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FRIDAY FICTION with RONOVAN WRITES
With decades of writing behind me and daily learning of how to be a better writer, and by daily, I do mean constant, I wanted to give a way for current friends and future finders of this blog a way to push themselves to improve as well.
Through this challenge my hopes are you will:
- Find your voice
- Step out of comfort zones to discover a genre where your talent truly lies
- Perhaps make connections that will help you become a better writer
DEADLINE IS:
23:59 EST (New York Time) Wednesday. I will then have Thursday to complete reading the entries and compiling the links and such. I do read all entries. You can ask any of my Haiku Challenge family/community members.
I DO ASK THAT YOU:
- Keep it PG as all ages do follow the blog and may click through and read the entries. (C0ntinue for exceptions.)
- If you do write a piece of fiction that goes past the PG level, copy the link into the comments of this post and make a note of it being such and give the reasons you think it is, such as violence, sexual content, language/profanity.
- No violence toward children by adults or predatory aspects toward children. I know you may have two kids have a fight. I get that, but I don’t want gratuitous violence such as glorifying bullying. Also I can see you having a kid kicking some bad guy in the face for some reason. I get it.
- No sexual assault against anyone.
WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR WORK OF FICTION:
Copy and paste your URL in the comments of the challenge post, or do a ping back to this post. This does not mean you must share a link today, Friday, just because the challenge says Friday in it. It means you must return to this post or ping back to this post.
A ping back is copying and pasting the URL of the challenge post into your post. That lets people know about the challenge, sort of, and is one way to let me know you’ve entered. Just make certain to visit back here to see your ping back is showing. Confused? Click HERE to see how to do a ping back.
If your blog is with WordPress, TAG your post as Friday Fiction with Ronovan Writes. This way people may find your work in the WP Reader.
IMPORTANT! For those wishing to participate in the possible FREE eBook Project for Fiction, click HERE for the Challenge Page with information at the bottom along with a form of agreement to fill out.
Click HERE for STRIPPING for FICTION or HOW TO WRITE FLASH FICTION.
Prompt for Challenge #10
FIRST OF ALL: Please remember, this is NOT a race. Take your time. Friday is only a part of the title, not a deadline.
January 22, which is Friday’s date, is Celebration of Life Day.
- Take a moment in your life of which you would celebrate and use that as inspiration for a no more than 750 word story, but don’t let that stop you if you are enjoying yourself and the story is going well. (SUGGESTED)
- If you are not doing a series, write the story as if the characters were animals living in the roles of humans. An example would be the policemen might be German Shepherds and other Police type dogs. (REQUIRED if not in the middle of writing a series.) OR
- Use the same experience for a story in one of the following Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller. (Required if not using the above.)
For proofreading of your work you might check out Grammarly.com. They have a free option to download for Word or that will even work right here in the WordPress Post Editor. It also works in the comments of sites. An additional feature is you can turn Grammarly off and own for each site you visit.
Ronovan Hester is an author, with his debut historical adventure novel Amber Wake: Gabriel Falling due out in February of 2016. He shares his life through his blog RonovanWrites.WordPress.com. His love of poetry, authors and community through his online world has lead to a growing Weekly Haiku Challenge and the creation of a site dedicated to book reviews, interviews and author resources known as LitWorldInterviews.com.
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I’ve enjoyed following the stories. I’m happy to see you had a jump in folks who submitted!
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I have no idea why the jump, but most of the stories were good. Some were excellent and touching. 🙂
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I’m reading now. It will take more time, but I’m intrigued an I like to comment. I’ve noticed, oh no segue, pardon. Some folks don’t seem to have a follow box . I search with no luck. Have you found this as well?
Getting old is not for sissies. I’m having trouble with my eyes. After a certain age all you do is patch. My social life is visiting dr. They never invite you to dinner.
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For some, if you scroll to the bottom, the Follow is on the right hand bottom. It sort of looks like it is floating there.
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Hi Ron! This is based loosely on true events. http://writinginnorthnorfolk.com/2016/01/22/celebration/
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[…] to when I started out. For this installment, I’m combining two prompts – one is Friday Fiction with Ronovan Writes Prompt Challenge #10 and the new one is Time to Write: Stranger by Rachel […]
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I had a lot of fun with this, I would love to have my daughters Illustrate my little story.
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[…] Friday heralds another fiction challenge by Ronovan, and I am really enjoying the twists and turns that he is taking us through! Check it out here […]
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Here is the link to my entry in Challenge # 10. My two cats absolutely insisted that they get credit for the piece. http://engleson.ca/?page_id=7290
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This is the correct one, number 10. http://finallyawriter.com/2016/01/23/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-10-judy-and-john-the-surprise/
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I think I’m going to have to miss this one 😦 I’m rushed off my feet right now and just don’t know when I would be able to find the time to write it! Hopefully I’ll be able to join in again next week. I’m looking forward to reading other people’s entries though! 🙂
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The one out on Friday is a 300 Word Count limit and should be fun to do. Hope you can join in. 🙂
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Unfortunately I’m still utterly swamped. Thanks for the heads up though, and I’ll keep my fingers crossed that things settle down here soon so I can get back to writing more 🙂
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Hi Ronovan,
Wow! So many choices! I have half a mind to write a bit of flash for all three! Fortunately, I do have half a mind, so I will do my best to manage at least one. The first “SUGGESTED” option caught my attention. I am facing another one of those decade birthdays this year. But I like to reminisce, so this non-fiction dramatization features a celebration from 10 years ago. – kat
https://kmmyrman.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/milestones/
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[…] is a part of Friday Fiction with RonovanWrites Prompt Challenge. The prompt for this week is “[T]ake a moment in your life of which you would celebrate and […]
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I chose to write about horses celebrating life with a festival (an equestrian event). But like you suggested, the horses are in charge and the people are the pets. https://chasinglifeandfindingdreams.wordpress.com/the-kings-dance
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https://neelwritesblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/ronovans-flash-fiction-challenge-10/
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