Flash Fiction Challenge: “I’ve Chosen Your Words”
Last week’s challenge — Song Shuffle! — is alive and absorbing your gaze.
Forgive the lateness of this — but yesterday, my PC took a shit-bath and now I’ve gone and pulled the Mac Mini from off the television and am using that as my current ‘puter.
Here’s the challenge:
This past week, I talked about word choice, so it seems only fitting I choose words for you.
I have, in fact, chosen 20 words.
You must choose 10 of these words and use them throughout your ~1000 word flash fiction story.
Might be tricky, but hey, that’s why this is a challenge and not, say, me tickling your privates with a feather.
The ten words:
Beast, brooch, cape, dinosaur, dove, fever, finger, flea, gate, insult, justice, mattress, moth, paradise, research, scream, seed, sparrow, tornado, university.
You’ve got a week. Friday, 15th, by noon EST.
Post your stories online (not here in the comments, please) and link back here.
Now go and gnaw on the words I have chosen.
March 9, 2012 @ 10:28 AM
How about we up the stakes? Enter the words into this random word generator:
http://www.random.org/lists/
Pick the first 10.
Copy paste this list so you won’t have to remove spaces and punctuation.
Beast
brooch
cape
dinosaur
dove
fever
finger
flea
gate
insult
justice
mattress
moth
paradise
research
scream
seed
sparrow
tornado
university
March 9, 2012 @ 11:19 PM
So I didn’t follow the 1000 words rule (more like a guideline?).
But I wrote!
http://www.tamiveldura.com/2012/03/so.html
March 10, 2012 @ 9:15 AM
Done! “Sponsor’s Apprentice.”
I hope it still makes sense after my first sleep in 30-some hours…. 🙂
http://corsairharbour.blogspot.com/2012/03/sponsors-apprentice-terribleminds-flash.html
Seed of Hope « Too Many Diversions
March 10, 2012 @ 11:22 AM
[…] Yes! Check it out guys and gals. It’s another Chuck Wendig Challenge! […]
March 10, 2012 @ 11:24 AM
Okay, I wanted to make this one light and fun, so much of my stuff has been intense recently.
http://toomanydiversions.com/2012/03/10/seed-of-hope/
March 10, 2012 @ 11:40 AM
Wow! I was thinking about plunging into this group for a twist on my usual 100-150 flash fiction on Fridays. We’ll see…
March 10, 2012 @ 12:10 PM
“Escape From Gravity”
http://merrymahaffey.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/day-sixty-nine/
Modern Velociraptors | Darlene's Stories
March 10, 2012 @ 3:44 PM
[…] http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/03/09/flash-fiction-challenge-ive-chosen-your-words/ […]
March 10, 2012 @ 3:50 PM
I give you:
Modern Velociraptors
http://darlene.underdahl.net/?p=133
March 10, 2012 @ 9:52 PM
And… the angels are back.
http://swsondheimer.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/jump/
» Flash Fiction: World’s Deadliest Hunt Blue Ink Alchemy
March 12, 2012 @ 7:23 AM
[…] Wendig chose my words – Beast, cape, dinosaur, finger, gate, insult, justice, paradise, research, […]
March 12, 2012 @ 7:24 AM
The World’s Deadliest Hunt.
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2012/03/12/flash-fiction-worlds-deadliest-hunt/
March 12, 2012 @ 10:08 AM
my story
http://kerry-mutterings.blogspot.com/2012/03/justice-for-all.html
Flash Fiction: Justice Dove and the Sparrow - | The Zombie Chimp
March 12, 2012 @ 10:58 AM
[…] Fiction: Justice Dove and the Sparrow March 12, 2012Posted by Jim Franklin This weeks Flash Fiction Challenge was a little trickier than others I’ve done. Chuck randomly selected 20 words and we had to […]
March 12, 2012 @ 11:01 AM
Here’s my entry. A little comic tale called… ‘Justice Dove and the Sparrow’
Enjoy
http://www.thezombiechimp.com/2012/03/12/flash-fiction-justice-dove-sparrow/
March 12, 2012 @ 11:38 AM
In full view and secretly cheered.
http://columbibueno.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/in-full-view-and-secretly-cheered/
March 12, 2012 @ 1:28 PM
A twist on an old story. WARNING: Implied sexual content. If you’re sensitive to that sort of thing, don’t read the story. You have been warned.
March 12, 2012 @ 1:29 PM
It would help if I put the link up there, huh?
http://rjkeith.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/lost-boy/
warning still applies!
