Monday, March 5, 2012

Second Campaigner Challenge (of the Fourth Campaign)

If you look at this week's challenge, it is difficult.

I picked the following two criteria:

Write a pitch/logline for a book based on the prompts (less than 100 words).

and

Write in a genre that is not your own (for added difficulty).

These are the prompts. 

Prompt 1: 

Two people are sitting together under the remains of a concrete bridge. Their backs are against a rusted bridge support. One person’s leg is cut. The other person has wet hair. 

Prompt 2: 

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Prompt 3
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Prompt 4
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Prompt 5

My piece:

Robert and Martika are overseas picking up trash with others, cleaning up the environment after the Big Flood. When they meet a mysterious boy, Adel, who uses magic to manipulate water—creating fruit and other objects with water—they believe he caused the flood. Ready to alert authorities, they never make it to a phone… a starburst of energy from Adel sends them flying. Martika’s leg is slashed when she’s thrown against the remains of a bridge, while Robert is hurled into the ocean. Injured but alive, they decide to stay to fight Adel, whose power may destroy Earth.

It sounds like a wacky book, but the pitch is 99 words and I followed my two chosen guidelines. :)

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Giveaway reminder:  Miami author Alex Flinn had a reading and book signing recently, which I attended. I have a signed copy of her latest YA book, BEWITCHING, for a lucky blog follower in the U.S. or Canada. Here's the Goodreads page if you want to read the description of the book.

The contest form is below. Entries close March 6th at 11:59 p.m. 

53 comments:

Sarah Pearson said...

You've done well with a difficult challenge there!

Carrie Butler said...

Well done, Medeia! :)

bridget said...

Nicely done and so quickly too! It's not even Monday yet where I am!

Lynda R Young said...

Yup, that's a difficult challenge.
You did well with it though!

Old Kitty said...

I'd read this story! Yay! Take care
x

karysnightmarefuel said...

I want to read more, well done :) (I'm #8)

SA Larsenッ said...

That was a difficult challenge. I'd be interested to know where the threats from Adel would go. Hmmm...

Nice job. :D

katiaraina said...

Medeia, can you write this one?
It could be AMAZING!!

xo
Katia

Rachel Morgan said...

I can't believe you managed to put all those prompts together into a pitch! Sounds like it would be quite an action-packed book!

xx Rachel
My entry

Siv Maria said...

Sounds like it would be an interesting book, one worth checking out. Good pitch!

Lady Gwen said...

Well done, Medeia. You made a great story out of a very difficult challenge!

meradeth said...

Fun story idea! Looks intriguing!

T.D. McFrost said...

Well done! Your talent never ceases to amaze me, Medeia!

Melissa said...

Makes me want to read the story. Good job.
Melissa Maygrove - entry #14

Tara Tyler said...

great job! that was a tough one!

Jennifer Fischetto said...

Very interesting idea. :)

Kevin Hiatt said...

Wacky, but really very inventive. You've created an entire story out of a couple of pictures and a sentence. That's the sort of imagination I'd kill to have. Great job.

Nancy Thompson said...

Great entry! Geez, weren't those prompts difficult to incorporate all in one?! I almost gave up, but I did enter (#5). Can't wait to read what everyone came up with. Should be good!

Ashley Nixon said...

This is a crazy story! I definitely applaud you, I found this particular challenge too challenging and opted for the five sentence one. lol.

Nas Dean said...

Great excerpt Medeia! Loved the ending!

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

You covered a lot with so few words!

Romance Book Haven said...

Your piece/excerpt is wonderful!

Jolene Perry said...

Cool! I love writing prompts, but they inevitable turn into a novel, and I canNOT start any new projects right now, lol.
nice job :-D

Stephanie Allen said...

I haven't been able to wrap my head around this challenge yet, but you've made it look so easy! Great job!

Cynthia said...

What an interesting premise for a story! Thanks for sharing!

#35

Emily R. King said...

Great pitch! Wanna write one for my book? You have a knack for it. : )

Gwen said...

Adel sounds like such a cool character.

#38

Robyn Campbell said...

Bravo, Medeia! *applause* Adel sounds like a great antag! :-)

C.M.Brown said...

Adel seems quite nasty! I hope Robert and Martika win the battle!

Susan Fields said...

That was a difficult challenge - excellent job!

Nick Wilford said...

I would definitely read this book, sounds like it would be very exciting. Good job incorporating all the elements, it's not easy whichever one you do.

Michelle Pickett said...

Excellent job! You got a lot of plot points for a story in such a small piece. You could take what you've written and run with it - you'd have a great book!

Michelle
www.michelle-pickett.com

Tamara Narayan said...

That's a tough challenge. I like your take on it.

Julia King said...

Great job! I'd read the book for sure!

J.L. Campbell said...

Hi, Medeia,

I like the challenge this week, pics and all.

I feel so bad, I signed up for the challenge and have just been so swamped. Didn't have a lot of people in my category. I should go check what's going on. I've been a bad blogging buddy.

Christa Desir said...

That book IS whacked but in this really intriguing way. Nicely done. I find loglines to be really hard for something I haven't written yet:)

Ryan King said...

It might sound wacky but I'd most likely read that. I like the weird stuff.

Carrie-Anne said...

Sounds like a very interesting story, even if it's not in the type of genre I'd normally read. Great job with incorporating all of the prompts into your pitch.

Medeia Sharif said...

Thanks so much, everyone. I'm glad you thought I did well with a tough challenge. I'll be visiting all your blogs soon.

Honey said...

Very impressive. You write a great synopsis using all the prompts in a believable way! Good job:)

Samantha said...

You picked the most difficult one and did a great job! Kudos.

Also, I entered the giveaway :)

Sharon K. Mayhew said...

I would have chosen that picture too. It took me back to my childhood scavenging for things we could use...

Traci Kenworth said...

Nicely done.

Jocelyn Rish said...

Great job at fitting all those prompts in such a small space in a way that makes sense!

Jennifer said...

Cool pitch! I'd definitely read/buy that book.

Jessica Salyer said...

Sounds like a great story. When's it coming out?

Mina Burrows said...

It was a difficult challenge. I thought you did great. :)

Madeleine Maddocks said...

Wonderful pitch. I was hooked into it.

kelworthfiles said...

Good work doing something for the challenge! I'm so deeply into editing mode now I don't think I'll be able to post anything for this one - five days with no weekends is NOT a lot of warning, really - plus I'm getting ready to go to Toronto Comicon tomorrow - but anyways...

I like that premise, but it seems more like a short story so far than a novel. You could expand it into a novel pitch, but then you need to give me a few details about how things get complicated after that first encounter!

Good luck either way, and nice to meet you!

Shan Jeniah Burton said...

I would LOVE this story, if ,after a battle or two, they got to know one another and realized Adel needed to learn the affect he was having, rather than being defeated....maybe that power would be more useful in a drought area? A wildfire?

Very cool vision, and I like the premise. I want more. =)

Deniz Bevan said...

Neat! I'd like to know what Adel's motivation is...

Leslie Rose said...

Wow. You wove the nuggets into a cool concept. Love those pix.

Akoss said...

If your wacky book is ever published I will buy it anyways :D