The idea is that there is a thing all participants have to use in a piece of writing, in a given time frame. Writers can use any form or genre, but they must include the object. Then we all post our pieces so we can all read them and enjoy. (I can password-protect the site if you want.)
Then there are a few variations that could make it fun.
1. Everyone votes for a favorite--you can't vote for yourself--and when the favorite is chosen, everyone sends that writer a small token of esteem, whatever that is, under $5, let's say, like a used book or a cool old scarf or whatever.
2. Everyone simply sends a token to the writer of his/her individual favorite.
The idea behind both variations is that not only are we forced by the project to write, but that we get a tangible accolade sent to us in the mail! Imagine someone asking you, "Where'd you get that patch?" And you say, "Oh, I got it from _____ once because she liked my story." Wouldn't that be cool?
But I'm not attached to variations 1 or 2; maybe someone else has another idea. Mostly I just want to write.
My main concern is how to find the object, or word, or whatever that we all have to use. If I choose it, then it comes out of my brain and somehow it's not as a much of a challenge to me, you know? Can anyone solve this problem?
