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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 appear, I’m just thorough.)
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.
- Word Count is off! Let’s focus on the theme of the thing. Not many actually stick to the word count anyway. (SUGGESTED-No more than 500 if you want to try that.)
- Using the prompt of ‘A Guest Appearance‘, WRITE. Who might show up at your house? Or is there a show you are watching and a celebrity appears on screen? Maybe you are someplace and someone comes on stage that makes no sense. What do you do? How does it make you feel? (REQUIRED)
- Special note: There hasn’t been a lot of participation lately, and I know that’s because of my lack of involvement, but I had plans for this that were bigger than my health has been able to handle. I’ll keep putting the prompts out for as long as someone writes. When all interests dies, if it happens, then . . .
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.
“I LOVED it! It was a perfect segue from nonfiction to fiction.” – Review
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You know I’ll go on… and on…! Hmm… need to think… I’m behind in some of my challenges!
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Hello there, I’ve uploaded my story to my website: https://wilverus.com/2016/05/07/chairman/ It was a good prompt, and I had some fun. Hope you like it.
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I’d be happy for advice. This is twice as long as the 600 word limit but I’m not sure how I could make it shorter.
https://rantingalong.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-25-a-guest-appearance/
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[…] I used to take part in a weekly challenge such as this called Monday’s Finish the Story, but I believe it has ceased, so now I will take a stab at FRIDAY FICTION with RONOVAN WRITES. This past Friday (May 6, 2016) had this: Prompt Challenge #25-A guest appearance. […]
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I do love the challenge, though I haven’t played along lately. The demands of life have just tied me down lately. However, I really need and want to write. I have till midnight….
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Mine was late but I did write it: https://chasinglifeandfindingdreams.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/bad-connection-vague-wishes/
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[…] Friday Fiction with Ronovan Writes Prompt Challenge 25 – A Guest Appearance […]
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Oh! dear Mr Ron. I loved this week’s prompt no end. Thanks for such excitingly challenging prompts week after week.
This is my contribution.
https://neelwritesblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/httpsronovanwrites-wordpress-com20160506friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-25-a-guest-appearance/
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Daniel on the Verge, Daniel O’Donnell makes a guest appearance…https://dermotthayes.com/2016/05/09/2131/
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[…] This story was originally posted on buttyhands.com, a blog I used to write for, and was inspired by ronovanwrites’ writing prompt: https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-2… […]
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