Back in April, I challenged ya’ll to participate in a circular flash fiction challenge, where we each had a prompt and a word limit of 1000 words or fewer. The exercise was a blast, and there were some very creative responses! Check some of them out if you’ve got a few minutes:
Well, I think this would be a good time to do another flash fiction challenge. For those of you who don’t know, “flash fiction” is a genre of short fiction, generally around 500 words, but examples can be up to 1000 words. For this challenge, you’ll be writing a response to a prompt given to you by someone else. In addition, you’ll also create a prompt for a different person. Prompts can be anything from a concept to a sentence starter to a picture, etc. If it can prompt a story, you can use it. The final element of this exercise is feedback: you are responsible for giving feedback both to the person you gave a prompt to and the person you received a prompt from. Of course, you’re welcome to give feedback to anyone else, as well.
If you’d like to participate, comment on this post with the name of the blog you would be posting your response on. If you don’t have a blog or a way of commenting here, you can still take part! Email me at rachelleoneilwriter [at] gmail [dot] com, and I’ll put you on the list. On Friday the 26th, two weeks from today, I will pair you each with your partners and give the official rule list. You may sign up anytime between now and then. For now, all you need to know is the following:
- Your prompt is dependent on someone I assign to you.
- No profanity, sexual scenes, or excessive violence.
- Feel free to refer others to this post. The more, the merrier!
I’m excited for this! My last challenge was a blast, and I’m sure this one will be even better. It could also serve as an excellent way to get your writer juices going for Go Teen Writers’ 100 for 100 challenge or for NaNoWriMo! I’m looking forward to seeing your names on the list! If you have any questions at all, please comment. I’m happy to answer them for you!
It's a little nerve racking not knowing what prompt you are going to receive... But this is too much fun to ignore, especially since I forgot about it last time. I'm in!
ReplyDeleteI'll be posting it on: A Writer's Faith.
I'm excited!
Yay! Ah, don't worry, Katie. It's actually kind of nice to get a prompt from someone other than yourself. :) I'm excited, too!
DeleteOh, stink, it wasn't supposed to delete everything! Anyway, I'm sorry, Rcubed, that you can't participate this time, but I completely understand busyness. :/ I went ahead and deleted your joining comment to remove any confusion. :) I hope you're successful with whatever projects you're working on right now!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if my first comment went or not. Anyway, I was just saying this sounds like a really awesome idea, but alas I don't think I should join this time (I'm getting busy preparing for exams). However, if you do it again, I'd love to join.
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Yes, your first comment went through. I moderate my comments, so they don't show up right away. Since you said the same thing both times, I just deleted the first comment. :)
DeleteWell, I'm glad you like the idea! Too bad you can't participate, though it doesn't take a terrible amount of time, so are you sure? (I totally understand; I just thought I'd mention that. :D) Anyway, I'll keep that in mind and do another one at some point.
It probably doesn't, but I feel I probably shouldn't take anymore commitments before the exams finish. I don't usually like to do things by halves, and I've already signed up for the TCWT chain too. But thanks! And like I said, it sounds really cool.
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I truly do understand! Well, in that case, have fun with your other projects! :)
DeleteIf it's not too late, I would love to join in. If it is, I'll just wait until next time. :-) I realize this is the last day, but I wasn't sure if the last day was still open for joining or not.
ReplyDeleteI'll make an exception this time, since you're just barely late. ;) I'm going to edit today's post, and check back for that one! :)
DeleteThanks, Rachelle. :-) I didn't realize you had already paired up the participants, or I wouldn't have commented (I didn't intend to complicate your job!).
DeleteNo problem! I'm glad we were able to add one more writer to our ranks! :)
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