24 Seconds (Saturday Writing Essential and...

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After saving the world and being awake for 24 hours, Jack Bower's head finally hits the pillow...

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...he shuts his eyes...

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...and dozes off.

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He begins to snore.

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He curls to a fetal position.

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He rolls over.

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He tosses...

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...and turns...

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He continues snoring.

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The phone on his nightstand rings.

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The phone rings again.

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The phone rings a third time.

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He opens one eye.

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The phone rings again.

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He opens the other eye.

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He grabs the phone off the nightstand. "Yeah?"

"Jack, CTU needs you for another 24 hours..."

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This week’s writing challenge: write a piece based on something you have read.

Write a piece of fan-fiction.
Write a fractured fairy tale by twisting the plot.
Write a scene from a famous novel or film but make it come out the way you always wanted it to.

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The Prompts:

Prose: Read the examples linked to above. Then write a story using the narrative technique of Anonymous Narrator: No Character Point Of View. Pretend, if it helps, that you are a screenwriter, writing a synopsis, or “treatment”, for a scene or sequence from the new movie you are writing.

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The Rules:

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Challenge: Pick a movie, book, play, song, or TV program and, using prose or poetry, write a parody of it.

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Good Writing!