{"id":10493,"date":"2011-08-26T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=10493"},"modified":"2011-08-26T07:00:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T11:00:45","slug":"flash-fiction-challenge-plucked-from-the-pages-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2011\/08\/26\/flash-fiction-challenge-plucked-from-the-pages-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction Challenge: &#8220;Plucked From The Pages Of History&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/whoisfelix.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/shakespeare-got-to-get-paid-edited.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whoisfelix.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/shakespeare-got-to-get-paid-edited.jpg?resize=653%2C208\" alt=\"\" width=\"653\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The prior installment of the flash fiction challenge &#8212; &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2011\/08\/19\/flash-fiction-challenge-the-sub-genre-tango-part-ii\/\" href=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2011\/08\/19\/flash-fiction-challenge-the-sub-genre-tango-part-ii\/\">The Sub-Genre Tango II<\/a><\/strong><\/span>&#8221; &#8212; is large and in charge for your reading pleasure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Over at his site, author Dan O&#8217;Shea is writing a novel day-by-day for all of you to see. It is the first draft and you can see it as it is written, tracking a new chapter every 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The novel is titled <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Dan O'Shea: ROTTEN AT HEART\" href=\"http:\/\/danielboshea.wordpress.com\/rotten-at-the-heart\/\">ROTTEN AT HEART<\/a><\/strong><\/span> but the first thing you need to know about it is that it places Shakespeare into the role of shamus to solve a murder &#8212; which makes Shakespeare the protagonist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A genius turn. And that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re going to do with your flash fiction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Well, no, not necessarily take Shakespeare as your main character. What I want is for you to choose a famous person from history &#8212; be it Mark Twain, Babe Ruth, Nikola Tesla, Hannibal, whoever &#8212; and use that character as the protagonist in your short fiction. Bonus points for spinning it in a cool way: Shakespeare-as-detective, Nero-as-witch-hunter, Tesla-as-secret-alien, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Once more, the plan remains the same. Up to 1000-word story. Any genre. Post at your blog, then link here and drop a note in the comments so we know where to find your story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No prizes or incentive this week other than, &#8220;This is an awesome challenge, why not try?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Choose your champion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let&#8217;s see some stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I want is for you to choose a famous person from history &#8212; be it Mark Twain, Babe Ruth, Nikola Tesla, Hannibal &#8212; and use him as the protagonist in your short fiction. 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