Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Twitter Fanfic Contest!!!

I have to start by admitting that this BRILLIANT idea was totally the brain child of Lynda, aka Punny Girl, so PG, you ROCK MY SOCKS OFF!

Here's the idea:
Jane Austen inspiried fan fiction, Twitter style.  This means super condensed down to 140 characters or less.
That's characters, people, not words -- and characters as in letters and whatnot, not Darcy and Lizzie and a cast of 142 others.

So.  They can be silly, serious, the ultimate Cliffs Notes, a little poem -- whatever, as long as it's Jane-like and 140 characters or less.
So here is mine:
Marry me, Lizzie!/ Not even if you had behaved in a more gentleman-like manner! Oh, you've humbled yourself, and me as well - I do!/ I, too!

You can submit it on Twitter, of course, but if you don't have a Twitter account, just leave it in the comments.  Enter as many times as you want, I would love to feature these every week.
(If you enter on twitter, please send me a @DarlingMisty or #JaneinJune tweet before or after so I know to look for it.  You don't have to include it with the fanfic, as that takes away from your available characters).

Please, PLEASE do this, people, I think it could be really really fun.
At the end of the month, I will choose some of my favorites and put them up for a vote, and the winner will get a tbd mystery prize!

Whoo!
Tweet away!!!

SO FAR:
  1. Marry me, Lizzie!/ Not even if you had behaved in a more gentleman-like manner! Oh, you've humbled yourself, and me as well - I do!/ I, too! (me)
  2. Dearest Anne, I cannot stay silent! / Oh, Cpt. Wentworth, I had regrets but could not speak! Misunderstanding keep us apart no longer! (Becky)
  3. Dearest Emma: I beseech you, stop being a ninny and look at me. Forever yours, Mr. Knightley  (Juju)
  4. Anne, you wound me still. You pierce my soul! One look, one word -- My Wentworth, I love you, I've always loved you - and I always will... (me)
  5. My dearest cousin Fanny, listen patiently as I talk to you endlessly about Mary Crawford. Alas! She's an insensitive cow. It is you I love!   (Alexa)
  6. Catherine: You silly girl, get your head out of the clouds! Remember that we are English. And know I'll always love you. ~ Henry (me)
  7. Misery such as mine has no pride.I care not who know tht i'm wrecthed.The triumph of seeing me so may be open to all the world (Darlyn)
  8. I felt myself to be as solemnly engaged to him,as if the strictest legal covenant had bound us to each other ~Marianne (Darlyn)
  9. Dear Anne, Could you stop being so pretty and graceful and selfless and stuff? I’m trying to hate you over here. Thanks, Capt. W. (Jamie)
  10. Dear Diary, I LOVE that Wickham fellow! Just kidding, I hate him! And I always have! >_< J/K, I loved him the whole time! Hahahaha! ~Mrs. B. (Jamie)

5 comments:

  1. Dearest Anne, I cannot stay silent! / Oh, Cpt. Wentworth, I had regrets but could not speak! Misunderstanding keep us apart no longer!

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  2. Fun!

    Mine will be a joke:

    Dearest Emma: I beseech you, stop being a ninny and look at me. Forever yours, Mr. Knightley

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  3. My dearest cousin Fanny, listen patiently as I talk to you endlessly about Mary Crawford. Alas! She's an insensitive cow. It is you I love!

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