{"id":17449,"date":"2013-02-22T08:09:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T13:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=17449"},"modified":"2013-02-22T09:19:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T14:19:37","slug":"flash-fiction-challenge-game-of-aspects-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/02\/22\/flash-fiction-challenge-game-of-aspects-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction Challenge: Game Of Aspects, Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Last week&#8217;s challenge: &#8220;<a title=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/02\/15\/flash-fiction-challenge-write-what-you-know\/\" href=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/02\/15\/flash-fiction-challenge-write-what-you-know\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Write What You Know<\/strong><\/span><\/a>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the Game of Aspects, and you know the drill.<\/p>\n<p>Grab a ten-sided die or click over to a <a title=\"http:\/\/www.random.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.random.org\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>random number generator<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Choose three random numbers between 1-10.<\/p>\n<p>That corresponds to a\u00a0<strong>subgenre<\/strong> \/ <strong>setting<\/strong> \/ <strong>element to include<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Those are now the parameters of your story.<\/p>\n<p>(So, you might randomly get:\u00a0<strong>superhero \/ Titanic \/ love letter<\/strong>, for instance.)<\/p>\n<p>You have &#8212; well, let&#8217;s up the numbers a bit. You have 1500 words.<\/p>\n<p>Due by next Friday, March 1st, at noon EST.<\/p>\n<p>Post at your blog or online space. Link back here in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Now go forth and randomize!<\/p>\n<h3>Subgenre<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Superhero<\/li>\n<li>Erotic Fairy Tale<\/li>\n<li>Sword &amp; Sorcery<\/li>\n<li>Slasher Horror<\/li>\n<li>Bumbling Detective<\/li>\n<li>Time Travel Romance<\/li>\n<li>Zombie Apocalypse<\/li>\n<li>Parallel Universe<\/li>\n<li>Technothriller<\/li>\n<li>Magical Realism<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Setting<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>High school prom<\/li>\n<li>On board the Titanic<\/li>\n<li>In a vampire&#8217;s subterranean lair<\/li>\n<li>At the gates of the Garden of Eden<\/li>\n<li>A shopping mall<\/li>\n<li>A Martian greenhouse<\/li>\n<li>The capital city of a lost civilization<\/li>\n<li>A king&#8217;s throne room<\/li>\n<li>An amusement park after dark<\/li>\n<li>In the home of the gods<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Element To Include<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Warring Families<\/li>\n<li>A Love Letter<\/li>\n<li>A Puzzle Box<\/li>\n<li>Elves<\/li>\n<li>A Talking Sword<\/li>\n<li>Artificial Intelligence<\/li>\n<li>A Mysterious Stranger<\/li>\n<li>A Lost Painting<\/li>\n<li>A Dream<\/li>\n<li>A Magical Pocketwatch<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week&#8217;s challenge: &#8220;Write What You Know&#8220; It&#8217;s the Game of Aspects, and you know the drill. Grab a ten-sided die or click over to a random number generator. Choose three random numbers between 1-10. That corresponds to a\u00a0subgenre \/ setting \/ element to include. Those are now the parameters of your story. 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