2010

Choice 1: Faulty memory. Forgetfulness. Swiss cheese brain. Give us a tale about one (or more) of the seven having trouble remembering things. Could be old age creeping up. Could be a bad guy decided to drug the water supply for the whole town and now no one can remember a dang thing. Bonus for using the phrase: "Et tu, Brute?"

Choice 2: Clusterfucks. Give us a series of unrelated small problems that snowball into one big clusterfuck. Bonus for using the phrase: "All I wanted was a little time alone."

2009

Choice 1: Write a story featuring Mary and make us like her.

Choice 2: Write a story in which two or more characters have to 'switch roles' - i.e., someone other than Ezra has to be the gambler - and do it well, someone other than Buck has to seduce a hard-to-get woman and succeed, someone other than Nathan has to play doctor and succeed, someone other than Josiah has to conduct a religious service of some sort (a wedding? a christening? A Sunday service?) - et cetera.

2008

Choice 1: take one of your least favorite fannish cliches and write it into a story, debunking it

Choice 2: use these in a story - "throw a punch", "meaner than a snake" and "velvet"

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