This one is going to be a bit different than the usual.
I want you to do the standard — write a story, keep it around 1000 words, post it at your blog, and link back here in the comments so we can all see it.
However, I want it to be a true story. Preferably, one that happened to you. Meaning, I’d like you to engage in a little creative non-fiction and write a story from your own life instead of something made up. The value of looking to our own experiences are myriad — while we should never ever feel trapped by the needless rigors of WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW, we should consider that advice as an occasional opportunity.
So, you have the rules.
Find a story from your life and write it. Keep it trim. Keep it vital. Make it awesome.
Go.
[edit: due in one week, as usual — by friday, oct 9th, noon est]
Natasha Raulerson says:
Nonfiction isn’t my greatest strength, but here it is anyway. http://natasharaulerson.com/2015/10/08/chuck-wendigs-creative-non-fiction-challenge/
October 8, 2015 — 11:12 AM
hhstone8 says:
When you are a ballet dancer and you get sick on stage:
https://naturalopposite.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/flash-non-fiction-challenge/
October 8, 2015 — 11:47 AM
Butch McGovern says:
This is the first time I’ve written this all down, and reading it, it seems made-up.
https://butchmcgovern.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/flash-nonfiction-challenge-for-oct-8th/
October 8, 2015 — 12:21 PM
Rebecca Douglass says:
Rather a stark telling of an incident that still shakes me to the core.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2015/10/flash-non-fiction.html
October 8, 2015 — 3:37 PM
Spelbring says:
Still pretty sure I’m going to get the car – https://sarahspelbring.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/flash-nonfiction-challenge-tell-a-story-from-your-life/
October 8, 2015 — 6:57 PM
caszbrewster says:
Recently I’ve started writing about my time in the military. I posted this photo for #TBT and then noticed I still hadn’t participated in the challenge.
ON A SKOPJE BRIDGE:
http://www.casondrabrewster.com/?p=2347
October 8, 2015 — 8:58 PM
Anna says:
I really liked your writing, and the subject matter just goes to prove that real life is stranger than fiction.
October 9, 2015 — 4:06 AM
Anna says:
Nicely done! I liked your style, and the subject matter just goes to show that real life can be so much stranger than fiction!
October 9, 2015 — 4:17 AM
Butch McGovern says:
Isn’t that the truth!
Thank you, kindly.
October 9, 2015 — 9:51 AM
Jemima Pett says:
I nearly forgot to link this! I hope I had the idea right, later I thought it was supposed to be fiction based on real life experience but this is a real life experience… writing it brought it all back to me. Train Insanity.
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2015/10/09/friday-flash-non-fiction-train-insanity/
October 9, 2015 — 4:26 AM
Bev says:
A horse named Glory. The amazing things horses can tell us!
https://themystichorsechronicle.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/glory-again-the-amazing-things-horses-can-tell-us/
October 9, 2015 — 6:37 AM
Matthew X. Gomez says:
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/honesty-is-the-best-policy-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
A short (less than 400 words) little slice of life.
October 9, 2015 — 8:49 AM
Ridley Kemp says:
In which an opening act gets more of a reaction from the crowd than the headliner:
http://www.ridleykemp.com/journal/2015/10/9/fair-park-coliseum-11-february-1995
(sorry if this is a duplicate-I can’t tell if my first attempt is in moderation purgatory or if the new IE Edge browser just doesn’t play well with this site)
October 9, 2015 — 9:45 AM
Ridley Kemp says:
P.S. Here’s one of the bands’ recollection of the same evening. Not quite the same as mine, but similar: http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/the_melvins.shtml
October 11, 2015 — 10:28 PM
katemcone says:
https://katethesape.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/bear-necessities/
October 9, 2015 — 9:46 AM
Alice E Keyes says:
http://aliceekeyes.blogspot.com
Dorky Blue MaryJane Birkenstocks
October 9, 2015 — 10:19 AM
chells says:
I had forgotten about this, until a catch up talk with my mom and ‘Trex 2.0’
http://chells.me/journal/?p=87271
October 9, 2015 — 11:21 AM
Matt B. Perkins says:
Late to the party as usual, my apologies. This was a fitting week for this challenge…here’s a bit of a recent tale: http://wp.me/p4FYXn-aS
October 9, 2015 — 8:41 PM
brdubard says:
Here’s mine: https://brdmusings.wordpress.com/. Better late than never, right?
October 10, 2015 — 12:37 PM
notadowner says:
https://notadowner.wordpress.com/ It’s called ‘Funerals’. Late, but y’know…
October 11, 2015 — 8:14 PM