Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Song Title Palooza
Man, I didn’t do a flash fiction challenge last week, did I?
I AM DOPEY MCGEE.
Anyway, this week, let’s make it easy. Go to your favorite music playing app or device, spin up a random song either of your own or from a service like Pandora.
The title of the song is now also the title of your story.
And you should listen to the song and take from it inspiration to tell the tale.
You’ve got 1000 words.
Post at your online space.
Link back here in the comments so we can all read it.
Due by next week — Friday the 20th, noon EST.
November 13, 2015 @ 2:45 PM
I’m actually going to try and participate this week. I got Counting Stars – One Republic.
November 17, 2015 @ 11:33 AM
Can’t wait to see it. It’s my granddaughter’s favorite song.
November 21, 2015 @ 5:10 PM
Well here it is, late but better than never so they say.
https://joetblogs.wordpress.com/2015/11/21/terribleminds-flash-fiction-challenge-random-song-title-palooza/
November 22, 2015 @ 1:20 PM
I have to say, I didn’t see that coming and very surprising. I loved it. 🙂
November 13, 2015 @ 2:51 PM
I thought you did it on purpose, on account of all the NaNers. Never confess your transgressions without being asked!
November 15, 2015 @ 8:05 AM
Me too!
November 13, 2015 @ 4:10 PM
Skyfall – Adele. Mmm that one is going to take a bit of thought.
November 13, 2015 @ 4:24 PM
You Say Party! We Say Where!?! – The Holy Mess.
Oh my.
November 13, 2015 @ 5:19 PM
Wow … I got Jimi Hendrix, “Hey Joe”, a song about a guy killing his wife for cheating on him. Score!
November 13, 2015 @ 5:30 PM
Doin’ Time by Sublime.
November 13, 2015 @ 8:38 PM
Terminally Unique by Lamb of God 🙂 THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN.
November 19, 2015 @ 10:53 PM
http://jenuhhcide.com/terminally-unique/
November 13, 2015 @ 8:39 PM
Learned Behavior // The Color Morale
November 13, 2015 @ 10:20 PM
‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’… yeah, I love this song. 😀
http://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/dont-fear-reaper.html
November 17, 2015 @ 12:49 AM
Great job! As I was reading, “Don’t fear the Reaper” was playing along. Unfortunately, so were the cowbells. Damn you Will Ferrell!
November 17, 2015 @ 10:54 PM
Thank you! I didn’t think it was my best as I’m not all that focused right now… my mojo got frightened away recently; and writing that flash fiction took so much effort… so happy you loved it. 🙂
November 13, 2015 @ 11:23 PM
My Body is a Cage – Arcade Fire.
So, when I heard this song come up I knew what I had to write. It’s not really a proper story, and it’s not fiction, and it’s sad and small and I don’t know quite why I wrote it, but I want to remember.
https://booksishouldhavereadalongtimeago.wordpress.com/other-stuff/flash-fiction/my-body-is-a-cage/
November 17, 2015 @ 12:59 AM
Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda, couldn’t have picked a better scene for this song. Your story fit perfectly.
November 19, 2015 @ 3:57 PM
Wow, those first lines really knocked me down! Nice story, but those first few lines were just perfect.
November 21, 2015 @ 3:19 AM
This was chilling. Pun quite intended.
All puns aside though, this was some great writing.
November 13, 2015 @ 11:45 PM
I got Somewhere only we Know – Keane
Proving interesting so far.
The Color Morale / Life things – Jenna //
November 14, 2015 @ 12:17 AM
[…] and is ‘Learned Behavior’ by The Color Morale you can find the rules for this challenge here. I am not sure what I am going to write about yet, but I do have some ideas. It only has to be 1000 […]
November 14, 2015 @ 5:53 AM
Landed on the song title “Neptune Is Dead” by my favorite sludge metal band, Altar of Plagues.
