It's challenge time again, my lovelies!

This time, on the heels of our "Beginnings and Endings" writers' chat, we learn whether The First Line's the Charm.

THE CHALLENGE: Follow this link and click on "Generate a First Line." There's your inspiration -- let the story begin! (Don't like what you get the first time? Honestly, we'll never know if you click on the button multiple times to get something you're genuinely excited by.)

Do you have to use that as the actual first line of the story? No, but your randomly generated line DOES have to appear *somewhere* in the story.

THE DEADLINE: Stories must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. PST on Sunday, March 6th. Posting day is Monday, March 7th.

THE RULES

• Send a PM to Ikkleosu or subversivegrrl stating that you’re going to enter the challenge (FairiesMasquerade is on vacation until March 1st.) This is very important! If we do not get a PM, you won’t be on the list.
• Write your fic!
• Caryl and McReedus fics are allowed and yes, you can submit multiple entries if you wish.
• Each story submitted must be a minimum of 100 words.
• DO NOT UPLOAD IT YET! Wait until March 6th to upload your fic – just like in challenges past, we will be suspending automatic validation for that day for all authors who enter the challenge.
• Submission Day is Sunday, March 6th– post your fic by 11:59 PM, Pacific Standard Time. It will not immediately appear on the archive, but will enter our validation queue. Make sure you submit it under the Nine Lives Challenge category!
• Posting Day is Monday, March 7th– We will post the master list and all of the challenge entries so everything shows up at once. That way, we’re all surprised by what we get to read!
• Any challenge fics posted before March 6th will be deleted.

 

As always, direct any questions to your admins. Now go forth and be randomly inspired!