Click this link:
Who The Fuck Is My D&D Character?
It is amazing.
You are going to click that link and you are going to use what you get there to write 1000 words of flash fiction. Now, some of you may not want to write fantasy or something so plainly D&D-esque, and that’s cool — I’d then suggest clicking it, taking the result and using it as inspiration. Borrow some part of it for your character. Adjust to the genre you so desire.
So, 1000 words.
Write it at your blog or online space.
Link to it here in the comments so we can all read.
Due by next Friday, the 16th, noon EST.
Oh, and welcome to the first flash fiction challenge of the year.
If this is your first time at Write Club:
YOU HAVE TO WRITE.
Toni J says:
Wow, that site is hilarious. I have a blunt elf monk from a tropical paradise who lost his shadow in a bet!
http://tonij.net/2015/01/tarponors-bet/
January 11, 2015 — 7:50 PM
Sylvidoptera says:
hahahaha Gotta love it when the “smart” ones get outsmarted. Great story!
January 13, 2015 — 5:36 PM
Toni J says:
Thanks! 🙂
January 14, 2015 — 12:01 PM
S.Stars says:
I had that weird idea to combine my D&D character…
A FUCKING GRAVE DWARF WIZARD FROM A FORGOTTEN ELVEN MONASTERY WHO DOESN’T BELIEVE IN HYGIENE
with Mr. Chuck Wendig’s famous beard! Hehe.
998 words. I think the story needs revision, but for now it’s the best I can do. Hehe.
http://shootin-stars.jimdo.com/writer-1/
(Sorry for the “under construction” website)
January 12, 2015 — 2:22 AM
Sylvidoptera says:
*giggles* Oh the poor dwarf!
January 13, 2015 — 5:39 PM
Henry says:
A SUSPICIOUS HALF-ELF BARD FROM A SHELTERED UPBRINGING WHO IS LACTOSE INTOLERANT.
What do you do with lactose intolerance? This is what I came up with:
http://fistfulofwits.com/2015/01/12/flash-fiction-robins-songs/
January 12, 2015 — 4:36 PM
L.B. Zumpshon says:
Challenge accepted!
My story is at: https://brainsandwriting.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/chuck-wendigs-flash-fiction-challenge/
It needs work, but I’m just happy to feel inspired again.
January 12, 2015 — 6:36 PM
Sylvidoptera says:
Love love love love! 🙂 Now I want Jello. 😀
January 13, 2015 — 5:45 PM
L.B. Zumpshon says:
Thank you so much! And you can never have enough jello 😉
January 14, 2015 — 11:36 AM
lokic says:
It’s my first time at Write Club. So I wrote: http://thecentrecannothold.net/fictions/flash-fiction-challenge-character/.
January 13, 2015 — 5:31 AM
Sylvidoptera says:
First time? It’s AWESOME! 🙂 Beautiful prose and a wonderful idea.
January 13, 2015 — 5:48 PM
lokic says:
My first time at Write Club, not my first time writing 😉
And thank you.
January 14, 2015 — 7:14 AM
Alister Davison says:
I’m a first-timer, too.
I’m also a bigoted Half-Orc wizard from a carnival freak show searching for the perfect culinary dish.
I wrote this: http://mister-alister.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/flash-fiction-challenge-who-fuck-is-my.html
January 13, 2015 — 9:22 AM
Sylvidoptera says:
… Oh my. 🙂 Very well written! Torn between slight shock and giggling.
January 13, 2015 — 5:52 PM
Cara Howe says:
First time at Write Club. Be gentle: http://carahowe.weebly.com/
January 13, 2015 — 9:34 AM
Sylvidoptera says:
*falls over laughing* Why does this remind me of me so much?! Totally wonderfully entertaining. 😀
January 13, 2015 — 5:56 PM
Cara Howe says:
Thank you! I’m still giggling…
January 14, 2015 — 9:42 AM
Cara Howe says:
Word-Nerds, what say you about a change in perspective for this one?
