{"id":21597,"date":"2013-12-20T11:42:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T16:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=21597"},"modified":"2013-12-20T11:42:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T16:42:18","slug":"flash-fiction-challenge-200-words-at-a-time-the-final-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/12\/20\/flash-fiction-challenge-200-words-at-a-time-the-final-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction Challenge: 200 Words At A Time, The Final Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/11\/22\/flash-fiction-challenge-200-words-at-a-time-part-one\/\" href=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/11\/22\/flash-fiction-challenge-200-words-at-a-time-part-one\/\"><strong>First round is right here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/11\/29\/flash-fiction-challenge-200-words-at-a-time-part-two\/\" href=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/11\/29\/flash-fiction-challenge-200-words-at-a-time-part-two\/\"><strong>Second round is right here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/12\/06\/flash-fiction-challenge-200-words-at-a-time-part-3\/\" href=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/12\/06\/flash-fiction-challenge-200-words-at-a-time-part-3\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Third round: boom, right here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And the fourth round is <a title=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/12\/13\/flash-fiction-challenge-200-words-at-a-time-part-4\/\" href=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/12\/13\/flash-fiction-challenge-200-words-at-a-time-part-4\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>now within clicking range<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The end is here.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a wonderfully weird experiment and I think, actually, pretty successful.<\/p>\n<p>Time to bring this badboy home.<\/p>\n<p>The rules are simple:<\/p>\n<p>Look through the 800-word entries from last week (round four, linked above).<\/p>\n<p>Pick one.<\/p>\n<p>Add another 200 words to the story. The\u00a0<em>final<\/em> 200 words, actually.<\/p>\n<p>(Easiest way forward is to copy the chosen 800 words to your own blog, then add the next 200. Don&#8217;t forget to link to the now-finished tale in the comments.)<\/p>\n<p>You do not need to have participated in the earlier rounds to participate in this one.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, as noted, you will finish the story. And!\u00a0<em>And<\/em> you are free to work on a story to which you have previously contributed, preferably one whose initial 200 words were yours to begin with. (Meaning, while not necessary, it&#8217;ll be interesting for you to finish the story that you began but whose middle is penned by three other writers.)<\/p>\n<p>This is a collaborative game. It is Whisper Down the Lane. It is Telephone.<\/p>\n<p>And now it&#8217;s time to finish up.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve got one week.<\/p>\n<p>Due by Friday, December 27th, noon EST.<\/p>\n<p>Add the final link to the narrative chain, won&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First round is right here. Second round is right here. Third round: boom, right here. And the fourth round is now within clicking range. The end is here. It has been a wonderfully weird experiment and I think, actually, pretty successful. Time to bring this badboy home. The rules are simple: Look through the 800-word [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-theramble","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pv7MR-5Cl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21599,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21597\/revisions\/21599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}