SPEED_RENT CHALLENGES
***You MUST write a new story for each challenge. Previously written stories will not be accepted.
***Unless otherwise noted, NO ORIGINAL MAIN CHARACTERS AND NO CROSSOVERS.
***Unless otherwise noted, your fic may take place pre-RENT, during RENT, or post-RENT.
CHALLENGE #76
-Use the prompt: tie.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #77
-Use the prompt: April Fools.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #78
-Your challenge is to write a fic about Roger and Joanne.
-You may write for any RENT characters in addition to Roger and Joanne, but Roger/Joanne must be the focus. They can be friends or lovers.
CHALLENGE #79
-You must use this exchange in your fic:
CHARACTER 1: What are you eating?
CHARACTER 2: Cottage cheese.
CHARACTER 1: But that's a milk container
CHARACTER 2: Yeah.
CHARACTER 1: Cottage cheese doesn't come in a milk container.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #80
-Your challenge is to write a crossover between RENT and a movie/tv show/broadway show that one of the RENT actors had a role in. For example, RENT/Wicked for Idina. RENT/AIDA for Adam. Be sure to note which actor was in which role for those of us who are unsure.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #81
-Your challenge is to write a fic using misunderstanding (think Three's Company).
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #82
-Your challenge is to write a fic using the following scenario: What if I never existed? (One of your characters must wonder what life would be like if he/she were never born. You as the writer, must show us what life would be like if said character were never born--think It's a Wonderful Life.)
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #83
-Your challenge is to write a fic that makes use of background music. Listen to this song. After listening, write a scene that could be read over this music and make sense. Think of it as if it were a scene in a movie.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #84
-Use the prompt: dream.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #85
-Your challenge is to write a fic with a partner. Contact a buddy from speed_rent and craft a story together.
-Use the prompt: Catholic School.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #86
-Your challenge is to write a fic which follows a specific storyline. Attached are the links to a series of pictures. The pictures (the actions in the pictures) must ALL appear in their original order in your fic. (Please make the actions your own. What is actually happening in the picuture, ie where they are from in the movie/musical canNOT be in your fic.) Think of the pictures as a storyboard and craft your fic from that.
PIC 1--PIC 2--PIC 3--PIC 4--PIC 5
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #87
-Use the prompt: leather.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #88
-Your challenge is to write a fic that is a crossover between RENT and a TV SHOW that was on within the last 2 years. It may still be on TV, or it may be off-air now. NOT LAW AND ORDER.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #89
-Use the prompt: Passover.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #90
-Use the prompt: What a mistake.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #91
-Your challenge is to write a fic using the following scenario: One character is called something horrible for the first time.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #92
-Use the prompt: Easter.
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #93
-Your challenge is to write a fic, creating a family for one of the RENT characters. We only "know" Mark's mother and father (and sister Cindy) and Maureen and Joanne's parents. But we don't really know them. Your task is to put the character(s) into a situation with the parentals.
-You may write for any RENT characters. The only original characters should be the family.
-Your fic may be during RENT or Post-RENT, NOT Pre-RENT.
CHALLENGE #94
-Your challenge is to write a fic with the following scenario: Roger is a famous rockstar. He becomes the center of a tabloid story and returns to 11th and B in attempt to stay out of the lens of voyeurs and comes face to face once again with the friends who he parted with (on a horrible note) when he left to become famous.
-You may write for any RENT characters. Original characters ARE allowed, but don't overdo it.
CHALLENGE #95
-Your challenge is to write a fic with the following scenario: Who in their right mind would ever leave a child with Roger? Well somebody (you decide who) does. What if while Roger is babysitting, the child picks up one of his 'choice words'?
-You may write for any RENT characters. Original characters ARE allowed, but don't overdo it.
CHALLENGE #96
-Your challenge is to write a fic based on the following lyric:
There's a pill on my tongue/a shot from a gun/the bottle's bottom/I'm lonely as a star (Heal Me, I'm Heartsick - Adam Pascal)
***The lyrics DO NOT need to show up in your fic.***
-You may write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #97
-Your challenge is to write a fic about Collins and his class at NYU or MIT.
-You must write for Collins, no other RENT characters (although they may be mentioned). ORIGINAL CHARACTERS (i.e., students) are okay.
CHALLENGE #98
-Use the prompt: pet.
-You must write for any RENT characters.
CHALLENGE #99
-Use the prompt: traffic ticket.
-You must write for any RENT characters. (Original character cops are OK.)
CHALLENGE #100
-Your challenge is to pick three of the past challenges (you can find them here) and combine them to write one fic.
-You must follow the rules set forth in your chosen challenges.
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