Supernatural Season 1.5 Writing Challenge

[apocalypsos]

Well, here goes.

Supernatural Season 1.5 Writing Challenge

So, here's what this is. The season finale is coming up in a couple of weeks, and then it's off to the happy land of Crazy Cracked-Out Withdrawal for all of us. We will have no new Supernatural for about four months, give or take. We need to console each other, damn it.

Hence, this challenge.

Here's the challenge: Write us an episode.

As in, a long story that reads exactly like what you might see if you tuned in to the show on a Thursday night at nine. One job, two brothers, three acts, four wheels, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Er, you see what I'm getting at.

The rules:

1. No short ficlets, no drabbles, no character studies, and NO WINCEST. I love Wincest as much as a lot of you, but it ain't canon, so it ain't working here. We're talking something with a case, a body count, and something evil to kill.
2. No permanent changes. For example, you can't kill off Cassie, Meg, John, or whoever just 'cause, no matter how much fun it might be. You can't end a story with Dean still a vampire, or both boys still in each other's bodies, or one of the guys still genderswapped. Dean can't suddenly declare he's into guys, Sam can't suddenly go back to school, they can't just kill the thing that killed their mom, etc., etc. You get my drift.
3. The story can take place anytime from the beginning of season one to the premiere of season two, whenever that might be.
4. You may go as cracked-out as you want with the plot (after all, we certainly aren't restrained by the WB's lowly special effects budget, now, are we?), but the boys still have to end the story in relatively normal shape.
5. You may work with other authors to create interlocking episodes, if you'd like. It's not required, but feel free.

Length: I'd love to state an official length, but as long as the boys have time to roll into town, solve a case (and really put the work into it), and roll out, you're good.

Deadline: The premiere of season two of Supernatural. (I haven't checked in the last hour. Are we or aren't we getting it? Every time I check, the answer changes. Oh, I'm so confused. *needs root beer float*) Stories can be posted any time between now and then.

Places to post said stories: supernaturalfic, spn_gen, etc. Just make sure to link back to here, and if you could, link the story in the comments so that when September rolls around, I'll make a post with a link to all of the stories (in order, if possible, so if you can make a point of identifying when in the canon each case takes place, that'd help immensely. :))

Now, this is a challenge rather than a ficathon, so you don't have to do an official sign-up or anything. It's all for fun, you know?

Comments

[offtheceiling.livejournal.com]

Oooh, you know, I already have this thing planned out for my first venture into Supernatural fic that was going to end up very much like an ep of the show. This will give me the perfect motivation to actually write it. Yay!

[mcee.livejournal.com]

this is AWESOME.

[karikinetic.livejournal.com]

*must...resist...must...*

[onelittlesleep.livejournal.com]

Great idea. I'm all on this. Will you be writing one too? Just to ask...

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. I've had the notes for one sitting around for a while, actually, so this is incentive for me to start it. :)

[squee1123.livejournal.com]

zomg...this is a fabulous idea. i cant write fanficton because im terrible at staying in character but i will GLADLY read...

because getting through summer without something like this...impossible.

[wrenlet.livejournal.com]

Oh man... if I could plot worth a DAMN... *hums*

(BTW, just because the guys can't "wake up gay" doesn't mean they can't get macked on, right? Right? Bweeheehee. Yeah okay, I admit it: I'm looking forward to that guy-grabs-Sam-around-the-neck bit from last week's preview.)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Well, you DO have the entire summer to work on it ... *taunts* ;)

(Oh, they can still get macked on, sure. And also, heeeeeeee.)

[innie_darling]

I think I might give this a whirl. If only I knew anything about urban legends.

[wtfbrain.livejournal.com]

Oooh, this is fabulous. *must...resist...* Or, you know, not. :) *plots*

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

Best idea ever. You rock for issuing this challenge.

[loweryourwand.livejournal.com]

OOOH. Cool. I've been attempting to write this screenplay episode thing, but it got a little embarrassing and weird.

But - four months of no Supernatural. Death

[amalthia]

I'm not sure if I can resist this challenge. :)

[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful idea! I haven't read good episodic fic since The Sentinel. Hmmm...might have to try this myself. Now to research some good NC myths and legends.

[pknight.livejournal.com]

Forgive this possibly-stupid question, but are we allowed to write more than one?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, most definitely. The more, the merrier. ;)

[pknight.livejournal.com]

Shiny!

I have so many ideas, you have no idea...

[emella.livejournal.com]

How much do I love you for writing me this challenge. I'm getting ready to go to college for video production with the ultimate career goal of script writing.

*hugs you*

*will totally try this*

:D

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

I totally volunteer to help you research. I know an insane amount about urban legends and local myths and such.

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

I volunteer to help you find anything you want out about any demon/legend/myth/whatever.

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

I love you. And will start planning very soon.

[innie_darling]

Ooh, awesome! This morning, I came up with a quick exchange between Sam and Dean that would fit into this kind of story, I think, so any help would be very much appreciated.

Whenever you've got the time, we'll chat, okay? inniedarling@gmail.com

[grrli.livejournal.com]

Oh. MahGod. I'm IN!!!!!

[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

Cool!

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

Groovy! Do you have AIM or MSN? I'm clexmonkie on AIM and Girly_Goku@hotmail.com on MSN and with the exception of part of today and tomorrow (Because tomorrow's my birthday so I'm kinda busyish) I'm on pretty much constantly.

[innie_darling]

Early happy birthday, baby! Dean's lighting a candle for your cake!

I don't have AIM and my hotmail (innie_darling) has been acting up, so gmail's the best bet for me. But this in no way needs to happen soon - I've got three other Supernatural fics I want to finish first, plus a Veronica Mars challenge-fic to write.

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I'm a paid account so my email is clex_monkie89@livejournal.com, feel free to email me or drop a comment in any random entry on my journal when you're ready and we'll figure something out. Cool?

[estei.livejournal.com]

What a great idea! Thank you so much for issuing this challenge. I've become pathetically obsessed with Supernatural since mainlining the first twelve episodes a couple months back and getting sucked into all the wonderful fanfiction! Can't wait to start writing and reading.

[phantomas.livejournal.com]

what about making it into a community? (didn't check all the other comments, so apologies if someone said it already)

it would be all centralised...and I think it's a great idea. :)

[phantomas.livejournal.com]

uh, okay, your idea, so this is just a suggestion :)

A few years ago, I partecipated to Highlander: the Virtual Season - a similar project to yours :) the cool thing about it was that there would be a new episode posted each week, on the same day the ep would be - it did require a little organisation (the authors emailed the ideas to the organisers/editors, they decided on how they could fit together and made a schedule and then gave everyone a deadline).

More work, probably *g* but it was fun :)

[innie_darling]

Here's my fic.