Here it is. Your very first set of weekly prompts!
Pick your length and roll with the prompt to get your creative process started. And if you publish your fiction online, please link back to this page. Thanks!
100-word prompt
Write a short story in any genre that’s 100 words or less and includes the following three words: swiftly, clock, whisper.
Advanced Challenge: Make your story microfiction. Microfiction is 300 words or less.
500-word prompt
Write a short story in any genre that’s 500 words or less and includes the following elements:
Location: Somewhere entirely silent
Item: A spare car key
Character: Someone who is attempting to escape a self-imposed routine
Feel free to get creative with how you include the elements. The story doesn’t have to be trapped in the location, for example. The way you interpret the character summary can be as unconventional as you like.
Just make sure you touch on each.
Advanced Challenge: Make your story microfiction. Microfiction is 300 words or less.
1,200-word prompt
Write a short story in any genre that’s 1,200 words or less and uses the following situation as a starting point:
Write a story where a single, seemingly trivial object becomes a perfect metaphor for the main character’s most significant regret or fear. The story should focus on the character’s interaction with the object.
Advanced Challenge: Include the three words from the 100-word prompt.
Happy writing, you lovely weirdos!