I've been meaning to show you two contagious contests created by writers with amazing web communities. Just reading a few of these wacky, deranged pieces could inspire a networked novel.More importantly, these punk-rock exercises are like calisthenics for writers, you should do them every day to keep your writing muscles tight.
First off, check out Nick Mamatas' site for a contest created by a fantastical fiction writer and The Publishing Spot buddy.
In his James TipMe Flash Fiction Good Taste Memorial Award, hundreds of writers tried to make short short parodies of fan fiction that mash up television and book characters.
David Schwartz, the blogging fabulist, won with this magnificent piece that brought television's Korean War comedy to the dark world of a Joseph Heller novel in M*A*S*H (Up)-22.
Writer and musician Eaho Laula took second with this very adult criss-cross of Spider-Man and Orwell's most famous novel: Nineteen Spidey-Four.
Then check out this spooky, timely, and imagination-absorbing Movie Plot Threat Contest hosted by security expert, Bruce Schneier.
Hundreds of conspiracy buffs and tech nerds have combined their powers to create imaginary terrorist plots, and you will spend the rest of the day looking over your shoulder...
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