I’ve got four of these left:
click to visit larger image Mini comics for winning From The Fenworks |
They are part of a signed first edition of 42. Actually, I’ve got one more than that left, but I’m keeping it for myself. Anyway! I’m giving them out to people who can earn them. I’ve already held two quests on Facebook for them, and those two have gone to their new owners, but now it is time to expand the field. After this, the next three may be restricted primarily to Twitter, LiveJournal, Deviant Art, or my list of editors. Probably not Deviant Art, because my social interactions are pretty dead over there. And, so! Here are your instructions.
This time, to earn one of these you must do the following:
1. Imagine that you are one of Sally’s classmates. And imagine that you have just learned that in the town you are living in, imaginary friends are not so imaginary. You have an imaginary friend. It could be anything. It could be your actual imaginary friend from your real childhood. It could be something you’ve just made up. Decide on this. Who and what are they? Got that in your head?
2. Imagine that you are having an argument with your imaginary friend. They’ve got a mind of their own, and you’re not going to agree on everything. Visualize that argument.
3. Now, tell us about that argument! IN THE FORM OF A SINGLE HAIKU! Post it here, my blog, on Facebook, Twitter, Liverjournal or send it via email.
I will collect all the Haikus that everyone sends in and re-post them each week as they come in. So even if you don’t win the book, other readers will get to see your poetry!
To win the book, you have to be the first to respond with a proper form, English language, haiku-like poem. That can be here, at my blog, on Facebook, on Twitter, Livejournal or over email. And to sweeten the pot, at least the first five haiku will get little doodles by me to illustrate them, guesses at what you’re writing about.
Have fun! And be prepared to give me your mailing address on request, in case you win.
Some notes on having fun with this project: Obviously, a haiku is rather short, and I AM looking for a traditional form of 5-7-5, but in English*. So, you’re only going to be able to tell part of the story. Maybe. That’s part of the fun. Either seeing how much of the story you can imply by the careful choice of words, or seeing how little of the story you can tell and still tell a good story! It might just be the words you’re yelling at your imaginary friend (or muttering). Go wild! Just make it 5-7-5. And, also, all haikus are property of their writers. I’m only going to share them once on my blog, in the digest posts. I’ll ask permission again if it turns out we want to put them in a book or something.
* I specify English because that is our shared language here.
A quest! originally appeared on Drawing Contraption on 2013/05/24.