Flash Fiction Challenge: The Car Chase
It is the time of car chases.
Today, Mad Max.
A few weeks ago: the recent installment of the Fast & Furious series.
Car chases are awesome.
So, when I got an email from reader Scott Lyerly who said, “Hey, you should do a whole flash fiction challenge based around car chases,” well, dang, I thought he had the right idea.
That, then, is your mission.
You have 2000 words to write a piece of fiction that comprises a car chase. Doesn’t matter the genre or how you frame it — but it must feature and in fact showcase a car chase.
Post that fiction to your blog or other online space. Drop a link here so we can see it.
Your story? Due by next Friday, the 22nd of May, noon EST.
Start your engines.
Ready?
Set?
GO.
May 15, 2015 @ 7:11 AM
Ooooo goodie. This weekend I shall feast upon Bulliet, Ronin, Bad Boys 2, and anything else where one car should follow another car at more than 30mph.
May 15, 2015 @ 7:50 AM
I don’t have a blog space to post, but I will enjoy reading the work of the others 🙂
May 15, 2015 @ 9:08 AM
It is very easy to create one. Just go to WordPress.com, and follow the instructions. It took me all of ten minutes. (Which means anyone, literally ANYONE, can manage it)
May 17, 2015 @ 3:24 AM
Hey, thanks a lot, elctrcrngr! I’ll give it a shot!
May 16, 2015 @ 10:27 PM
Or you can go to Blogger.. they’re free and you can really tweak it there too. I’ve been with them for years and it’s great.
May 15, 2015 @ 8:09 AM
Oh man. I’ve been wanting to figure out how to write a good car chase. So this should be fun.
May 15, 2015 @ 9:02 AM
an idea…. now to try and grow it into a story …
May 15, 2015 @ 9:11 AM
http://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/drive.html
Enjoy.
May 15, 2015 @ 9:13 AM
I like this. I think car chases in screen plays must be more difficult to write than they seem at first glance, as many of them are, well, bleh. While others(the above mentioned Bullit is a good example) become legendary icons that are remembered and talked about for decades.
May 16, 2015 @ 6:01 PM
OK, finished. Short and sweet, about 1000 words
https://elctrcrngr.wordpress.com/2015/05/16/the-pursuit/
May 15, 2015 @ 10:57 AM
https://thedarkword.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/writers-asylum-pt-3-chase/
May 15, 2015 @ 11:09 AM
I love this idea, and while it’s a fun concept it’s a real challenge for some people to write an action sequence. This will help a lot of us, me included, and I can’t wait to write it…I’d already be on it if it weren’t for this stoopid office work
May 22, 2015 @ 8:10 AM
I wrote a good one, but I think I’m gonna save it and submit it rather than publish it here…
May 15, 2015 @ 12:05 PM
Amphibious vehicles incoming. Boat-car chasing a hovercraft.
May 15, 2015 @ 12:17 PM
Dune speeder chase in the great salt flats. Rev’ em up!
May 15, 2015 @ 2:45 PM
Let us not forget that SLOW chases can be good too. I always liked Duel.
May 21, 2015 @ 11:26 AM
I may like slow, intense thriller chases but it turns out writing one is really, really hard. So, this isn’t that.
http://www.bradpeirson.com/flash-fiction-schools-out/
May 15, 2015 @ 2:49 PM
Here goes mine…
‘Smithereens’
https://ryanjamesblack.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/smithereens/
May 15, 2015 @ 4:49 PM
Hilarious! Loved it.
May 16, 2015 @ 2:20 AM
So fun! I enjoyed this one, especially your cool and unique metaphors:)
May 16, 2015 @ 7:34 AM
That was really fun and very clever.
May 16, 2015 @ 8:25 AM
Thanks guys, glad you liked it
May 15, 2015 @ 4:27 PM
This is quite possibly the most ridiculous thing I’ve EVER written, but y’know.
http://auroradimitre.tumblr.com/post/119049796416/the-car-chase-flash-fiction-challenge-2000-wds
May 21, 2015 @ 11:58 PM
That’s intriguing…though there are some issues with physics (ramming from behind doesn’t send you flying forward…this guy should have some serious whiplash, not a broken rib!).
