Below are the entries for last weeks prompt-A Guest Appearance.
Just Friends – Part 15 by Ritu
Daniel on the Verge by Dermott Hayes
Killer Date Night by Joe Owens
Stress On Life by KiwiNana (yes I know her name but I like KiwiNana)
A Fair Affair – Chapter 13 by Neel
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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 First Time‘, WRITE. There are all kinds of first times, so get your minds out of the gutters. Channel that first experience doing something and put it into your characters. It could even be a first experience between two people. Next week I’m going to change it up a bit. Good luck. (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.
“I LOVED it! It was a perfect segue from nonfiction to fiction.” – Review
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Is it okay to write a serial story? I mean as long as it incorporates your theme?
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Yep. We have people in the middle of writing a book using the prompts. 🙂 If one week doesn’t quite click with you, write anyway and still enter. It’s all about being creative and writing.
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I can usually always tie a theme into my writing. If you are good with it I will layout the case for Sophie Marceau, female detective.
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I wrote one, but it’s a grey area in your guidelines. It’s what my fingers typed when I saw the prompt. I might have to skip this week.
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Link it anyway. 🙂
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Thanks. 🙂
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Thanks. 🙂 Here’s the link. I hope I’m not kicked out for it.
https://rantingalong.wordpress.com/2016/05/14/friday-fiction-with-ronovan-writes-prompt-challenge-26-a-first-time/
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Hi Ronovan, As you will surely see I didn’t write this for your Friday Fiction, and It isn’t strictly a first time; but it is my first time for me… on here. One needed to grasp the nettle or just go for it at some point. I won’t be offended if it isn’t used but I would value your opinion.
https://ellenbest24.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/ill-cover-your-back-its-all-in-a-days-work/
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Hello Ronovan, I have eventually got around to writing a story related to your Friday prompt. I haven’t been able to keep to the 500 words, so not a great impression for my first day in class.
I am a fledgling writer, learning this special craft. I really hope you enjoy. Please give me whatever feedback you can. I’ll try to follow my own posts advise in being a Matress and not Glass.
https://shortinsight.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/highway-justice
Many Thanks
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Here was mine. Think my pingback didn’t work or I was late…or both. https://chasinglifeandfindingdreams.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/first-time-cure/
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