Friday 18/01/19 -Try a random genre
18/01/2019
This week's prompt is a bit of a fiddle—I've had to bend my rules.
TL;DR - pick a random genre from this list.
1 | Action/Adventure | 7 | Ghost Story | 13 | Romantic Comedy |
2 | Comedy | 8 | Historical Fiction | 14 | Sci-Fi |
3 | Crime Caper | 9 | Horror | 15 | Suspense |
4 | Drama | 10 | Mystery | 16 | Thriller |
5 | Fairy Tale | 11 | Political Satire | ||
6 | Fantasy | 12 | Romance |
I'm entered in the NYC Midnight Short Story competition. The first heat starts at midnight tonight, when I will be assigned a random genre fro their list, not my own. Plus, I get a subject, and a character. The story is to be 2500 words, due in 8 days. I still want to do my 1000 word FFF challenge too, so I will re-use their prompt for myself, or at least try to. I may also have to delay posting it here until after the Short Story goes in, midnight of the 26th, so they get an original. I still have not decided on the order for writing, either, whether to do the 2500 first, 1000 first, or both.
This is a list of the genres they have chosen: action/adventure, comedy, crime caper, drama, fairy tale, fantasy, ghost story, historical fiction, horror, mystery, political satire, romance, romantic comedy, sci-fi, spy, suspense, thriller. I'm sure there are many others you could think of, but you are allowed to combine these, as long as you keep the main assigned genre in the forefront. Their definitions are here.
Subjects and characters, on the other hand, are almost limitless. Some subjects they have used in past were: a laboratory, recycling, Halloween, a trial, luck, altruism, or a sunrise. And subjects were: a teacher, a bartender, a bus driver, a CEO, a lead singer, an actress, or an undertaker. I'll add an update here to let you know what I get.
Wish me luck.
Mike, That competition sounds exciting. Please do keep us posted on your story.
Posted by: Joyce Juzwik | 18/01/2019 at 05:48 PM
Good luck, Mike!
Posted by: Kim | 18/01/2019 at 09:52 PM
Here's Rest in Peace
https://jfjuzwik.blogspot.com/2019/01/flash-fiction-friday-week-4-rest-in.html
Posted by: Joyce Juzwik | 25/01/2019 at 12:27 AM
Okay, my apologies. I missed my own challenge. I managed to spend waaaay more time on my 2500 word short story, changing the focus of it - and structure - twice. I didn't even have time to think about this prompt. But - good news - I now have a good focus and wrote a first draft I like. Now it's time for fine tuning, before Saturday midnight.
Edit - I did make it in with my story, before midnight, and I was pleased with the final version. Once they acknowledge that it was received okay, I can post it online.
Posted by: Ravens | 25/01/2019 at 04:01 PM
Finally!! The contest said they received my entry okay, so I can now post online. I had the genre Ghost Story.
https://www.ravensview.ca/2019/01/the-lost-boys.html
Posted by: Ravens | 29/01/2019 at 07:54 PM