OK here we go...

[dmjewelle]

Soon it'll be 2 months of joblessness, and I've FINALLY come to realize that I haven't given myself a tangible personal project apart from sifting through old Youthquake issues and sending job apps while FORGETTING to put in a photograph. =___=

So, I've decided to brush up my writing skills.

You guys know that 100_kisses challenge and stuff? Let's start out smaller:

The 22 Themes Challenge!

OK here's the deal:

1. EVERYONE gives me a theme EACH. If you don't gimme a theme, I'll pick the first word I think of when I get out of bed.
2. I pick 22, and write 22 short stories. Art skills permitting, I'll even attempt to illustrate a scene.
3. I get personal satisfaction, and you all get good karma for helping a person. Plus if you're into that sorta thing, you get to read twenty-two stories by ME. X3 (Assuming I am still making a doujin with BMJ, 3 will be chosen for publishing)

So maybe you have some questions, like "what qualifies as a theme?"

- Single words, one-word thingies. That sort.
- A quote from ANYTHING - Anime episode, book, movie, philosopher, lyric, etc. It DOESN'T have to be one-word. PLEASE, mention your source.

"Somewhat pushing it, but I might give it a try..."

- Ask me to end/begin a story with a particular line/phrase - like the essays we did/do in school.
- Request something specific - a BL scene, a scene describing war, etc.

"Bloody NO."

- NO specific requests like "Can you write a short story where Cagalli meets Relena Peacecraft and they sip tea and think about new ways to find peace without using Gundams?"
- NO extremely descriptive sex scenes - you want that, there's tons of smut writers out there, you just haven't looked hard enough.
- Fanfics.

What happens if I don't have an LJ to comment on to give you your theme?"

There ya go, I'll be crossposting it there.

Besides good karma, why else should I give you a theme?

This may be the only time I will write a short story about boobies if YOU REQUEST IT. Think about that. XD

Oh, and why 22?

It's my age.

Comments

Theme

[kimango.livejournal.com]

I nominate...LOATHING
XD

[atticus83.livejournal.com]

"because kindness is also cruel sometimes" -Sore ga Ai deshou, Full Metal Panic Fumoffu Opening-

[flat-foot.livejournal.com]

"Great minds don't think alike because fools seldom differ" ^^v

[flat-foot.livejournal.com]

Btw, boobies came to mind first but nah.... I don't wanna imagine what you're gonna write about that =__=;

[dmjewelle.livejournal.com]

You'd be SURPRISED :D

[alessar.livejournal.com]

"The mist hung over the mountain valley like a floating veil."

[alessar.livejournal.com]

Sorry, forgot to include: this is a beginning of a story challenge, not a quote.

[hooli.livejournal.com]

Winter in July. ;)

[hooli.livejournal.com]

ps. I *think* the original quote is from the title of a '66 Doris Lessing(sp?) book, but we're all more familiar with it as a song title.

Winter in July

[number304.livejournal.com]

omg. that's like....Australia XXDDDDDD

sorry, can't help it.

[lonelydark.livejournal.com]

"You're the one I love, where are you? I need you right by my side now, even if it's only an illusion.. it'll be okay" - Naotarou Moriyama, Itoshii kimi he

[kami-uta.livejournal.com]

good god.

[lonelydark.livejournal.com]

Don't good god me. LOL XD Whats wrong with it?

[evo7gal.livejournal.com]

'The wonderful lover melts honey, warming up the shivering puppy..'

- Part of Honey and Clover's 'Hachimitsu' lyrics translation XP

[kemuridono.livejournal.com]

single word: goatse. =D let's see you come up with something for THAT XD

eh to....themes....

[number304.livejournal.com]

can i give a few?

" Rays of light from the stars in the night sky above send a plea from across the ages with colours that haven't faded"
-"Asteriks" by Orange Range.

A place where the sky is always red, and purple.

The last days of a dictator. (suicide, assassination, natural death, up t you :3)

A space age colony slum.

Re: eh to....themes....

[dmjewelle.livejournal.com]

Few themes, well that shortens the list :D

[dustyhawk.livejournal.com]

"However, I do know one guy who whines, cries, and throws tantrums but still mangages to save everyone. He's a crazy man who's not afraid of anything. Even though he's been scarred from head to toe, he'll always be there." -- Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun)

[jace-barret.livejournal.com]

Monotonous Life.

[futomimii.livejournal.com]

Can I give two?

"Enjoy the Silence" (Sasha & Digweed's remix of Depeche mode's 'Enjoy the Silence')

"Once a fool, always a fool." <-- very famous quote.. ^^;;

[dmjewelle.livejournal.com]

Sure you can give two - the faster I collect 22 themes the better! X3

mmm

[ezelthecheezel.livejournal.com]

"I cannot see any more than you do, you just look the wrong way." Togashi, Legend of the Five Rings, on his apparent ability to see the future.

[ithronluin.livejournal.com]

"You're never too old to die but you're never to early to die either." Random quote. XP

"if we can gain happiness, then it doesn't matter the suffering." Returnable Memories, Fullmetal Alchemist

Sorry for the random intrusion. X_x;

[dmjewelle.livejournal.com]

S'ok ^^

[kami-uta.livejournal.com]

pick:

PCR
Orange
Underaged muse
COW

[flat-foot.livejournal.com]

ORANGE!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I bet DM will know what to write about >D

[ex-deinajean484.livejournal.com]

cool project. let me take you back to when it all started ;)

"When we were thirteen..."

That can be your theme, or if you really want you can make it your opening line or quote. But I'd like to see like a reflective piece though.

[aitakute.livejournal.com]

I challenge you to write something with the theme 'Things are beautiful only when they are vague.' Don't ask why. I just wanna see how things can go from this string of words. *grins*

Accept? Feel free to decline if you must. *ebil grin*

[lonelydark.livejournal.com]

Here's another one for ya, "Every rose has its thorn". Hehe

[firearchangels.livejournal.com]

em.. you can choose one of the two X3

"Betrayal"

"Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss." - Alexandre Dumas Père