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LEWL ( 42 )

• Book Review Level 1
  
  Read a book and write a review. Mention what sort of people would enjoy it.
• Sign my face! Level 1
  
  Get a famous person's signature. This may or may not be written on your person.
• Alternative Penmanship Level 1
  
  Create a new writing implement, or adapt existing writing implements to create an even better one.
• Alternative Messages Level 1
  
  Find an alternate method of jotting down quick notes. Implement it for a period of time at home or in the office.
• Poetic Justice Level 1
  

  Write a poem about the downfall of your enemies. The Villain may or may not be one of these.
  Completions by Flitworth, Darkaarvark, Spidere

  
  
  
• PCTTK? Level 1
  
  Create and implement a new internet abbreviation. If someone asks you what it means, define it. The task is complete when someone else uses your abbreviation. Please complete this task k?
  Completion by Flitworth
• Page skipping Level 1
  
  Change the bookmarked page of an acquaintance's current book. Document their reaction when/if they realise it has changed.
  Alternatively, stop using a bookmark and document how your experience reading books changes.
• Document Unreality Level 1
  
  Write a news report for something which didn't happen (or hasn't yet happened). Bonus points if people believe it (see here). Inspired by Flit Worth's completion of Lies.
• Symbolic Confusion Level 1
  
  Document a symbol that could be seen as something it's not.
• The origin of words Level 1
  
  Research the origin and history of a word or phrase. Document your findings and what they made you think about.
  
  Completion by Thomas Gibbard

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• New origin of words Level 2
  
  Find a word or phrase which does not have a definitive origin or history. Create one.
  Bonus points if your history eventually turns out to be true, or is accepted as true by a reputable source.
• Dot the I's, Cross the T's Level 2
  
  Using a graphics tablet or other specialised hardware, write the proof for another task in your own handwriting. You may want to combine this task with 'Typography'
• With Hindsight Level 2
  
  Read a book. Read the same book again a month later. Note down anything new you notice.
  Completion by Thomas Gibbard
• Ridiculous pleadings Level 2
  

  Write a long winding letter to as high-up a politician as possible asking for something mundane or impossible.
  Completions by Spidere, Flit Worth

  
  
  
• It's Going Good Level 2
  
  Document an error in grammar or speech which annoys you.
  Then document an error in grammar or speech which you believe does not need to be corrected, and instead should be accepted as part of regular speech.
• Food for Thought Level 2
  
  Write a message in food.
  Completions by Spidere, Ben Forbes
• Why don't mice wear clogs? Level 2
  
  Answer a question that has plagued mankind for centuries.
• SF0 Editor Level 2
  
  Take a completion that seemed to have been done well, but not presented as well as it could have been. Provide a re-mixed version which captures what you think the original could have been.
• Cunning name experimentation Level 2
  
  Change your username, so it still says what it does normally, but in a different way.
  Keep it for a week, document reactions.
  Completion by Thomas Gibbard, Ben Forbes, Adam Smith, Daryl Hewett

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• Apprendre une nouvelle langue Level 3
  
  Learn a new foreign language. Attempt to teach it to those around you.
• How do you keep an idiot in suspense? Level 3
  
  Get someone you know to read a book with a twist. Remove the conclusion. Document their reaction.
• Message from Nature Level 3
  
  Write a message in a public place using plantlife.
• Lies Level 3
  
  Write a 200+ word passage on a subject you know nothing about. Make it sound official.
  Completions by Darkaadvark, Flit Worth
• SF0 Fanmail Level 3
  
  Write a letter to an sf0 player whose completions you admire. Completion by Adam Smith
• To be, or not to be... Level 3
  
  Spend an entire day quoting Shakespeare. If possible, keep quotations relevant.
• Iconify Level 3
  
  Create a new symbol for one of the SF0 groups.
• Ticket to read Level 3
  
  Read an entire book on public transport.
• Human notes Level 3
  
  Discard your notepads and electronic organisers!
  Use your own body as a notepad for the next week.

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• Public art messages Level 4
  
  Design a modernized system of hieroglyphs. Write messages in them in public spaces.
• Leave the money in a paper bag in the park Level 4
  
  Send a ransom note to someone in the public domain. Kidnap is optional.
• Wordblind Level 4
  
  All day, avoid using any words which contain that thing following 'd' and prior to 'f'.
• Tarrrrrrgggghhhhsk Level 4
  
  Purposely mispronounce as many words as possible for an entire day. Document people's reactions.
• Rhyme Time Level 4
  
  Speak in rhyming couplets for an entire day.

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• Typography Level 5
  
  Design and make a new typeface.
• Poetic License Level 5
  
  Find some form of Poetic License, and make it true in the real world.
• Backwards Sdrawkcab Level 5
  
  Write a poem which can be read either forwards or backwards, but which has a different meaning in each direction.
• NonSpontaneous Street Play Level 5
  
  Write a manuscript for a street play. Perform it publicly.
• Children Of The Revolution Level 5
  
  Approach the general population for inspiration; make a collaborative written work with strangers who agree to help.

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• Typewriter Level 6
  
  Restore a Typewriter, or retire it in a creative way.
• Messages on the Move Level 6
  
  Create a message that can be transported around and take it around a public place.
  You may want to combine this task with 'Spread SF0'

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• Ju Neebla Tasko Level 7
  
  Write a new language, Use your new language in public conversation.
  Bonus points if it becomes globally accepted as the language of Earth.
• Dedication Level 7
  
  Become a published author. Dedicate the book to SF0.

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There are no LEWL-specific Level 8 tasks. There is a beauty to having a single level 8 task, planting a flag on top of Sutro tower, as the culmination of any SF0 journey. It is something for us all to strive for and dream of together. We choose not to interfere with that shared goal.

Existing tasks that fit LEWL
The following tasks are a selection of existing tasks that could either have an orange stripe included or be LEWL only tasks.

http://sf0.org/tasks/Bathe-a-Book/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Pavement-Is-Paper/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Mail-Something-Amazing/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Invent-a-New-Word/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Press-Clippings/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Press-Clippings-2/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Political-Counsel/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Signed-By-The-Author/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Really-Simple-Syndication/
http://sf0.org/taskDetail/?id=963
http://sf0.org/tasks/Autograph-Book/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Public-Records/
http://sf0.org/taskDetail/?id=1273
http://sf0.org/tasks/Shopping-Commentator/
http://sf0.org/tasks/DIY-Audio-Book/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Fan-Letter/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Confession-2/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Bob-Realised-That-Jane-Was-Really-Going-For-It-With-Her-Task-Completions/
http://sf0.org/tasks/Secrecy/
http://sf0.org/tasks/File-Something-Official/