grelmar - 4:34 pm on May 28, 2004 (gmt 0)

First line contests work good too. Gives people a chance to really open up the creative juices.

You come up with a typical "It was a dark and stormy night..." type first line, and then as everyone to complete it in a paragraph, or as long as they want.

I've had members post entire short stories that spanned multiple posts based on those.