret disguise conversation about their plot to end the world.  Whatever you come up with is at your disposal.
2) This next option is called transition.  In this transitional process,  you will choose one character from the past.  This has to be an actual person who played a part of history in ANY culture around the world.  With this person, you will have two main characters.  It will be yourself, and that person.  The sky is the limit on who you decide to choose.  What you will do with this person is you will bring them from the past and into the modern world.  You will describe a short story of how they react and interact with a way of life that is NOTHING like what they lived in during their period of history.  In this case, it would be beneficial to go several hundred years back to acquire a good character for your story.  Try to put yourself in their shoes, and try to imagine what it would be like to go from riding say in a horse and buggy and then all of a sudden seeing a car.  But that's just one example.
3) In this option, you will do another style of transition.  But in this transition, it will be you as the main character interacting in a new environment.  You will put yourself in the shoes of the historical figure, but instead of being in a modern world you will be in their time period.  You will write what it will be like for you to go from a car to the horse and buggy so to speak.  Both of these options have to be realistic historical fiction.  Fantasy is not apart of this option.

Expectations:
1) You have no writing limit
2) Good punctuation and grammar is expected
3) Having fun is required

Deadline:
All entries must be submitted to me by PM on October 21, 2013
Winner will be announce October 25, 2013

Grand Prize:
A surprise custom made signature or avatar of your choice labeling you as the current Krene Creative Writer's Champion.

[Geel-Kajin]

Wait, so these historical figures aren't those of Krene?

[Reka]

Nope, this is unattached to Krene.

[Geel-Kajin]

Oh well then. Seems missing the first one was a bad decision on my part

[Reka]

Well, Geel-Kajin there is no creative limit. So just because it isn't directly attached to Krene doesn't mean if you wanted to make it that way that you couldn't.

[Darth Meeb]

I'll write something for this I think I have a pretty interesting and educational idea!