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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Prompt #2
Words to get going with: use as many as you can!
roof, screen, swollen, primitive, rise, traffic, sulfur
yard, shuffling, signage, Frank Sinatra, Spanish moon, business
vacant, rosy, elbow, silvery, appraise, joking, ribbing, enlarged
noise, naughty, gargoyle, feminine, one-handed, monotone, cop-like
plodding, poodle, sincere, sidesplitting, commercial, okay, drive
skirt, crap, foot, on-line, card, buffet, luck, Fuddruckers
snorts, fixed, narrow, touch, stiff, sleeve, laugh, pocket
Scene setting: something celebratory that doesn't feel that way. like a wedding that you don't want to be at (just an example).
Line length: vary them. alot. One word lines. 50 word lines. Repetitions. The main character has a problem repeating negative behaviors.
Enjoy! -Meg Pokrass
Labels: flash fiction, prompts
posted by Meg Pokrass at 11:57 AM 0 commentsThursday, December 04, 2008
Smoking Prompts -- a new feature of writing prompts at SmokeLong Quarterly
Potluck Prompt.
stupid
threat
mirror
whip
passenger-side
hell
suit
steady
grandparents
pacing
plastic
bracing
tearing
Frisbee
persimmon
stained
blabbering
cruise
spray painting
gobble
stable
horn-rims
beans
write a piece that takes place around a holiday.
try to scatter as many prompt words in the mix like chocolate chips in batter. see where they take you.
Happy writing! -Meg Pokrass
Labels: flash fiction, prompts
posted by Meg Pokrass at 6:24 PM 0 commentsSunday, December 09, 2007
Kim Chinquee and Rusty Barnes
discuss flash fiction with Xujun Eberlein.
Labels: flash fiction, Kim Chinquee, Rusty Barnes, Xujun Eberlein
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