Check out the new THIRDLY included in the blurb right before the prompt reveal.
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: (The below guidelines are less than they look.)
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. THIRDLY, if you are an ACTIVE challenge participant and you just aren’t feeling the prompt, write something and ping back or paste your link. I’ll still include it in the #Links post the following Friday.
You’ve just been handed a message that makes you drop to the floor, trembling uncontrollably.
- No more than a Word Count of 600. (SUGGESTED)
- Using the above scenario, create a scene of what the note is about, and why it makes you react the way you do. (REQUIRED)
- No external dialogue for this scene. (SUGGESTED)
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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Oooh!!!!! Ron…. I have an idea flowering already!!!
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Just penned this little drama with the aid of an old photo of mine and a rather larger bumper of sherry. Hope you weekend is a great one! TJ
https://amaviedecoeurentier.wordpress.com/2016/02/19/flash-fiction-tonight-you-die/
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[…] Friday prompt time! Ronovan has persuaded me to end up writing a series, that wasn’t the original idea with this whole challenge, but I am really enjoying it! Check out this week’s prompt here. […]
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http://finallyawriter.com/2016/02/19/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-14-judy-and-john-just-a-little-slip/
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Reblogged this on Kate McClelland.
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Hi Ronovan, Great prompt this week. Had loads of ideas circling around my head but this one won. https://new2writing.wordpress.com/2016/02/20/the-note-a-case-for-sarah-bradley-adult-fiction/ I think this one is probably above the pg rating with the undertones of the story but I hope people still enjoy. Thanks, KL ❤
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I just discovered your blog and I must say I love the prompt! Unfortunately mine may have taken a turn in the direction of implied violence, so I thought I would just make that note. Hopefully no one takes it too out of context. It’s just where the words took me today. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Also I shared a link to this prompt in my post so my readers would have a chance to visit and participate. Here’s the link to my piece!
https://dameanmathewsbooks.wordpress.com/2016/02/20/interesting-writing-prompt/
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I love external dialogue so its absence does tend to send me off into a fragile state. My contribution to the fray, a note, an elegy perhaps to Harper Lee, slipped into the hands of those who frequent Ronovan Writes…http://engleson.ca/?page_id=7323
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I loved it when i got this prompt. It enabled me to continue my series and this is the third part of my continuing series entitled : A FAIR AFFAIR.
Thanks Ronovan and hope my dear readers, you like it and as usual your constructive comments are most welcome. Neel
https://neelwritesblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-14-youve-been-given-a-message/
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Here’s mine, Ron. Almost didn’t get this.
https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/microfiction-news/
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Hi, first time to try this. I’m still a newbie so please let me know if I did not Ping back correctly. (I included your link in my post, done the tag and here is my post)
https://writingsofasinglegirl.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/friday-fiction-challenge-with-ronovan
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Busy week! Here my story.
https://kmmyrman.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/the-letter/
Have a great weekend! Kat
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Ronovan, I won’t be able to make the deadline. Computer issues and personal ones prevented me from doing this week’s challenge. Thanks, Annette
PS I look forward to the next prompt. This one was really challenging and I have the idea in my head just could not get it to posting. LOL
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If you are working on it and think you can have it ready by Thursday evening, go for it. 🙂
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Sorry I just got back online I have been off for a arm injury so one handed and slow lol thank you for the extra time but was not near done….I will be one handed until Tuesday so I may not make next week’s so far behind. Lol ugh!! Thanks, Annette
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🙂 I saw you were having some problems with your computer as well in comments on another entry’s post. Get well soon and get back here!!!! 😀
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Thank you! 🙂
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Well, I’m late, but thought I’d put the link up here anyway:) Just for fun:)
https://athling2001.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-3/
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