{"id":16164,"date":"2012-11-30T06:58:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T11:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=16164"},"modified":"2012-11-30T06:58:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T11:58:33","slug":"flash-fiction-challenge-the-last-1000-words-of-an-non-existent-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2012\/11\/30\/flash-fiction-challenge-the-last-1000-words-of-an-non-existent-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction Challenge: “The Last 1000 Words Of An Non-Existent Novel”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This challenge is a strange one. It came to me (IN A DREAM okay not really in a dream) and I thought, “Well, that’s a bit curious, innit?” So, I figured I’d float it, see who grabbed hold.<\/p>\n

I want you to write the last 1000 words of a non-existent novel.<\/p>\n

In other words: “the ending.”<\/p>\n

Now, you can be a bit meta with this — the ending in your mind may be a tidying up, a denouement, or you may instead choose to write a climactic end moment before imaginarily closing the curtains.<\/p>\n

Also, those 1000 words are a loose set of guidelines. Could be 500, could be 1500 — whatever you need.<\/p>\n

So, get to writing, folks.<\/p>\n

I’ll send a random participant an ART HARDER, MOTHERFUCKER mug<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, provided you’re in the United States. If you’re international, I’ll send you an e-book. Or naked pictures of myself rubbing food into my beard, whatever you prefer.<\/p>\n

Your deadline is noon EST, Friday, December 7th.<\/p>\n

Now let’s bring this utterly fake book inside your head to a close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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