Posts Tagged Chuck Wendig challenge
Flash Fiction: The Wondering Chamber
Posted by DLThurston in Flash Fiction on July 13, 2012
Time for another Chuck Wendig challenge. This week it’s simple, write a story of up to 1000 words of less that starts with the sentence “The noticed android walks past a wondering chamber.†Of course, I spent a good time mentally outlining a story that featured a wandering chamber. Let’s do this.
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Flash Fiction: Everyone Comes To Tiny’s
Posted by DLThurston in Flash Fiction on June 8, 2012
It’s been awhile since I’ve taken Chuck Wendig up on one of his challenges, so let’s get back into it. This week, there are six settings to choose from. Unlike last time he offered multiple settings, I’m NOT going to do all six. Just picking one: Tiny’s Taco Hut.
Flash Fiction: Dinosaur Hall
Posted by DLThurston in Flash Fiction on May 4, 2012
This week the Chuck Wendig challenge celebrates the release of Dinocalypse Now with the theme of DINOSAURS! It’s the typical 1000 word cap, must include dinosaurs in one way or another. Check out the links others are putting up for their stories back at Terrible Minds.
And do check out The Memory Eater on Kickstarter. Just over a week left, and we’ve still got a march ahead.
Flash Fiction: Unknown Title
Posted by DLThurston in Flash Fiction on April 27, 2012
This week’s Chuck Wendig challenge is to click this link, which will generate five random military operation names, then to use one as the title of a story. As I write this introduction, I’ve yet to hit that link. Here we go, the results are:
Merciless Demon
Combusting Kafir
Wild Saber
Unindulgent Ogre
Cowboy Griffin
Wow. Um. So here we go I guess. I’ve decided to cheat and use two. If you like this or my other flash fiction stories, I have a longer story in the upcoming Memory Eater anthology, currently seeking funds on Kickstarter. Read the rest of this entry »
Flash Fiction: Death and Bob
Posted by DLThurston in Flash Fiction on April 15, 2012
Getting back into the Chuck Wendig challenge after a week off. Today’s theme, Death.
You have 1000 words to write a short story that prominently features death. What that means is up to you, of course. And genre is also in your court.
But a death — or the concept of death, or an exploration of death — must be front and center.
So without further ado, Death and Bob.
Flash Fiction Week: First Times
Posted by DLThurston in Flash Fiction on March 26, 2012
I’m doing something a little different this week. A little more…masochistic. The current Chuck Wendig challenge is to write a story set in one of five provided settings. I also tend to max out at five posts a week, so I figured, what the hell? Why not do all five? I’ll post them one per day for the rest of the week, in the order provided in the challenge.
Lunar Brothel
Abandoned Amusement Park
The Bottom of the Ocean
Penthouse Apartment during the Apocalypse
Fairy Tale Forest
Am I mad, perhaps, but pushing comfort zones is part of being an author, and trying to write five good flash pieces like this, it’s certainly pushing the comfort zone.
Day Two: Ride the Time Vortex
Day Three: Finding a Way
Day Four: Above it All
Day Five: Among the Trees
Flash Fiction: The Fire of the Gods
Posted by DLThurston in Flash Fiction on March 16, 2012
Back on the wagon with another Chuck Wendig challenge. This week:
Your story will be titled: “The Fire of the Gods.â€
And that’s it. That’s all I demand of you.
Well, besides the standard parameters, of course. The story must be under 1000 words. Post it at your blog (not in the comments here, or I may delete it), then link back so we can all see it.
However, since I missed last week’s challenge I’m dropping myself a penalty. Even though it’s past the noon deadline for last week’s I’m going to do both challenges in one. So here’s last week:
I have, in fact, chosen 20 words.
You must choose 10 of these words and use them throughout your ~1000 word flash fiction story.
Might be tricky, but hey, that’s why this is a challenge and not, say, me tickling your privates with a feather.
The ten words:
Beast, brooch, cape, dinosaur, dove, fever, finger, flea, gate, insult, justice, mattress, moth, paradise, research, scream, seed, sparrow, tornado, university.
There we go. It’s two Wendig challenges in one maddening story. Let’s get to it.
Flash Fiction: Epithets
Posted by DLThurston in Flash Fiction on March 2, 2012
Another Friday, and again Chuck Wendig has thrown down the gauntlet. This week’s challenge:
Go to Your Favorite Music Player. Dig out your digital music collection.
Maybe this is iTunes or Spotify, or use Pandora if you’d rather go that way.
Hit SHUFFLE, then “Play.â€
Translation: pull up a random song.
The title to this song is the title to your story.
Use the song for inspiration, too, if you feel so inclined.
My iPod must have known what was up, because I hit the shuffle button and up came the Paul and Storm song “Epithets.” Target length was 1000 words, but I shot for 500. The story is after the break.
Flash fiction: Sandwich Theory
Posted by DLThurston in Flash Fiction on February 17, 2012
Another Friday, another Chuck Wendig challenge. This week’s prompt:
You have up to 1000 words to write a story — not a scene, but a story — where a character makes a sandwich. Any kind of character, any kind of sandwich, but the point is to infuse this seemingly mundane act with the magic story-stuff of drama and conflict. Make it the most interesting “person-making-a-sandwich†story you can possibly make it. It needs to grip the testicles. It must twist the nipples. It must not let go.
Check out other sandwich stories over on his blog, and my story after the break.