Last week’s challenge: “They Fight Crime”
I’m going to a random word generator.
*does that*
There. It has chosen ten random words.
Those ten words are:
- Library
- Ethereal
- Dolphin
- Replay
- Undertaker
- Storm
- Envelope
- Cube
- Chisel
- Satellite
You will choose five of those words.
You will include those five aspects — not just as words but as actual components of the story — in your 1000-word flash fiction this week. As always: post at your blog or online space, then link back here so we can all read it. You’ve got a week. Due by Friday the 29th, noon EST.
Pick words. Write story. Go.
120 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: Ten Words Will Give You Five”
For this I chose cube, chisel, envelope, satellite and undertaker. (Despite trying really hard not to chose undertaker!) If there’s a main aspect, it’s cube; if there’s a guest aspect, it appears to be dreams.
At 523 words, I present Little Boxes: http://blog.icarusmortis.co.uk/2013/03/29/little-boxes/
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I will admit this is not my best work. Words chosen: Ethereal,Dolphin,Undertaker,Storm,Envelope.
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2013/03/29/flash-fiction-the-deep-and-dark-waters/
I missed a couple weeks, but I’m back on the wagon now! Er, off the wagon?
I chose five words and got nowhere, gave the random number generator some work and ended up with four of the five I did not choose, made one substitution and used Envelope, Ethereal, Dolphin, Replay and Library to make “Second Chanced.”
http://jmboverthinking.blogspot.com/2013/03/flash-fiction-challenge-ten-words-will.html
Library, storm, envelope, chisel and undertaker.
Had a little trouble with the chisel–not really a significant element but it is in there. And the library is really more about the librarian.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2013/03/flash-fiction-tesss-tale.html
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undertaker, library, cube, dolphin and satellite
As always, something fucked up. The satellite. Now that was a tough one to invent, but really liked the things I did with these guys.
http://haralambimarkov.com/blog/2013/03/29/flash-fiction-challenge-self-fulfilling-prophecies/
[…] week’s challenge from Chuck gave us ten randomly chosen words (library, ethereal, storm, dolphin, replay, undertaker, envelope, satellite, chisel, and cube). We […]
Again, a couple of hours late. In my defense, it’s not yet noon here. 😀
Undertaker, storm, envelope, satellite, and library. Here’s “Grave.”
http://swordsoftheancients.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/terrible-minds-writing-challenge-grave/
[…] Flash Fiction Challenge: Ten words will give you five. This challenge let you choose five of the following ten […]
Whoah! This is a unique way of practicing one’s writing skill. Good thing I’ve read a wordpress blog post @ http://valerierlawson.wordpress.com/category/writing-prompts-2/ and one commenter recommended this page. I haven’t created mine, hope you can all wait for my masterpiece 😀
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