January 14, 2015 — 10:45 AM
Jim Franklin says:
My character is an “apathetic Halfling Ranger from a nomad circus who unwittingly misuses words all the bloody time”. If you’re familiar with RPG video games then this may be familiar to you.
Hope you like it.
https://keyboardpizza.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/flash-fiction-rpg-inquest/
January 13, 2015 — 11:15 AM
Sylvidoptera says:
OMG if only that were an option in some MMOs! 😀 Too funny!
January 13, 2015 — 5:59 PM
Melody says:
Oh goodness. I’ve never done one of these flash fiction things in my life… but I couldn’t resist. 😀 My character is “amicable Half-orc Barbarian from the local tavern who wants to be famous, no matter what”.
http://sylvidoptera.tumblr.com/post/108006456763/flash-fiction
January 13, 2015 — 3:09 PM
M.J. Diedrich says:
For the sombre tiefling druid from an unchartable isle afraid that the party will kill them if they try to leave, “Answering the Call”
“The raven cocked her head and stared at the sleeping woman who’d summoned her…”
January 14, 2015 — 10:46 AM
M.J. Diedrich says:
…and the link:
http://mjdiedrich.com/2015/01/14/answering-the-call/
January 14, 2015 — 10:47 AM
jwrapa says:
Just finished mine: https://phrasework.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/flash-fiction-challenge-who-the-fuck-is-my-dd-character/
January 14, 2015 — 3:50 PM
Sylvidoptera says:
😮 Niiiiice.
January 15, 2015 — 11:51 AM
jwrapa says:
Thank you!
January 15, 2015 — 2:57 PM
joeharris462 says:
As someone who is trying to branch out to new genres I’m equally delighted and pissed off by my character. A freindly gnome fighter from a maximum security prison whos just trying to get by.
I honestly don’t know how this is going to work but I’m excited to try it out
January 14, 2015 — 5:49 PM
joeharris462 says:
https://wordpress.com/read/post/id/63032504/16/
I ended up attempting humor with it and I think that may have either made it worse or better. I am still proud to say that I finally done one of these challenges.
January 15, 2015 — 5:38 PM
JJ Toner says:
My ‘umble effort http://www.jjtoner.net/short-stories/an-elf-dwarfs-tale/
January 14, 2015 — 5:59 PM
Helen Espinosa says:
My character is “Spiteful elf bard from a cavern without echoes who has anger problems”. Never done fantasy before, so hopefully I didn’t do too horribly. 🙂 https://helenespinosa.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/the-queen/
January 14, 2015 — 6:19 PM
Matthew X. Gomez says:
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/no-ordinary-education-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
IMPATIENT DWARF WARLOCK FROM A STRING OF TERRIBLE PLACES TO LIVE WHO HAS HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH EVERYONE’S CRAP
January 14, 2015 — 9:21 PM
codenamenox says:
Jorum is a delightfully cantankerous badass. I’d love to read more tales of his travels. =]
January 15, 2015 — 5:48 PM
J.P. Schmidt says:
A brave Human Wizard from the Tower of Bones who has always wanted to open his own tavern.
January 15, 2015 — 4:13 AM
codenamenox says:
Hello, hello! *waves, hands out cookies, trips over over self, drops cookies everywhere, picks self up nonchalantly* Good to see y’all.
My prompt was “A suspicious gnome wizard from a village without a tavern who always keeps their promises.” Haven’t written fantasy for a very long time, so this was fun!
And the story:
https://thecoffeeclef.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/field-on-the-marsh-for-the-who-the-fck-is-my-dd-character-flash-fiction-challenge/
January 15, 2015 — 5:55 AM
Sylvidoptera says:
Wow. Just wow. That was so good! Totally didn’t see the end coming. 😀
January 15, 2015 — 11:55 AM
codenamenox says:
Thanks a lot! I’m glad the twist worked for you. =]
January 15, 2015 — 2:59 PM
Kat Enright says:
Well, I finally did it! First flash fiction achieved!
http://katenwriter.tumblr.com/post/108162549094/flash-fiction-who-the-fuck-is-my-dnd-character
January 15, 2015 — 7:53 AM
Sylvidoptera says:
That was awesome! 🙂 I now want to know more of her adventures! 😀
January 15, 2015 — 11:46 AM
Toni J says:
Ooh! I’d definitely read more of Tevega’s adventures.
