PROMPT #2 End Date. 7/4/12.

PROMPT #2

Pick one of the following clips from bad movie history and try to form a short story around any bit of the contents:

OH MY GOD!

GARBAGE DAY!

THE FLOWER SHOP SCENE!

 ...is closed. As of 7/4/12, I would normally not receive any more works, but if you get them to me by Friday, 7/6/12, I will forward them out to the other members.

Now, per our club's design, ye Knights of Qwerty will be sent attached files, including the works of all other Knights that submitted for month of June. You are encouraged to send them a short one to two page response, if you wish, including your likes, dislikes, and suggestions for improvement. 

Remember:

1. Be creative and constructive.

2. Be considerate and courteous.

3. Be sincere and civil.

Here are the titles and their authors for Prompt #2, as well as their e-mails, so you can send them an e-mailed private response. Excerpts from each of the pieces will be quoted below each title as soon as I am done reading them all. Here you guys are, ordered by last name.

Just a reminder here, Prompt #3 will be posted on July 10th. Please feel free to suggest any prompts that you would like to see used. Prompts can be anything from a short premise, a quote, a short video, etc.

Garbage Day by Sean Barnes 

"Perhaps, Henry was about have some small epiphany, some small life-lesson, some small bit of catharsis thrust upon him by the cosmos, after such a humbling defeat at the hands of the punctuality of a dump truck."

Contact: implejr@aol.com

Taking Out the Trash by Valerie Mills

"I passed the trash collection truck and screamed at the man picking up someone’s trash. They hadn’t even made it to my part of the neighborhood yet; if they had been faster he might have lived!"

Contact: vlrmills@yahoo.com

Faling Apart in a Flower Shop by Rachel Kathleen Payne

 "There once was a time when seeing Johnny brought me joy, a time when he only bought flowers for me and he could speak in coherent sentences. That time was before the accident that tore our lives apart and stranded me on an island of artificial roses and heartache."

Contact: rachinwonderland@gmail.com

PROMPT #2 6/6/12.

PROMPT #2

Pick one of the following clips from bad movie history and try to form a short story around any bit of the contents:
 
OH MY GOD!

GARBAGE DAY!

THE FLOWER SHOP SCENE!

If none of those scenes are clicking, you can submit one to me to add to the list OR work off of the following text premise:

The theme is the worst movie you have ever watched, but enjoyed.

By Sean Barnes

INSTRUCTIONS: You have until June 26th to send your prompt work to me at implejr@aol.com. On that date, I will forward all prompt work to the other members of the club. They will then have until July 3rd to send you a response. 

Some of the work may be posted on the blog, either a segment or quotation, with the author's permission.

The next prompt will be sent out on July 10th.

PROMPT #1 End Date. 5/31/12.

PROMPT #1

A mysterious object is falling/falls/fell from the sky.

 ...is closed. As of 5/31/12, I will not be officially receiving any more of the responses to Prompt #1 and that's okay, because the response was actually quite satisfying. And this is only the first prompt!

Now, per our club's design, ye Knights of Qwerty will be sent attached files, including the works of all other Knights that submitted for month of May. You are encouraged to send them a short one to two page response, if you wish, including your likes, dislikes, and suggestions for improvement. 

Remember:

1. Be creative and constructive.

2. Be considerate and courteous.

3. Be sincere and civil.

Here are the titles and their authors for Prompt #1, as well as their e-mails, so you can send them an e-mailed private response. Excerpts from each of the pieces will be quoted below each title as soon as I am done reading them all. Here you guys are, ordered by last name.

Just a reminder here and then I'll do it at the end, Prompt #2 will be posted on edit: June 6th. Please feel free to suggest any prompts that you would like to see used. Prompts can be anything from a short premise, a quote, a short video, etc.
 

Greed by Dallas Allan

" Mariana remained standing near the kitchen doorway with the diamond clutched in her hands tight enough to cause the edges to cut into her palms." 

