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.
Click HERE for What’s a GL and PSS got to do with writing.
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. (Continue 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 (See below for clarification.), 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.
A spill occurs, what do you do next?
Use your imagination for what a spill is. Click HERE for the Thesaurus for spill.
- See if you can come in at more than a Word Count of 600. Control your word usage. (SUGGESTED)
- Using the above scenario, create a scene about a spill of some kind and what you happens. Is it related to you, to someone around you, the world, love, death, sports. Get creative. (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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For some reason I mixed this week’s prompt up with prompt #2. Since the spill idea doesn’t inspire anything this evening, and I’ve written something for #2, here it is.
https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2016/02/26/microfiction-goodbye/
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Reblogged this on theowlladyblog.
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Sitting in a hotel room typing away. Hope you like this imagined dialogue inspired by your prompt. Best wishes from Australia’s Capital – Canberra! TJ
https://amaviedecoeurentier.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/a-peculiar-mess/
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http://finallyawriter.com/2016/02/29/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-15-judy-and-john-spillage/
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As I mention at the tail end of my tale, I was tempted to construct an environmental narrative, something literally feet away from my home. But also ever close to me are the stories of young lives I played a role in during my career as a protection social worker. So, here is my response to spillage.
http://engleson.ca/?page_id=7338
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https://athling2001.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-15-a-spill-occurs/
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https://neelwritesblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-15-a-spill-occurs/
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Ok so I will admit I rushed this one and went over the 600 words. Thank you Ronovan for your ideas but I went a different way with it. I did connect it to last week’s one. THERE IS A BIT OF VIOLENCE IN THIS ONE, JUST TO WARN ANYONE WHO WANTS TO READ IT. Please let me know what you all think, looking forward to reading them all! https://writingsofasinglegirl.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-part-2
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Hi Ronovan, maybe I’m going a bit mad, did you do your post this week with the result of challenge #15?
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Not this week. Sorry. Life and health are a bit too much lately.
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Ah no worries I just thought I wasn’t looking properly! Hope all is ok 🙂
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