January 15, 2015 — 3:20 PM
http://www.JJToner.net/ says:
Good one, Kat, but what’s the “Pathfinder Setting”? Sounds like something from heavy fantasy. JJ
January 16, 2015 — 12:20 PM
Kat Enright says:
It’s one of the campaign settings from tabletop RPGs. It’s very similar to Dungeons and Dragons – in fact it’s basically a spinning of DnD 3.5 – but it’s by a different company and it has a rather fleshed out system of gods, races, countries, stories, etc. Thanks for reading!
January 18, 2015 — 11:49 AM
Kat Enright says:
Awww, thanks for the kind words everyone!
As for the Pathfinder Setting, it refers the to the tabletop RPG. Pathfinder is a spin off of Dungeons and Dragons 3.5, and it has it’s own setting with gods and races and countries. It’s basically where I got Gorum from.
January 18, 2015 — 11:58 AM
Christine Lashinski says:
Long time reader, first time participating.
My character is a “disruptive Half-elf Wizard from the slave fighting pits who distrusts all authority.
https://clashinski.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/terrible-minds-flash-fiction-challenge-who-is-my-dd-character/?preview=true&preview_id=40
January 15, 2015 — 2:15 PM
Alice E Keyes says:
Meticulous tie fling Ranger from the now dry swamp who suffers from nosebleeds
http://aliceekeyes.blogspot.com/p/meticulous-tie-fling-ranger-from-now.html
January 15, 2015 — 4:20 PM
codenamenox says:
Ack, I need to know what happens to her next! This looks like this could be the beginning of a novel.
January 15, 2015 — 5:05 PM
CJ says:
Whelp, after a year of lurking like a cat when you close the bathroom door, I’m finally taking off my water-wings, holding my nose and jumping into the pool of fiction shorter than 30,000 words.
My prompt: snobby half-elf sorceress from a bustling city who deserted from the army.
http://imagination.cjreader.com
January 15, 2015 — 8:49 PM
JJ Toner says:
Interesting, evocative. Would like to read more. JJ
January 16, 2015 — 12:31 PM
Kayla Allen says:
Woo! First flash fiction!
ABSENT MINDED HALF-ELF FIGHTER FROM THE SMALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD WHO HAS A REGULAR SLEEPWALKING ISSUE
http://thekaylaallen.weebly.com/blog/flash-fiction-challenge-who-the-fuck-is-my-dd-character
January 15, 2015 — 11:21 PM
Rebecca Douglass says:
Mine goes live in a couple of hours. What a fun random stuff generator! I got an outspoken dragonborn wizard from the gutter who was brought up to be a librarian. I may not have gotten the “outspoken” part worked in so well, though she’s no shrinking violet!
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2015/01/friday-flash-fiction-wizard-librarian.html
January 16, 2015 — 1:12 AM
Jemima Pett says:
You never got a librarian character without some work on it? Cannot be Random!!
January 16, 2015 — 7:53 AM
Jarrod Farquhar-Nicol says:
It’s my first time at Write Club, so I had to write. And I loved it! I’ve followed Chuck’s ravings for a while, but this year I’m finally getting into the flash fiction challenges.
Here’s my story inspired by an old D&D campaign I played in and “Check this shit out, I’m going to be a fucking selfish tiefling monk from the Iceberg Sea who has had it up to here with everyone’s crap.”
https://medium.com/@lettherebewrite/a-little-bit-of-peace-f07dee381a25
January 16, 2015 — 3:28 AM
Anthony Karcz says:
This is my first Flash Fiction challenge! I couldn’t pass up the character I got: EMOTIONAL DRAGONBORN FROM THE TOWER OF BONES WHO DOESN’T BELIEVE IN HYGIENE.
