Useful links:
Grammarly.com
Click HERE for STRIPPING for FICTION or HOW TO WRITE FLASH FICTION.
Click HERE for Dialogue Tags, Action Beats, and the Dialogue Comma.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE COMMENTS ON YOUR WRITING, PLEASE NOTE AT THE END OF YOUR ENTRY THE AREAS YOU WISH FOR THE READER TO COMMENT ON, OR IF YOU WISH FOR AN OVERALL OPINION.
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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
FIRST OF ALL: Please remember, this is NOT a race. Take your time. Friday is only a part of the title, not a deadline. SECONDLY, if the story is flowing, don’t let the word count stop you; keep writing.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.~Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
- Word Count of 500. (SUGGESTED)
- Take your favorite quote from a movie and use it as inspiration for your entry this week. If you want more direction, make it the last sentence in your piece. (REQUIRED)
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 is available now for pre-order on Kindle or the Paperback is ready to ship now. Click HERE to choose. 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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Sorry, what’s the prompt? Did I miss it?
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Word Count of 500. (SUGGESTED)
Take your favorite quote from a movie and use it as inspiration for your entry this week. If you want more direction, make it the last sentence in your piece. (REQUIRED)
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Ding! Ding! Idea!! 🙂
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Thanks for prompting us.
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Here’s my entry, Ron. I’m sure nobody needs to be told the line is from Casablanca, but just in case…
https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/flash-fiction-ricks/
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http://finallyawriter.com/2016/02/12/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-13-judy-and-john-the-cave-not-so-safe-after-all/
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Hello out there in Ronovan land. Here is my offering for Ronovan Writes prompt challenge # 13. It runs 87 words beyond the “suggested” length.
http://engleson.ca/?page_id=7311
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For anyone scanning the pages …
CHECK THIS ONE OUT!
Nice humor with a good storytelling feel. You’ll get what I mean when you read it.
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Lovely prompt. I missed last week’s as I had a lot to do but am delighted to do this one continuing from my series on the Devil’s Wife and using the sentence from As Good as it Gets “You make me want to be a better man”. Thanks a lot Ronovan for the prompt and review as always.
https://geethaprodhom.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/the-devils-wife-valentines-day-on-earth/
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Love this movie. 🙂
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I love it too, it is very witty and full of realism
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It opens the eyes about a great many areas of today’s culture. It can open minds as well.
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Very true 🙂
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Great prompt, thank you. Here’s mine.
http://inkbiotic.com/2016/02/14/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes/
The quote is from Back to the Future.
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Here you go Ron. This one is Gone with the Wind! -kat
https://kmmyrman.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/the-interview/
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Here is a response to the prompt inspired by Oscar Wilde.
https://amaviedecoeurentier.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/unattended/
Many thanks for the fun!
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In Hospital White, I’m not sure the joy of a son being reunited with his father came across, but I wanted to keep the background mood dark and stark. I probably need more experience as a writer to do that.
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