I entered a 24-hour short fiction contest. I've entered it 3 times now, but this is the first time I've actually had the opportunity to sit down and write it on the day they send the prompt. One time I didn't check my email that day (and missed the contest), and another time I was helping Sarah move all her stuff into my living room and packing my stuff to "move to China."
So I was pretty happy to sit down and actually write this story. I had a lame idea at first, but I didn't write much of it (like 3 lines of an outline) before I went to the movies with Kevin. We went to see The Incredible Hulk. It was Incredibly boring (no plot, no internal drive to the movie... just a couple fight scenes in between Bruce Banner's trying not to turn into the green guy), so while I was watching it, I had time to think of my story.
I liked Transformers, except for the scene at the end (ok, the last half of the movie) where Optimus Prime is fighting Megatron. It felt like watching a 6-year-old boy play with action figures, complete with the "I am Optimus Prime," "I am Megatron," bam, bap, crash pow! The voices were a bit deeper, and the special effects more vivid-- more vivid than when I watch the child playing. But I'm sure that little boy sees and hears his toys exactly as they appear on the movie screen.
And that's what The Incredible Hulk felt like too.
And that helped me write my story.
I finished it last night and submitted it. An hour later I still hadn't received an email confirming they'd received it, so I went to bed.
This morning I still hadn't received a confirmation email, so I re-sent my story, and sent a second email hoping that they received it. Then after church today (which is after the 24-hour deadline), I still hadn't received a confirmation email.
Blah! I don't think they got my story. I am so sad! And crabby!
It was really good. It had a word limit, so it wasn't as rambling as this blog post. It had a good ending, so I think it had a good chance at winning the contest (based on past winners which all were based LOOSELY on the given topic/prompt and then had a twist/surprise ending). I'll post it here, but not today.
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So this has nothing to do with your entry, but I wanted you to know even though it is late, that I wrote up a memory...so the suspense is killing you...right?
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