Had thought I’d go humorous with it, but it ended up going in a different direction. Enjoy!
http://www.thetailthehead.com/2015/01/flash-fiction-challenge-born-again.html
January 16, 2015 — 6:11 AM
Luke Spry says:
Here is mine:
https://lukespry.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/the-giants-below/
January 16, 2015 — 6:55 AM
Luke Spry says:
Forgot to mention the prompt:
YOU THINK YOUR CHARACTER IS COOL? MY CHARACTER IS A FUCKING
SASSY DWARF BARD FROM A WEALTHY VINEYARD WHO FINDS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SPEAK TO GIRLS
January 16, 2015 — 6:56 AM
Jemima Pett says:
Ooops, nearly forgot to post this! Chuck takes three weeks off and I forget thr routine 🙂 Although, really, I’ve been too wrapped up in writing my new book. 😉
I give you What’s Your Poison – the tale of a courageous Half-orc Monk from the grave diggers union who was raised by ghosts…
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2015/01/16/flash-fiction-friday-whats-your-poison/
January 16, 2015 — 7:50 AM
crow365 says:
I got “a human fighter from an unchartable island who believes that they’re a demi-god and is searching for their father”, so I give you “In a Tavern”: http://nickegelhoff.com/2015/01/16/flash-fiction-challenge-who-the-fck-is-my-dd-character/
January 16, 2015 — 8:36 AM
smkay70 says:
I rolled an Inconsiderate Dwarf Rogue from the city post office who was raised to be a librarian.
http://sabrakay.com/flash-fiction-friday-dwarf-rogue-librarian-whaaat/
January 16, 2015 — 10:50 AM
PalePomegranate says:
I got “Irritable Half-elf paladin from the Pirate Infested Isles of Woe who once survived a Boiling Cauldron.” That was a lot of fun. And now I want to write more of it – just to see where it goes.
January 16, 2015 — 11:39 AM
PalePomegranate says:
Wow, actually helps when you post a link.
January 16, 2015 — 10:16 PM
PalePomegranate says:
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/my-neuroglia
January 16, 2015 — 10:17 PM
momdude says:
Dashing in just under the wire, here’s “Beach Kill,” the story of an Ambitious Human Rogue From The Iceberg Sea Who Loots Every Kill But Leaves Enough To Pay For Their Burial. It was fun to write, good to back for the 2015 Flash Fiction experience.
http://pauljwillett.com/2015/01/16/flash-fiction-beach-kill/
January 16, 2015 — 11:48 AM
poorerdick says:
Pulling in just under the deadline…
YOU THINK YOUR CHARACTER IS COOL? MY CHARACTER IS A FUCKING
COMPOSED TIEFLING WARLOCK FROM A BUSTLING CITY WHO WAS KIDNAPPED BY CULTISTS
https://poordicks.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/flash-fiction-challenge-who-the-fuck-is-my-dd-character/
(This was my first Flash Fiction submission, and was loads of fun.)
January 16, 2015 — 11:57 AM
B Tonksington-Smythe (@captainraz) says:
Didn’t manage to write the thing within the allotted time, but I did manage to finish the thing.
Prompt: CONDESCENDING DWARF CLERIC FROM AN UNDERGROUND CITY WHO BELIEVES TREES CAN SPEAK TO THEM AND THEM ALONE
http://captainrazdoctortonks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/flash-fiction-challenge-the.html
January 20, 2015 — 5:15 AM
Christine Lashinski says:
Bazrad Ka-Duri is fantastic!
January 20, 2015 — 6:48 PM
Dani says:
Oh, thanks for the link! While not useful in a flash fiction sense (for me anywho) the random generator provided a most interesting background idea for a secondary character in the story I’m writing that’s (loosely, oh so very loosely) based on an old D&D character. The idea was: dragonborn mage that is petrified for two hundred years. That’s gonna have some serious psychological consequences.
March 13, 2015 — 7:24 PM