Wrote this in one sitting. Here’s the link: https://jerboydstun.wordpress.com/2015/11/14/neptune-is-dead/
November 17, 2015 @ 1:10 AM
Very good. As I read, I’m playing the song and the tempo went right with your words. I must have had the timing down because as soon as I got to the part where he’s reaching for the cabinet, the music became sinister.
November 14, 2015 @ 11:06 PM
Oh man, my personal library just spun up an old favorite: Elvis is Everywhere, by Mojo Nixon.
I’ll be back in the thirty minutes or so it takes me to write this, lol.
November 15, 2015 @ 12:39 AM
Okay, so it took me an hour and a half, but well worth it. Here’s “Elvis is Everywhere”: http://accidentallyinspired.com/2015/11/15/elvis-is-everywhere/
I’d apologize for all the song title puns toward the end, but I’m actually not in the least sorry.
November 16, 2015 @ 8:26 AM
very good. i loved it. puns and all
November 16, 2015 @ 1:16 PM
Nicely done! The puns were great. 🙂
November 17, 2015 @ 2:59 PM
Really like the way this one flowed from beginning to end.
November 19, 2015 @ 4:04 PM
Cute story! I did find the rapid-fire POV shifts distracting (and I was confused at first by the other cop being named Presley, but that’s probably on me) but it’s a fun little piece. 🙂
November 19, 2015 @ 8:59 PM
That was fun! Love the song puns… 😀
Elvis is Everywhere | Accidentally Inspired
November 15, 2015 @ 12:38 AM
[…] challenge this week is the perennial random song title challenge: my song was “Elvis is Everywhere” by Mojo Nixon. I’d apologize for all the song […]
November 16, 2015 @ 12:09 PM
I got I Bet My Life. I also combined it with another flash fiction challenge.
http://allisonmaruska.com/2015/11/16/flash-fiction-i-bet-my-life/
Flash Fiction: I Bet My Life | Allison Maruska
November 16, 2015 @ 12:17 PM
[…] Chuck – hit “shuffle” or “random” on Pandora or your music player. The title of the first song is your title. Take inspiration from the lyrics. I got “I Bet My Life” by Imagine Dragons. […]
November 16, 2015 @ 4:28 PM
I got Gotta Keep Smiling by Scouting for Girls. I’ve only just realised I’m not sure how popular they’d be in the US. But hey, I found the song perfect: it was something I needed, and something I think everyone needs to hear. In the end, I didn’t write an actual story, and what I did write might not be the most fluid thing in the world. But it was something I felt I needed to write. So here it is:
https://beginimagining.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/gotta-keep-smiling/
November 16, 2015 @ 6:03 PM
Marina and the Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot.
Author Yelle Hughes – The Last Unicorn FF Challenge~Random Song Title Palooza #ASMSG
November 16, 2015 @ 11:58 PM
[…] Once again, the awesomely bad-ass Chuck Wendig, has issued a challenge to the masses over at TERRIBLEMINDS. […]
Author Yelle Hughes – Accidentally In Love FF Challenge~Random Song Title Palooza #2 #ASMSG
November 17, 2015 @ 12:26 AM
[…] loved this challenge so much, I had to do two. Chuck Wendig over at TERRIBLEMINDS is one cool […]
November 17, 2015 @ 12:31 AM
I am truly loving these challenges, thank you. I’m huge music fan and I couldn’t leave it to just one. I hope you guys check them out and let me know what you think. The Last Unicorn: http://www.authoryellehughes.com/?p=6416 and Accidentally in Love: http://www.authoryellehughes.com/?p=6422
November 19, 2015 @ 4:09 PM
Hi Yelle! I really like the song Accidentally in Love, so that’s the one of these I ended up reading. It’s a cute idea, a guy who thinks he’s supposed to find the right “traditional” girl! I don’t think there’s much of a story arc in it, though — as far as we can see, Walter’s in the same place at the beginning and end of the story.
