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For those who didn’t read the introductory post, or who weren’t here for Challenge #1 (kudos to everyone who participated!), part of what I’m hoping to do here on Spore Daily is give people a nudge in the creativity department by setting weekly challenges for people to try.
These challenges are meant to be the fun kind of challenge, not the gruelling “Climb Mt Everest” kind. And it’s not a competition, either. But even if it was, there would still be no prizes. Sorry, all my money is invested in cookies.
Think of the challenge as more of a “prompt”, as some fiction writing circles are known to do some times. Someone comes up with a theme, or an idea, or a setting and writers can then fill in the blanks, as it were.
In this instance, it will be some kind of guideline to follow when creating your creature.
This week it’s going to be a little more specific, but hopefully wide open enough for folks to get creative with the idea.
Challenge #2:
Create a creature that appears to be a common, household pet, except…
The “except” is where the challenge comes in. You might decide to create a creature that is just like a regular kitten, except that it’s bright blue.
Or perhaps you want to make a creature that looks like a doberman, except it has a sting on its tail. Or a hamster, except with wings!
Get the idea?
Don’t worry if you can’t quite get the base creature right, the idea is just that it look somewhat like a regular Earth pet except for the bit where it’s clearly not.
The only real stipulation this week is that there’s no pretending things like dragons are household pets. It’s got to be something you could reasonably expect to have as a pet in your house without the neighbours reporting you to the police. Even the most forgiving of neighbours is going to complain when your dragon keeps poking its head into their house.
As with last week’s challenge, there is no time limit on when you must have your challenge entry in. Take as much or as little time as you need.
And most importantly, have fun!
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