Flash Fiction Challenge: A Novice Revenges The Rhythm
Last week’s challenge — “The Second Game Of Aspects” — is large and in-charge. Check it.
This week is pretty simple.
I picked a sentence out of this random sentence generator.
That sentence is: “A novice revenges the rhythm.”
It’s a weird fucking sentence, but I love it.
You will write a piece of flash fiction with this as a sentence contained within the story somewhere. First line, last line, in the middle — doesn’t matter where it shows up, but it better damn well be in there somewhere.
You have 1000 words.
You have one week (due by Friday the 28th, noon EST).
Write the story at your online space.
Link back here so we can all read it.
Sling some ink, word-killers.
Darlene Underdahl
September 21, 2012 at 2:42 PM //
The Coyotes Were Here First:
http://darlene.underdahl.net/?p=186
Casz Brewster
September 21, 2012 at 4:53 PM //
Normally your stuff right away brings to mind an idea, the story starts unfolding before I have a chance to catch up to it. This one hit me like a toddler throwing food; interesting, but made me want to be somewhere else.
Not sure what I’ll do with it; if I’ll do anything with it. Who knows.
Maybe I’ll just write about this bearded guy who got a puppy.
AB Singer
September 22, 2012 at 8:10 AM //
War isn’t all shades of grey, you know…
Jeremiah
September 22, 2012 at 10:39 PM //
Well that was a heck of a sentence, but I gave it the slightest twist to make it work. I hope it did.
http://www.jqpdx.com/2012/09/23/novice/
Laura Libricz
September 23, 2012 at 6:39 AM //
Now that was fun.
This is called The Newby
http://lauralibricz.blogspot.de/2012/09/flash.html
Louise
September 23, 2012 at 3:39 PM //
Interesting challenge! Not entirely sure I understand the sentence myself but here’s mine.
http://ontheedgeofinfinity.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/a-novice-revenges-the-rhythm/
L
marlanesque
September 23, 2012 at 11:44 PM //
I wrote a thing!
http://marlanesque.com/2012/09/23/daisy/
CM Simpson
September 24, 2012 at 3:28 AM //
Not what I expected to write, but here it is anyway
http://cmsimpson.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/chuck-wendigs-terribleminds-blog-flash.html
Thank you for the challenge.
Jim Franklin
September 24, 2012 at 9:31 AM //
I finally found a way of getting the sentence into a story, although it took a lot of time messing around with the scrabble letters.
I bring you…
http://www.thezombiechimp.com/2012/09/24/flash-fiction-crossword-killer/
Hope you like it.
Gary Weller
September 24, 2012 at 9:50 AM //
That was an evil, evil sentence Chuck.
It took me a couple of days to work my mind around it, but I return triumphant!
Here is Communication Breakdown.
Enjoy!
Kevin
September 24, 2012 at 10:25 PM //
OK, thought I’d finally take a stab at one of these.
http://wrongkevin.tumblr.com/post/32239463065/another-day
Kathlyn Hawley
September 25, 2012 at 1:11 AM //
http://kathlynhawley.blogspot.com/2012/09/flash-fiction-challenge-novice-revenges.html
Ba da bing! Mine is a little… odd. Sorry about that. I may have taken a few liberties with orchestras and their anatomies.
Jon
September 26, 2012 at 9:30 AM //
The Novice Conquers the Rhythm…”
(yes, the original phrase is in there too. But when I was tossing the story around in my head, I mangled the phrase to the above, and got the idea based on the mangling. But then I realized I had the phrase wrong, and resolving the disparity led to a story that didn’t have much in common with the original. But I like it anyway. )
Raphealite
September 27, 2012 at 12:54 AM //
I pushed myself with this story and wrote outside of my comfort zone. I took the sentence and made it a part of a rap battle. It was inspired from my experience of subbing in Cleveland schools.;
http://adaydreamerswish.blogspot.com/
Lindsay Mawson
September 27, 2012 at 10:08 AM //
Well, it took almost a week to get to it, but here’s mine!
“I a Novice”
http://lindsaymawson.blogspot.ca/2012/09/flash-fiction-challenge-46-novice.html
Jo Eberhardt
September 27, 2012 at 10:09 AM //
I loved this challenge, and I have to admit that I kinda love the story I wrote as well. I give you the imaginatively titled:
Revenging the Rhythm
D. Frost
September 27, 2012 at 12:53 PM //
Aw hey, I gave it a shot. Check it.
http://dalenafrost.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/flash-fiction-challenge-from-chuck-wendig-a-novice-revenges-the-rhythm/
Beth L.
September 27, 2012 at 2:12 PM //
It is a good sentence. And an interesting one to build a story around. Thanks!
Here’s “Ten Thousand Hours”
http://knotachance.tumblr.com/
Scott Zachary
September 27, 2012 at 4:25 PM //
Took me a couple of revisions to hit on the story I wanted, but here it is.
“The Rickshaw Boyz”: A talent scout unearths a pearl in the swine pen.
1,000 words.
http://szwrites.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/the-rickshaw-boyz/
Josh Loomis
September 28, 2012 at 7:30 AM //
Coming in just under the wire, I bring you “The Novice.”
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2012/09/28/flash-fiction-the-novice/
Mike
September 28, 2012 at 11:51 AM //
A challenge to work that weird phrase in somehow – but challenges are fun!
http://www.ravensview.ca/ravens/2012/09/just-one-more-bite.html
Sarah O'Hara
October 2, 2012 at 6:14 AM //
Late again, but I had lots of fun with this one.