Tag: weekly writing challenge
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February 01, 2008 02:31 PM EST --
It's not a myth or a legend. I know, because I was there. It was late in the spring of 1930. In my third year . . .
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March 11, 2008 02:52 AM EDT --
Fire crackles merrily on the hearth.
Winking embers huddling;
among the ashes.
Heat waves radiate through;
The small room of a shanty.
Winds blowing cold and harsh;
Rattle . . .
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September 15, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
This is a public repost written for the group First Line Short Story 2 . Anyone may join, but all submissions are private and may only be viewed by group members. Come join the writing fun! . . .
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May 31, 2008 08:47 AM EDT --
If you haven't joined Short Story First Line Challenge but love to read or write great stories, you ought to join. This is for this week's challenge which needs to be 1,000 words or less. . . .
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July 29, 2008 10:25 AM EDT --
Submitted for a one-word prompt competition. The word is "abandoned."
Lonely and depressed.
It seems to haunt me, jeer and daunt me.
Hardly ever fearless. . . .
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September 22, 2008 09:33 AM EDT --
Welcome to the third weekly challenge! The first line of your short story is:
" Sounds of muffled laughter came from behind the closed doors ."
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January 20, 2008 12:06 PM EST --
A Changed Life
Confusion reigned everywhere. Voices blended into one mass cacophony. Rick's blank expression was mirrored in so many faces passing by. . . .
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May 20, 2008 09:22 AM EDT --
This is a repost of a short story written for the Short Story First Line Challenge group. I am reposting in response to Writing Essentials request to highlight our work.
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May 27, 2008 08:42 AM EDT --
Yet another writing prompt response to Short Story First Line Challenge.
Sam's shadow fell silently across the gravestone. Though the song of dusk flowed around him, he continued to sit . . .
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September 13, 2008 08:33 PM EDT --
This is the Week #2 for the group First Line Short Story 2 . Anyone may join, but only members may read and rate submissions. Please join us.
Welcome to the second weekly challenge! . . .
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September 20, 2008 05:40 PM EDT --
Congratulations to all those who submitted an entry this week! I know several people emailed that they tried to submit an entry but the groupspace gave them some problems. I have . . .
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September 21, 2008 02:38 PM EDT --
Congratulations to all who entered! I know there are still a few entries from last week that are somehow lost in cyber space. I'm in contact with Gather trying to figure out what the problem . . .
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September 28, 2008 08:48 PM EDT --
Welcome to the fourth weekly challenge! The first line of your short story is:
" Cold, clammy hands reached toward her. "
The characters you must . . .
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October 11, 2008 07:38 AM EDT --
First, I apologize for missing last week's challenge. I don't know what happened! I thought I posted it, but when I went back last night to check it out and start my own story, it . . .
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October 18, 2008 08:04 AM EDT --
The first line of your short story is:
" The old wooden gates creaked eerily in the wind ."
The required characters are
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May 27, 2008 08:36 AM EDT --
I wrote this in response to a Short Story First Line Challenge. This is a great group to help get the juices flowing.
"Have you ever wished you could go back and change an event in your . . .
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September 28, 2008 08:42 PM EDT --
It must have been a busy week for many of us in the group. We only had a few entries this week but they were great stories. Our judge placed them in the following . . .
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February 19, 2008 10:15 AM EST --
One of the writing prompts for this week is to write a 250 word short story on a variation of Murphy's Laws. I found these listed on the following website http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/murphy/murphy_e.html . . .
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