Also, now I REALLY want strawberry ice cream 😉
November 22, 2015 @ 1:12 PM
Thanks! I tried to show that Walter accidently fell in love with a woman he was taught wasn’t the right person for him. Thanks again, I appreciate the feedback. 🙂
November 17, 2015 @ 3:13 PM
Random song: “Jumper,” Third Eye Blind
Story title: “Descent”
Summary: Two men on a ledge. One has a confession and one takes a fall.
Link: http://rachelebbraindump.blogspot.com/2015/11/descent.html
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November 17, 2015 @ 8:18 PM
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November 17, 2015 @ 8:19 PM
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/i-walk-alone-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
I Walk Alone by Tarja
November 18, 2015 @ 11:36 AM
Suzanne Joshi
https://patriciaruthsusan.wordpress.com/2015/11/18/hey-good-lookin-title-of-a-song-by-hank-williams/
November 18, 2015 @ 1:55 PM
Say Something – A Great Big World.
I also still have to do the last one, because life. This one first though.
November 20, 2015 @ 7:56 PM
https://blackwidowart.wordpress.com/2015/11/20/say-something/
November 18, 2015 @ 6:01 PM
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations – Variation 14
Not what I’d anticipated.
http://fistfulofwits.com/2015/11/18/flash-fiction-j-s-bach-goldberg-variations-variation-14/
November 18, 2015 @ 6:35 PM
Won’t You Come Out To Play
http://aliceekeyes.blogspot.com/
My random song was Dear Prudence by the Beatles
Flash Fiction: J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations – Variation 14 | Fistful of Wits
November 18, 2015 @ 9:33 PM
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November 19, 2015 @ 10:54 AM
Shawn Colvin, “Trouble”.
http://nagamakironin.blogspot.com/2015/11/flash-fiction-trouble.html
November 19, 2015 @ 3:53 PM
My song was “National Express”, by The Divine Comedy.
I’m not … wildly in love with the result? It’s just not clicking for me, but hey, that’s what happens when you write a lot of stuff in order to get to the good stuff: sometimes you write bad stuff.
https://aimeeogdenwrites.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/terribleminds-flash-fiction-challenge-national-express/
(I got a free WP blog and it’s 9000% easier to format text pasted from Word than it was when I was just posting these on my Tumblr, praise Cheezus)
November 19, 2015 @ 6:04 PM
Coming in just under the wire, as usual.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2015/11/friday-flash-helplessly-hoping.html
November 19, 2015 @ 6:15 PM
Ha! And this time when I decided I wanted to write from ONLY the title, I failed to read Chuick’s whole assignment, that we were supposed to write to the theme of the song. Oh well. I never was good at coloring within the lines.
November 19, 2015 @ 6:18 PM
Doh, I didn’t see that either…
November 19, 2015 @ 6:17 PM
Should Have Known Better – I got this from a site called randomlists dot com.
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2015/11/20/friday-flash-fiction-should-have-known-better/
Keep up the good work, Chuck 🙂
November 19, 2015 @ 10:53 PM
http://jenuhhcide.com/terminally-unique/
Terminally Unique – Jenuhhcide
November 19, 2015 @ 11:00 PM
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November 20, 2015 @ 4:00 AM
So, my entry is up. http://www.berserkerbladeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/flash-fiction-challenge-omen.html
I got the song Omen by Crossfaith from their wonderful album The Dream, The Space. Hope you enjoy.
November 21, 2015 @ 3:16 AM
Piano Man by Billy Joel
I had already the very beginning of this story, and the song that I got just so happened to fit.
Enjoy! https://dcxli.wordpress.com/2015/11/21/songs-from-the-hobbled-harpist-arden-2/
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November 21, 2015 @ 5:08 PM
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November 25, 2015 @ 1:33 PM
sorry guy, it didn’t turn out well, but here it is anyway. https://thestoryhive.wordpress.com/2015/11/20/fade-out-line/