Click HERE for last weeks Entries-A lie is told.
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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.
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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.
- See if you can come in at more than a Word Count of 700. Control your word usage. (SUGGESTED)
- Using the prompt of ‘A Friend Shows Up‘ create a scene. This scene about a friend arriving at an embarrassing or perfect time. It could be, if a series is being written, a new friend we haven’t met before that changes the dynamic of the story. (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.
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Oh Ron… the ideas!! Thank you 😊
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My head is blank about this right now but I know when I get my pen to paper, I’d craft something… hopefully nice
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I already have so many ideas! Can’t wait to get home and type. Stupid work getting in the way lol
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Hi Ronovan, I missed a few challenges and wanted to join back in. I had some personal issues and sorry I didn’t even comment. Anyway, I have my story done. Is it to late to do a series? I am going to be more consistant in this challenge it is one of my goals. I don’t know what but this prompt really gave me a some “go go juice” and I just started writing. My word count ended up over the suggested amount even and that is rare. Reading stripping flash fiction post again. Hope I am welcome to join in and I don’t know why but this story can go further. I’d like to do it here so you can give me tips. Thanks for hosting such a great challenge. Love reading others from last week!
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[…] Check out Lovely Ron’s prompt here. […]
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https://t.co/VXXg7gyuuL
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Hi Ronovan, another great prompt! 🙂 this week’s offering is here: https://new2writing.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/the-note-4-a-case-for-sarah-bradley-fiction/
Thanks again for hosting this fun event. Can’t wait to read this weeks entries. KL ❤
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I don’t see the pingback so here’s the link to my story
https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/flash-fiction-catherine-wheels/
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Hi all,
Decided to share my story for the prompt. Decided not to pingback because the story has some PG elements like language and violence and I don’t exactly know how to edit pingbacks to include warnings and stuff.. Hope you like it. Critiques and comments are much appreciated. Still getting into the hang of this writing business.
https://anghulinghugotero.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/gemini/?preview=true
Cheers!
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Here is my scene, entitled Repositioning, for this weeks prompt. I found myself writing about less than stellar fellows. I hope their lack of character comes through…http://engleson.ca/?page_id=7395
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http://finallyawriter.com/2016/03/15/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-17-judy-and-john-a-lie-is-told-2/ almost missed this one, took a tumble down the stairs and sitting hurts….
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https://athling2001.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes/
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quite dreamlike yet rooted in loss, in memory, and complex love…
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https://neelwritesblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/httpsronovanwrites-wordpress-com20160311friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-17-a-friend-shows-upprompt/
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[…] HERE for last weeks Entries for the Prompt-A friend shows […]
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[…] Friday Fiction with Ronovan Writes. […]
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Here’s my post for “A friend shows up” prompt.
http://ramblingsofawriter2016.com/2016/03/20/a-friend-shows-up/
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Well Ron, I know I am much much too late with this entry. I had been thinking about the prompt all week and just couldn’t manage to get it finished in time for the deadline. You started something you know…a fun little series that I am currently working on. At any rate, your prompt was a perfect match for the next part. I introduced a new character to the plot. I did want to let you see how your weekly challenges have inspired me. Thank you so much! Here’s a link to The Letter – Part 6.Have a great day…
https://kmmyrman.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/the-letter-part-6/
~kat
I also decided to create a series page so folks could keep up. I think I may be doing a few more of these. I am enjoying it very much! Here’s Series Page Link: https://kmmyrman.wordpress.com/fiction-series-links/
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