May 22, 2015 @ 3:31 PM
Oops! I’m glad it was at least interesting, though.
May 15, 2015 @ 4:46 PM
I went for a sci-fi version. Here goes:
http://strangeandcuriousthings.blogspot.fi/2015/05/terribleminds-challenge-car-chase.html
May 15, 2015 @ 4:54 PM
Left a comment on your blog — I really enjoyed this one!
May 16, 2015 @ 2:14 AM
Thanks, I’m glad you liked it. Kind of makes me feel better about spending Friday night at my computer, typing away. I’m having this conversation a lot nowadays:
Friend: “So, what did you do last night? A date? the new Avengers movie? Awesome party?”
Me: “Well… I sat at my computer and wrote a story.”
Friend: “On a Friday night?”
Me: “Yup.”
Friend: ?!??
I’m hoping this is normal (for writers)?
May 16, 2015 @ 4:06 AM
Yeah, it’s pretty normal. Unless you’re the kind of alcoholic writer who parties hard Friday nights and writes about their scattered hangover-memories Saturday afternoon (when they wake up).
May 17, 2015 @ 6:15 PM
I liked the way you handled the car’s dialogue. Clever with just the right degree of snark. Nicely done!
May 15, 2015 @ 7:13 PM
Digging this idea. I will definitely be doing this!
Abandoned Fragment #11- The Chase | Writing and other forms of suffering
May 15, 2015 @ 8:54 PM
[…] Wendig threw down a flash fiction challenge today in honor of the new Mad Max movie. The challenge is to write a car chase. Everybody loves a […]
May 15, 2015 @ 8:56 PM
I am a lazy bum– this is an excerpt from an abandoned novel, not a new piece. If you wish to heap abuse upon me, I will understand–
https://douglasdanieldotcom.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/abandoned-fragment-11-the-chase/
The Car Chase. A Chuck Wendig Challenge. | Periodically Demented
May 16, 2015 @ 8:08 AM
[…] http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/05/15/flash-fiction-challenge-the-car-chase […]
May 16, 2015 @ 8:12 AM
https://p33d33.wordpress.com/2015/05/16/the-car-chase-a-chuck-wendig-challenge
Writing car chases with inevitable crashes is what I do best. 😀
Strong language, humour, escaping writers, and dead poets.
May 17, 2015 @ 12:08 PM
Ze link, she is broken!
May 16, 2015 @ 4:27 PM
INSURRECTION: A super-soldier, an attempt at assassination, an unhelpful AI, a chase scene and a vault heist: http://hubcityblues.com/2013/06/03/excerpt-insurrection-chapter-1/
May 19, 2015 @ 6:12 AM
I liked the weapons tech in this, very imaginative
May 17, 2015 @ 2:51 PM
Round Dance
A frantic chase over open desert!
Round Dance | s f pendragon
May 17, 2015 @ 11:47 PM
[…] A bit of flash fiction, for Chuck Wendig’s regular flash fiction challenge. […]
May 18, 2015 @ 3:21 AM
I’m going in the direction of the absurd. Stay tuned for a fast-action car race story featuring Toonces the Driving Cat (late ’80s SNL reference).
May 19, 2015 @ 6:16 AM
I remember Toonces! Looking forward to this!
May 22, 2015 @ 11:47 AM
Here it is: Toonces’ Last Wild Ride
http://mireles-musings.blogspot.com/2015/05/toonces-last-wild-ride.html
May 22, 2015 @ 1:48 PM
This is hilarious. Only one question…what’s NOS?
May 24, 2015 @ 12:34 AM
Nitrous Oxide System. It sets car engines to warp speed.
Flash Fiction Challenge – The Car Chase | Write about now
May 18, 2015 @ 7:07 AM
[…] always, the challenge is courtesy of Chuck Wendig. This time the challenge was to write a short piece showcasing a car […]
May 18, 2015 @ 7:11 AM
I did this. https://evathereseebert.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/flash-fiction-challenge-the-car-chase/
The Bag Man | Pavorisms
May 18, 2015 @ 11:26 AM
[…] Chuck’s challenge for the week: The car chase. […]
May 18, 2015 @ 11:26 AM
I tried something a little different, a sort of Walter Mitty glimpse inside a familiar scenario.
