{"id":28715,"date":"2016-02-19T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=28715"},"modified":"2016-02-19T14:00:11","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T19:00:11","slug":"flash-fiction-challenge-post-an-opening-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2016\/02\/19\/flash-fiction-challenge-post-an-opening-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction Challenge: Post An Opening Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This one is pretty simple:<\/p>\n<p>Write an opening sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Post it in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p>Any genre will do, really, though versatility has value.<\/p>\n<p>The sentence should be on the shorter side. Let&#8217;s say, mmm, no more than 25 words. Some things to avoid, since sometimes folks fall into these traps: avoid blood, death, dead people, kids being hurt, and so forth. Think original. Conceive of a sentence that, when crafted right, is a strong\u00a0<em>hook<\/em>. The kind that makes people want to read further. It makes them want to know more. Compelling and maddening in equal measure.<\/p>\n<p>By next Friday, I will pick between five and ten I really like, and I&#8217;ll pop them into next week&#8217;s challenge, and you guys can choose one of those I pick to serve as the opening sentence to a new piece of flash fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Today, no story necessary, though.<\/p>\n<p><em>Just an opening line<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Due by next Friday, 2\/26, noon EST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one is pretty simple: Write an opening sentence. Post it in the comments below. Any genre will do, really, though versatility has value. The sentence should be on the shorter side. Let&#8217;s say, mmm, no more than 25 words. Some things to avoid, since sometimes folks fall into these traps: avoid blood, death, dead [&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-28715","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-7t9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28715","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=28715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28716,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28715\/revisions\/28716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}