Challenge/Exercise

[ostarella]

When I first started writing, way waaaaay back in school, our English teacher had a picture book filled with news photos. Most were from the post-WWII era in Europe, and all were of people in various situations. We had to choose photos to use as inspiration for stories. I've looked for a similar book many, many times since, without luck, but today found a site that suits the purpose. Soooo...

I thought I'd post a weekly "challenge" - write a story (drabble, short, long, whatever) around the picture I post; the only caveat is that one (or more) of the guys has to be someone in the picture (and time frame/genders of the picture can be ignored). Nothing that needs to take a lot of time, but more to do a little pondering on character back stories.

So - Photo Challenge #1

Comments

[billy-shriner.livejournal.com]

oh I might have something in mind too... Just got to think on it some more. I want to try and write another chapter to Hunted tonight. So I will try and answer this challenge at some point.

[ostarella.livejournal.com]

Cool. :-) I just thought it might be fun to have something to do when we're stuck on something else, kind of a breather, as it were. And who knows - might get some real live plot bunnies from them :D

[billy-shriner.livejournal.com]

Oh and I've thought about something for *Play* now - good old shower, always lets the bunny's in. I think it's because it's one of the times I get peace, and I can't really think about anything other than washing my hair so I can let my mind wander, undisturbed. Anyway, got something for Play ...now got to find the time to write it.

Off to bed in a min... work tomorrow :O(

[beckyblack]

Ah, don't you just love the old days, when children wore basically miniature versions of what their parents wore? :D

Must be a British scene that one. That's a cricket bat leaning against the fence, and we're the only cricket players from a country cold enough to need coats like that. Unless it was a particuarly cold winter in Australia that year!

I'm getting a bunny about Face being the boy on the end who's talked someone into giving him a back to stand on, instead of a quarter inch of wood like the others have. :D

[ostarella.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think most of the pictures I found are British scenes. One of those "workarounds" like gender and race ;-) I've gathered quite a few that I thought might peak interest ;-) I'm thinking some of them I might just designate as one particular team member, just because the photo immediately made me think of a *different* guy :D

They do make one a bit notaslgic, though. Even with the war and all, I think kids had a much nicer time of it back then. The "evils" were so much easier to recognize and there was more family support to combat them...sigh...

[billy-shriner.livejournal.com]

I've picked on that boy too... I'm thinking of it being BA (as the piggy back giver) (as we don't have to stick with the time line or anything) with Murdock standing on his back, so they can see inside to some bad guys *den* or something. BA's moaning coz he's the strongest, he gets to carry the person, rather than look over the fence! lol!