Here’s “The Bag Man”: https://pavorisms.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/the-bag-man/
May 19, 2015 @ 6:38 AM
Great voice and style. I always get a kick out of your flash pieces, thanks.
May 19, 2015 @ 9:45 AM
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Flash Fiction: Making Bad Decisions Quickly | Fistful of Wits
May 18, 2015 @ 7:56 PM
[…] week is car chase week on terribleminds. Now, I know that this car I have up here isn’t technically from Detroit, despite the words […]
May 18, 2015 @ 7:58 PM
Near future car theft, car chase, and other fun, titled “Making Bad Decisions Quickly.”
Enjoy!
http://fistfulofwits.com/2015/05/18/flash-fiction-making-bad-decisions-quickly/
May 20, 2015 @ 10:12 AM
Okie doke – this one even comes in under word count this time! Rage on!
http://ossua.com/emblogination/wordpress/writing-challenge-week-20a-ragers-terribleminds-edition/
Flash Fiction: School's Out | Brad Peirson
May 21, 2015 @ 11:04 AM
[…] Another flash fiction entry from terribleminds.com. […]
May 21, 2015 @ 6:24 PM
Car chases are cool.
By the way, I’m so disappointed in Fast&Furious 7. So many stupid moments. Yeah, I understand that is the action movie, but still. Do creators think that we are idiots?!
May 21, 2015 @ 11:42 PM
I can’t ever do things like other people. Here’s my chase scene.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2015/05/friday-flash-occupational-hazards.html
May 22, 2015 @ 2:17 AM
I’ve got about a four-chapter vehicle chase, so I’m showing just the part with the food truck. A car is really there, too, though.
http://kaykeppler.com/blog/
Flash Fiction: Carjacked | We Love The Stars Too Fondly
May 22, 2015 @ 2:56 AM
[…] DC plus NASA thing. Something had to give, and unfortunately it was Chuck Wendig’s weekly Flash Fiction Challenge. This week, let’s dive back in, shall we? The Challenge is to write “2,000 words or […]
May 22, 2015 @ 3:01 AM
“Write what you know,” they say. “Write a car chase story,” Chuck says. Well, when you live in La-La Land, home of the police chase, you have plenty of “local color” to lean on. As always, comments and constructive criticisms are appreciated.
http://pauljwillett.com/2015/05/21/flash-fiction-carjacked/
May 22, 2015 @ 9:18 AM
Oh my, how very short.. but I’d rather hit the deadline and have done a story than decide it wasn’t doable!
http://imagination.cjreader.com/car-chase.html
New mantra: Imperator Furiosa is my spirit animal.
May 22, 2015 @ 9:59 AM
Here is my first go at The Flash Fiction Challenge.
Traction
Some customers just want to be chased.
A simple tire selling, hog wrestling, hot rodding man named Michelle finds out that the customer is always right. Unless her name is Zazzy. She is wrong, “Bad-wrong”.
Constructive criticism and commentary are always appreciated.
http://lissaword.blogspot.com/2015/05/traction.html
May 22, 2015 @ 11:07 AM
http://lissaword.blogspot.com/2015/05/traction.html
May 22, 2015 @ 11:18 AM
I thought this was a fun one.
https://crazyphils.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/chuck-wendig-flash-fiction-challenge-car-chases/
May 22, 2015 @ 11:42 AM
Whew…just made it. Thanks for reading!
https://chaddenmagdalenabasnik.wordpress.com/prose/short-story/johnny-dont-be-a-hero/
May 22, 2015 @ 11:48 AM
And with minutes to spare, here’s mine.
https://swordsoftheancients.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/detroit-dream/
Detroit Dream | The Swords of the Ancients
May 22, 2015 @ 11:50 AM
[…] This piece was written for Chuck Wendig’s latest Terrible Minds Writing Challenge. […]
May 22, 2015 @ 4:45 PM
Ok ,,, hope this works, just started a new blog site
( thanks all for the advice)
Let me know what you think.
http://wp.me/s6e1eO-curves
May 22, 2015 @ 10:28 PM
Wah, I was too late 🙁