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Gauntlet 2: The Leaves!

11/13/2020

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Welcome to the second gauntlet!

Accepting this week's writing challenge means penning no more than 500 words (roughly two typed pages if the text is double-spaced). Your first two sentences must be, “The leaves! They’re burning!”


After that dramatic opening, treat this writing challenge as an exercise in crafting a great opening for a story. Make sure that you:


Introduce your main character.

Define the setting, which means the time and place of the story.
Show the danger stemming from the fire.

​When you've revised and edited your paragraph, save it as Gauntlet 2 [Insert Your Name Here]. For example, my file would be named Gauntlet 2 Mr Chance. Before Friday, 20 November, email your response to the challenge to mchance at theregisschool dot org.
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