The "Reboot Day" Contest*
This fiction contest will run throughout December. The premise is this:
- At 1pm, July 14, 2008, everyone on Earth is slammed back to a moment exactly two years previous. They still remember everything that has happened in those two years, but now it's as if those things never happened. People un-die. Babies are un-born. Crimes are un-committed. How do the people live the years they've had a chance to relive?
- BUT, after those two years are up, at 1pm, July 14, 2008, they are shot back to 2006. Again. And again. And again...
- BONUS POINTS: Every time the world "reboots", a handful of people disappear...
Pleeeeeease enter this contest. I'm dying to see what people come up with. It's such an interesting premise, and you can go almost anywhere with it. If you're a writing student, you're almost obliged to try your hand!
Good luck.
* Yes, my father's blog is called The Strange Adventures of Petunia Happenstance and her Chicken of Destiny. So you can stop wondering why I'm so... uhm, special.
3 comments:
Having strange parents builds character. My children are going to have lots and lots of character.
Are children of character easier or more difficult to deal with? What if you don't like the characters they become? I know a guy from Melbourne Uni who has two characters. One of them is pure evil...
More difficult to deal with in the short term (i.e. 'til they leave home) but more enjoyable in the long run. I hope. Besides, who wants to live with a bunch of wimpy kids?
If you don't like the characters they become, you're screwed. Which is why you have to plan your torments carefully when they're young and malleable.
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