[Fiction] Friday Challenge #239
[Fiction] Friday Challenge #239 for December 23rd, 2011
Santa has employed a publicity agent and marketing firm to revamp his style; as he feels he has lost touch with the modern child. In your flash fiction submission, choose a scene or event surrounding this event. It might be his decision, his attempts to approach credible firms, or a glimpse into what the “new look Santa” has to offer.
How Fiction Friday works. It’s easy to do.
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Check this page for this week’s theme or challenge. Prompts are published each month to give you plenty of notice.
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Spend at least 5 minutes composing something original based on the theme or challenge. (and keep writing…)
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But, remember, no editing. This is to inspire creativity not stifle it.
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On Friday, simply post what you wrote to your own blog.
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If you utilise social networking, Tweet your story using our hashtag of #fictionfriday AND post it up onto Facebook.
- Then come back to Write Anything and leave the link in the comment section below.
- Consider recording it using AudioBoo and submitting it on Sunday for our Spoken Sunday Prompt
- You may also like to Tweet other peoples links from this site as they are posted using the hashtag #fictionfriday afterwards.
- To participate further, just go visit some of the other links left by other participants, read what they wrote, and leave a comment. Just be sure that your comment is constructive—this is, after all, a meme to give us all a little writing practice.
- You may also like to Tweet other peoples links from this site as they are posted – and our hashtag of #fictionfriday
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The small print - Please note that once your first draft is online it may be difficult to find a publisher who will accept it ( as many see an online document as being ‘previously published” ) or be able to submit that piece to certain competitions. Always check with their guidelines before using one of your FF first drafts.
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A nice festive prompt, thanks, and a happy Christmas to you.
I wasn’t sure about this prompt when I first saw it, but I actually really enjoyed writing this piece:
http://fromjuliewithmixedfeelings.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/fiction-friday-santa-vs-technology/
I decided to put a Christian Slant on this. Pretty happy with how my piece turned out
http://ellierosemckee101.blogspot.com/2011/12/sackcloth-santa-fiction-friday.html
I’m not overly enamoured with the scene I wrote but that’s part of the writing challenge: you don’t always get it right. There’s still a thing or two I do like, so here goes:
http://carolinevonschmalensee.com/?p=546