{"id":21978,"date":"2014-01-17T08:07:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T13:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=21978"},"modified":"2014-01-17T08:07:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T13:07:30","slug":"flash-fiction-challenge-the-who-the-where-the-uh-oh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2014\/01\/17\/flash-fiction-challenge-the-who-the-where-the-uh-oh\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction Challenge: The Who, The Where, The Uh-Oh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week’s challenge: “Roll For Title<\/strong><\/span><\/a>!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Yoinks.<\/p>\n

Last week’s flash fiction challenge was easily the most visited challenge I’ve ever run — also with the most participation. That’s bad-ass, and it’s amazing to see such energy and talent on display. Pat yourselves on the back. Eat some ice cream. MAKE OUT WITH YOURSELF IN A MIRROR.<\/p>\n

Or something.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this week, we’re back with another randomized challenge —<\/p>\n

And,\u00a0this\u00a0<\/em>week, I’m letting you have 2000 words instead of 1000.<\/p>\n

The way forward is simple: pick (randomly<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0or by hand) one element from each column below (Who, Where, Uh-oh) and smoosh those three together to concoct a single story. For bonus points, you can actually randomize the\u00a0Who<\/strong> column twice — either to make a combination protagonist (PSYCHIC CELEBRITY! ASSASSIN ACCOUNTANT!) or to choose a second character to go into your tale, either as a supporting character or as an antagonist.<\/p>\n

Post this story at your online space.<\/p>\n

Link back here.<\/p>\n

Due by Friday, the 24th, noon EST.<\/p>\n

And the categories are…<\/p>\n

The Who (Protagonist)<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Detective<\/li>\n
  2. Ghost<\/li>\n
  3. Bartender<\/li>\n
  4. Dirty Cop<\/li>\n
  5. Psychic<\/li>\n
  6. Assassin<\/li>\n
  7. Accountant<\/li>\n
  8. Celebrity<\/li>\n
  9. Android<\/li>\n
  10. Waiter\/Waitress<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Where (Setting)<\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. Nuclear Wasteland<\/li>\n
    2. Amusement Park<\/li>\n
    3. Chinatown<\/li>\n
    4. Far-Flung Space Station<\/li>\n
    5. Mad Botanist’s Greenhouse<\/li>\n
    6. Virtual Reality<\/li>\n
    7. The Underworld<\/li>\n
    8. Trailer Park<\/li>\n
    9. Pirate Ship<\/li>\n
    10. Casino<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The Uh-Oh (Problem)<\/h2>\n
        \n
      1. Betrayal by best friend!<\/li>\n
      2. Left for dead, out for revenge!<\/li>\n
      3. Encounter with a nemesis!<\/li>\n
      4. Trapped!<\/li>\n
      5. Something precious, stolen!<\/li>\n
      6. Lovers, separated!<\/li>\n
      7. Warring against nature!<\/li>\n
      8. An unsolved murder!<\/li>\n
      9. A conspiracy, revealed!<\/li>\n
      10. Besieged by supernatural enemies!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Last week’s challenge: “Roll For Title!” Yoinks. Last week’s flash fiction challenge was easily the most visited challenge I’ve ever run — also with the most participation. That’s bad-ass, and it’s amazing to see such energy and talent on display. Pat yourselves on the back. Eat some ice cream. MAKE OUT WITH YOURSELF IN A […]<\/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-21978","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-5Iu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21978","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=21978"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21984,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21978\/revisions\/21984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}