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Novel Dreamers – September 2019

Novel Dreamers is a monthly writing challenge created by Dagna Theatre. Each month several talented writers (and Shaun) are set a task to write about a specific idea with a 1500 word limit. At the end of the month there’s a poll and a winner (not Shaun) is chosen. September's Novel Dreamers challenge theme was to wrote anything we wanted. I'd had a DnD type fantasy story ruminating in my head for months so I…

Novel Dreamers – August 2019

Novel Dreamers is a monthly writing challenge created by Dagna Theatre. Each month several talented writers (and Shaun) are set a task to write about a specific idea with a 1500 word limit. At the end of the month there’s a poll and a winner (not Shaun) is chosen. August's Novel Dreamers challenge was to write like you were running out of time. I'd been reading Walkaway by Cory Doctorw and so had a bit…

Novel Dreamers – July 2019

Novel Dreamers is a monthly writing challenge created by Dagna Theatre. Each month several talented writers (and Shaun) are set a task to write about a specific idea with a 1500 word limit. At the end of the month there’s a poll and a winner (not Shaun) is chosen. July's Novel Dreamers challenge required us to take a mundane sign or sentence, like a road sign or an instruction on your ready meal, and make…

Novel Dreamers – June 2019

Novel Dreamers is a monthly writing challenge created by Dagna Theatre. Each month several talented writers (and Shaun) are set a task to write about a specific idea with a 1500 word limit. At the end of the month there’s a poll and a winner (not Shaun) is chosen. June's Novel Dreamers challenge was a painful one. The challenge was to take a style of writing that you hate and write a piece in that…

Novel Dreamers – May 2019

Novel Dreamers is a monthly writing challenge created by Dagna Theatre. Each month several talented writers (and Shaun) are set a task to write about a specific idea with a 1500 word limit. At the end of the month there’s a poll and a winner (not Shaun) is chosen. May's Novel Dreamers challenge theme was Hitting a Wall. I took this one quite literally and wrote a short about a the seige of a city.…

Novel Dreamers – April 2019

Novel Dreamers is a monthly writing challenge created by Dagna Theatre. Each month several talented writers (and Shaun) are set a task to write about a specific idea with a 1500 word limit. At the end of the month there’s a poll and a winner (not Shaun) is chosen. March's Novel Dreamers challenge theme was Plot Twists. I don't want to ruin it by giving too much background but it features a young boy who…

Novel Dreamers – March 2019

Novel Dreamers is a monthly writing challenge created by Dagna Theatre. Each month several talented writers (and Shaun) are set a task to write about a specific idea with a 1500 word limit. At the end of the month there’s a poll and a winner (not Shaun) is chosen. March's Novel Dreamers challenge theme was Music, or more specifically the instructions were "Go to your music player of choice, press shuffle and use the first…

Novel Dreamers – February 2019

Novel Dreamers is a monthly writing challenge created by Dagna Theatre. Each month several talented writers (and Shaun) are set a task to write about a specific idea with a 1500 word limit. At the end of the month there’s a poll and a winner (not Shaun) is chosen. February's Novel Dreamers challenge theme was Faith. Unlike previous month's theme this one was right up my alley and gave me an opportunity to delve into…

Novel Dreamers – January 2019

Novel Dreamers is a monthly writing challenge created by Dagna Theatre. Each month several talented writers (and Shaun) are set a task to write about a specific idea with a 1500 word limit. At the end of the month there’s a poll and a winner (not Shaun) is chosen. January's Novel Dreamers challenge theme was Love. I've never written any kind of romance before, it's not really in my wheelhouse, so I went for something…

Novel Dreamers – December 2018

Novel Dreamers is a monthly writing challenge created by Dagna Theatre. Each month several talented writers (and Shaun) are set a task to write about a specific idea with a 1500 word limit. At the end of the month there’s a poll and a winner (not Shaun) is chosen. December's Novel Dreamers challenge theme was Second Chances. I'd been toying with a story for a while set around some DnD characters I'd made up (I…