In accordance with numerous requests to keep this opt-in challenge going on a monthly basis, I hereby set forth a new challenge for October 2004:1. Re-Write the story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The following is a link to downloadable copy of the original story.
http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/41
(If you haven't discovered gutenberg.net already, it is a font for public domain texts.)
The challenge, if you don't already know, is to twist the story in one of four ways:
*Twist the story to suit your own creative bent. (And don't restrict yourselves to 17th Century country schoolmaster and pumpkins)
*Write the story in the style of another well-known author.
*Combine the tale with another tale of your choosing.
*Write a 'What if...?" version. A prequel or sequel to the original tale.
2. Submit the first 13 lines of your final draft (at least 'final' as of the deadline)to this thread. If you want others to look at and critique for you as an aid to the writing process, submit those rough-draft versions in your own F&F thread.
3. Anyone wanting to read a submitted story in its entirety may contact the writer by email.
Do NOT post the request to read on this thread.
Do NOT post comments of any kind on this thread.
Post questions and comments on the thread in Open Discussions entitled "3rd Rewrite Discussion Zone"
4. 3000 word limit.
5. Midnight EST, October 30, 2004 deadline. (Note that the deadline is NOT the last day of the month. We want them all finished and submitted for Halloween reading.)
6. Please, for SPAM's sake , include the word "Hatrack" in the subject line of all correspondences
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