Guardian competition - Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness has been given free reign over at the Guardian - he’s set up a competition (£50 book token, a signed copy of Patrick’s book and ten other books from Walker Press). It’s only open to anyone living in the UK but it’s an interesting challenge that might get a few people writing.
Whenever I write a short story or a novel, I always know the last line before I start. I might not know what the climax of the story will be, or how I will get to that line, but I always know the last feeling that I want to leave a reader with. My challenge is to write a story in no more than 600 words that …
… Starts with the line: A bell rang and I opened my eyes. I thought, ‘Oh, no, not him, anyone but him.’ … and finishes with the line: Then she let go of my hand, and I fell and kept falling.
Details about the competition are here.
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Gosh. How limiting!
You’re missing a fairly important detail: “This competition is open to children who live in the UK, aged five to 16.”
@Celine - Give it a go and see how you do
@EMordino - you aren’t eligible aaaanyway…
@Celine - Give it a go and see how you do
LOL! Even if I was a UK kid aged 5 to 16, me brain would be knotted trying to come up with something! I’ll leave it to the more flexible younger generation.
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