The Gate « Adventures in Living
March 12, 2012 @ 3:00 PM
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March 12, 2012 @ 3:02 PM
Fun challenge!
http://comradecharlie.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/the-gate/
Tropical Madness – A flash fiction story by Suzie Hunt | Suzie Hunt
March 12, 2012 @ 3:50 PM
[…] Written for the I’ve Chosen Your Words Terrible Minds flash fiction challenge. […]
March 12, 2012 @ 3:53 PM
This was a difficult one, but I managed something in the end:
Tropical Madness
http://suziehunt.co.uk/tropical-madness
March 12, 2012 @ 5:39 PM
I used Anthony’s approach and took a random selection: sparrow, gate, paradise, scream, fever, finger, research, insult, university, beast.
My offering: http://lesannberry.com/2012/03/the-beast-within.html
The Grim « Words, Stuff, and Nonsense
March 12, 2012 @ 8:23 PM
[…] Wendig has done it again. This flash fiction challenge has been the hardest one for me yet. The challenge was to write a story (1000 words or less) and […]
March 12, 2012 @ 8:24 PM
http://faeanddragons.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/the-grim/
March 12, 2012 @ 8:56 PM
http://questionableexclamationpoints.blogspot.com/2012/03/back-to-proper-grammar-and-punctuation.html
March 12, 2012 @ 9:14 PM
Virtual Reality
http://adiaryofawriter.blogspot.com/2012/03/virtual-reality.html
March 12, 2012 @ 10:15 PM
Thanks, Chuck. Tough one.
Seed:
http://warnerkirby.blogs.com/clintonaut/2012/03/seed.html
March 13, 2012 @ 6:57 AM
Hi,
Mine isn’t hosted on my own blog, as it’s part of a project in which I am writing a short story every week, all hosted in different places. It’s called “A Rare Find” and includes the words: research, insult, brooch, beast, fever, university, mattress, tornado, finger and moth. Phew!
It’s posted here: http://eightcuts.com/2012/03/13/split-worlds/
Thanks! Em x
March 13, 2012 @ 5:24 PM
Here we go. Read the tale of why Frank Leonard must die…
http://sixgunwizard.blogspot.com/2012/03/im-going-to-kill-frank-leonard.html
Flash Fiction: The feeling - A Man For All Seasons
March 13, 2012 @ 9:03 PM
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March 13, 2012 @ 11:15 PM
[…] is my first real post and my first attempt at Chuck Wendig’s Flash Fiction challenge over at Terrible Minds. From a list of twenty words pick ten and go. Here’s what I’ve got, using sparrow, […]
March 13, 2012 @ 11:33 PM
My first post here, and my first post on my first blog. It’s like a bowl of cherries.
http://raskyred.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/flash-fiction-challenge/
March 13, 2012 @ 11:49 PM
Beast, brooch, cape, dove, finger, flea, gate, research, mattress, finger.
Did you ever have that feeling that you’ve met someone before?
http://www.amanforallseasons.ca/2012/03/13/flash-fiction-the-feeling/
March 14, 2012 @ 12:01 PM
http://pluckyquill.blogspot.com/
A nice challenge this week! Thanks!
March 15, 2012 @ 2:18 AM
I put the word list in the randomizer and the top of it looked like this:
DINOSAUR
JUSTICE
Could you resist that title? I couldn’t.
http://amalgamatedwords.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/dinosaur-justice/
March 15, 2012 @ 4:54 PM
No story today.
Life got in the way.
March 16, 2012 @ 11:10 AM
Just getting it in — nothing like last minute inspiration. Posted at my writing tumblr and well short of 1000 words (barely 300, this time). My words were:
dinosaur
cape
finger
mattress
flea
fever
insult
justice
moth
paradise
This was the result:
http://wordsbydawn.tumblr.com/post/19398093283/so-i-found-this-image-credit-eliot-lee-hazel
Shadows « I find myself dancing a razorwire tightrope through life
March 16, 2012 @ 11:49 AM
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March 16, 2012 @ 11:51 AM
I called my story Shadows. I’ve bolded the words I used in the story.
You can find it here. All feedback welcomed and appreciated.
http://razorwiretightrope.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/shadows-2/
March 16, 2012 @ 11:55 AM
Oops – almost lost track of the time. I like where this idea went for me, I plan on taking it further, after some research.
http://www.ravensview.ca/ravens/2012/03/chosen-words.html
March 16, 2012 @ 12:02 PM
At the deadline!!!
http://corpse-to-be.blogspot.com/2012/03/10-words.html
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March 16, 2012 @ 1:21 PM
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» Flash Fiction – Stuck in the Past Kai Micheals
June 7, 2012 @ 11:28 AM
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