smile on your brother
Man, what's that they say about idle hands...?

With that in mind, I'm issuing the 24-hour Challenge.

Here's what you do. First, don't sign up. Really, it's just 24 hours, there's not a lot of time for niceties. Plus, no pressure. Which may mean that no one ever finishes, but I'll take that chance. (Or hey, by all means, sign up if you think it'll motivate you to finish.) Then, pick one of the sentences below. Write a story with the chosen sentence as the first line. I don't much care how long it is -- poem, drabble, epic or even just a really, really clever additional sentence. (If you can write an epic in 24 hours, by the way, I'll be really, really impressed.) And you know, if you have to change the opening sentence a little, go for it. Just write! Post the story any time within the next 24 hours. Ish. Or so. Once the story is written and posted... somewhere -- web page, LJ, somewhere else publicly accessible that's not a bathroom wall -- then comment here with the URL.

That's pretty much it. Go! Go forth! Channel all that energy into writing, already! It's not like y'all can tell me you don't have the time.

And speaking of...

1. "You don't have time!" Chris was saying, and sure, the buses would be leaving in fifteen minutes -- no more, no less -- but there was still time.

2. "Brian, you're the biggest, hugest dork that ever dorked upon the earth."


P.S. If you really hate the sentences, you can skip that bit. If you must. If you want to make me cry.
P.P.S. Stories can also be posted directly into comments here. I'm most likely not going to make a web page for this, the challenge won't exist anywhere but here. Take a chance. Write anonymously if you must. Just write.