[Apologies that this challenge is late — I set the other one to post but, without realizing it, had been logged out and the scheduled posting did not save.]
This challenge? Pretty straightforward.
Pick one of these five randomly generated sentences.
Use the sentence in a flash fiction short story, ~1000 words in length.
Post that story at your online space, and give us a link to that story in the comments below — this story is due by this coming Friday the 13th at noon EST.
Bonus challenge: use more than one of these sentences in the story.
The sentences are:
“The mysterious diary records the voice.”
“The stranger officiates the meal.”
“The shooter says goodbye to his love.”
“A glittering gem is not enough.”
“The memory we used to share is no longer coherent.”
“The old apple revels in its authority.”
“Rock music approaches at high velocity.”
“Sixty-Four comes asking for bread.”
“Abstraction is often one floor above you.”
“The river stole the gods.”
98 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: Ten Random Sentences”
Mine are probably cheating, but I popped in two of them. This is the second part of my Friday 13th double-act, having gone away from Chuck’s serial attempt a month ago. You may like to read the first part (link in the preamble), but it stands pretty much on its own. Enjoy!
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2015/03/13/friday-flash-fiction-unlucky-for-some-part-2/
Nice job! Those poor bumbling fellows 🙂
First attempt at one of these for a long while, here it goes!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cf73EV0qTeOpSuDu89jkYIYrtcHcV7YcEKau7EDAG5w/edit?usp=sharing
[…] folks, so this week’s challenge over at terribleminds was to use one of ten randomly generated sentences in your story. Of the […]
Newbie here!
https://bunnycommander.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/not-yet/
Awwww c’mon folks give me a whirl…I promise it’ll be fun! I don’t have Good Housekeeping stories here.
Having a bad day? Take it out on me….constructive criticism welcome!
I picked “a glittering gem is not enough” and came up with “The Caravan”: http://nickegelhoff.com/2015/03/13/flash-fiction-challenge-ten-random-sentences/
[…] This little bit of dark sci-fi is in response to Chuck Wendig’s Ten Random Sentences challenge. […]
First Flash Fiction challenge for me. I decided to use all ten sentences cuz why the hell not?
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/dangomez87/1497868/
Possibly a few seconds late, and a few words short.
https://poordicks.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/flash-fiction-challenge-ten-random-sentences/
[…] blog post was created for Chuck Wendig’s FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE: TEN RANDOM SENTENCES. The idea is to write a story including at least one of ten random sentences. I included se7en of […]
Ughhhhh Internet. Finally got to a cafe and got it uploaded. http://imagination.cjreader.com/challenge.html
[…] This story was written for a “Story from a Sentence” challenge from Chuck Wendig over at terribleminds. He hosts similar challenges weekly, and […]
A little under the weather this morning but actually finished this Tuesday. meant to do some editing but never got to it – in the raw 😉 http://aliceekeyes.blogspot.com – a glittering gem is not enough
I forgot that I had set this to post on the 13th. Here’s the link to “Sixty-Five”: https://adanramieblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/sixty-five-flash-for-ten-random-sentences/
[…] http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/03/08/flash-fiction-challenge-ten-random-sentences/ Bonus challenge: use more than one of these sentences in the story. The sentences are: “The mysterious diary records the voice.” “The stranger officiates the meal.” “The shooter says goodbye to his love.” “A glittering gem is not enough.” “The memory we used to share is no longer coherent.” “The old apple revels in its authority.” “Rock music approaches at high velocity.” “Sixty-Four comes asking for bread.” “Abstraction is often one floor above you.” “The river stole the gods.” […]