I have Yeats on the mind, today, so we return to the flash fiction challenges (hi! back from traveling!) with you writing a story based on that central theme of Yeats’ poem, The Second Coming, meaning this gem right here: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” You will take this core idea, this theme, this […]
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Trees are amazing. Trees are givers of life in many ways. Trees, like this one, can be weird or scary. Your job, this week, is to write a 1000-word piece of flash fiction about — you guessed it, a tree. A tree must be involved. It can be a character or a setting or some other […]
So, every good story has an argument. It has more than a point-of-view — it has a point. Maybe it’s one you intend, maybe it’s one that crawls up out of the wet goop that is your unconscious mind. Who knows? Either way, the story exists and the story says something. It’s not an obvious thing. […]
Given my choice of mid-day horror film (IT, which was great), I ask that today’s flash fiction challenge be a simple one: You have 1000 words to write a story about good versus evil. In whatever context you choose, in whatever genre you choose. Do that, and do it well. Post at your online space. […]
You have given us titles. You have given us opening lines. You have given us closing lines. Now it’s time to pick a batch and write some stories. The job is easy enough: choose (randomly if you like) a title, an opening line, a closing line, and then write a story with… well, do I […]
Okay, last week I said, “come up with an opening line.” The week before that I said, “come up with a last line.” Now, I want a title. Then we will mash up all three challenges into one proper short story. For now, drop down into the comments, and I want: One five-word title. Just one. Not […]