Contact: djallen2@memphis.edu

Patagonia by Sean Barnes 

"Luckily, anyone dumb enough to let slip my participation in “non-sanctioned pest control” would know better than to incur the heavy fines for using a non-contracted exterminator. Phaeton Co made us all into criminals...."

Contact: implejr@aol.com

The Nights Sky by Zach Martin

" He was surprised how fine the dirt was, almost as though it were fresh powder snow."

   

Contact: zacmartin@bellsouth.net

Fall by Valerie Mills

" No sooner does it land/ do the paws of man and beast / trample /crush and stomp/ away the crispness and crunch."

Contact: vlrmills@yahoo.com

One Night on Magnolia Drive by Chelsea Marie Orland

"...I do believe there’s things that we don’t know about. I’ll leave those up to God and the government."

Contact: corland@memphis.edu

Scorch Marks by Rachel Kathleen Payne

 "The cave was cool and damp and lovely; much better than the sterile cold of my parents’ house."

Contact: rachinwonderland@gmail.com

Lord Darkness by Matt Pierce

"Little Hergie was at that difficult age when asking questions is easier than thinking critically." 

 

Contact:sakketpico@gmail.com

Heroes of the Sea by Rose Pierce

 

"This particular sea cucumber, like most sea cucumbers, does not care about how gross you think she is. In fact, she thinks she is quite lovely. Her spines are soft and bouncy, her tentacle fronds are long and flowing, and her esophagus is in grade A working condition; honestly, what more could one ask for?"

Contact:sakketpico@gmail.com

Prompt #2 will be posted on edit: June 6th.

EDIT: PROMPT #1's DUE DATE

EDIT: Prompt #1 is no longer due on the 22nd. It is due on the 29th. After some consultation with some of the members of the group, I decided to extend the creative process to three weeks and decrease the review process to one week. If you have any problems with that idea, please e-mail me at implejr@aol.com.

PROMPT #1 5/8/12.

PROMPT #1

A mysterious object is falling/falls/fell from the sky.

By Sean Barnes

INSTRUCTIONS: You have until May 29th to send your prompt work to me at implejr@aol.com. On that date, I will forward all prompt work to the other members of the club. They will then have until June 5th to send you a response. 

Some of the work may be posted on the blog, either a segment or quotation, with the author's permission.

The next prompt will be sent out on June 5th.

WELCOME ALL KNIGHTS OF QWERTY!

Dear Lords and Ladies of the QWERTY court,

As of May 8th, the Knights of QWERTY monthly writing club shall commence. As of 2 PM of this date, all members will be sent the prompt. The prompt will also be posted in our facebook group and on the blog. 

The prompt will either be a short premise, a theme, an idea, a setting, an image, a quotation, and/or video. As soon as you get the prompt you will have 2-3 weeks until the deadline to work on your prompt piece. The prompt piece can be anything, including but not limited to: poetry, lyrics, flash fiction, a short story, a chapter, a screenplay, a script, etc. The work can be genre, non-genre, fiction, non-fiction, etc. All prompt pieces should be sent to my e-mail address at implejr@aol.com.

Then, there were will be 1-2 weeks from the deadline to the next prompt. During that time, I will send the prompt pieces out to the other members of the Knights of QWERTY. They will then be expected to send some form of reply to you, from a written letter critique to short impressions. If you want something in particular, specify when you send me the prompt piece.

There are only three simple guidelines in the Knights of QWERTY, applying to both writing and replying:

1. Be creative and constructive.

2. Be considerate and courteous.

3. Be sincere and civil.

If you have any problems or feel harassed, make sure to contact me immediately via private means and I will do what I can. We're all adults and I expect you to treat each other with the same modicum or respect that you should expect from others. 

As part of a writer's workshop, even via e-mail, I hope that we can understand that we're all bearing some small part of our souls in our work and, in our replies, be civil. Yet, in the work we must strive to give our all and attempt not to push vulgarity in such a way that, rather than intrigue other readers, will repulse them. 

I pray were never reach a point of intervention, but I am prepared.

Above all else, I hope that this experience is something that we will all be happy and proud to be a part of.

And remember, ""Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." -Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare

Thank you,                    

Sean Barnes