VIOLENT SHIVERING, TRANSPARENT ICE, AND CRACKS BENEATH YOUR FEET!
This was the topic of the WritersWeekly.com Winter 2012 24-Hour Short Story Contest:
Blue ice stretched to the horizon, fading into the blinding rays of another waning winter sun. She shivered violently as the shifting mass groaned under her feet. She instinctively glanced down, looking for cracks under the transparent sheen. Suddenly, she tensed and dropped to her knees. Desperately clawing at the ice, she screamed...
Take a moment to think about where you would take this topic...
1. In your Writer's Notebook, record your ideas for this writing topic in a way that makes sense to you (ie. mind map, list, several sentences etc.)
The winners of the WritersWeekly.com Winter 2012 24-Hour Short Story Contest have been posted! See the entire list of winners (and their prizes), and read the top three winning stories here:
http://writersweekly.com/contest/winter12winners.html
2. Click the above link and find the top 3 winning stories. Read them together from the website, then, create a response discussing your opinion of the three winners. Do you consider these stories examples of strong writing? Give reasons with evidence from the stories to support your anwswer.
3. When you have a draft of your response, revise and edit it, then post it as a comment on our blog.
4. Now that you've thought of some ideas, and read what other writer's did with this prompt create your own short story using this topic as a guide! Work on this during Independent Writing time.
(http://www.writersweekly.com/ Publisher's Desk February 29, 2012)
Blue ice stretched to the horizon, fading into the blinding rays of another waning winter sun. She shivered violently as the shifting mass groaned under her feet. She instinctively glanced down, looking for cracks under the transparent sheen. Suddenly, she tensed and dropped to her knees. Desperately clawing at the ice, she screamed...
Take a moment to think about where you would take this topic...
1. In your Writer's Notebook, record your ideas for this writing topic in a way that makes sense to you (ie. mind map, list, several sentences etc.)
The winners of the WritersWeekly.com Winter 2012 24-Hour Short Story Contest have been posted! See the entire list of winners (and their prizes), and read the top three winning stories here:
http://writersweekly.com/contest/winter12winners.html
2. Click the above link and find the top 3 winning stories. Read them together from the website, then, create a response discussing your opinion of the three winners. Do you consider these stories examples of strong writing? Give reasons with evidence from the stories to support your anwswer.
3. When you have a draft of your response, revise and edit it, then post it as a comment on our blog.
4. Now that you've thought of some ideas, and read what other writer's did with this prompt create your own short story using this topic as a guide! Work on this during Independent Writing time.
(http://www.writersweekly.com/ Publisher's Desk February 29, 2012)