Welcome to Week Twenty-Two of Three Line Tales.
You’ll find full guidelines on the TLT page – here’s the tl;dr:
Happy three-lining!
It was the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last.
I don’t know if I’d said anything right away if I’d known. I mean, who was I going to tell? And what?
To tell the truth, I didn’t believe it had happened. I dismissed it as a Technicolor nightmare, fuelled by a recent SciFi movie binge.
The second time, I felt again as if I’d woken from a bad dream. Doubts began creeping in, though. I searched online and found others reporting suffering from identical dreams.
Tonight, we meet, brought together by a real-life Agent Mulder. He believes our theory that we’ve become lab rats for a hostile alien species.
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An opening line for this week’s WP Discover Challenge? Of course I’m in.
A step-by-step guide:
Define your outcome.
Identify a suitable target.
Highlight areas which lend themselves to maligning.
Do field research: Encourage people to speak their mind, buy them a drink if necessary.
Identify overlap between areas you highlighted and your field research. This is Your Message.
Hone Your Message (tip: if writing copy isn’t your strength, hire a professional – you must get it spot on).
Release Your Message into the world and watch the sheep flock to your side.
Small print: Be advised the Scarecrow Method has side effects, some of which cannot be easily reversed upon reaching your outcome.
‘Sam! I’ve had another idea. A better one. I think this is the one, you know?’
‘So we’re doing that again?’
‘What do you mean?’
‘Do you remember last time?’
‘Last time was different. It was a bad idea, I see it now. But this isn’t.’
‘Give it two weeks… I think you should see the current one through.’
‘You don’t understand, I have to follow my muse.’
‘Last time you said your muse was a jerk sometimes. Sure she isn’t leading you off a cliff again?’
‘I’ve never been so sure of anything.’
‘Dave… You say that every time.’
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Can you guess what this week’s Moral Mondays prompt is?
Ready for this week’s crop? Here it is:
Until Thursday!
If you love flash fiction, check out FlashFlood today. They will post a new story about every ten minutes – among them is my story Star-Crossed (which you may already have read if you followed my flashathon on Wednesday).
Happy Flash Fiction Day!
I’ve spent all day
chasing appropriate words
but what d’you say in the face of monumental stupidity?
Welcome to Week Twenty One of Three Line Tales.
You’ll find full guidelines on the TLT page – here’s the tl;dr:
Happy three-lining!
Can I write twelve stories in a day? I have plenty of material to inspire me, thanks to the lovely people who left writing prompts yesterday.
I’ll update this post with new stories throughout the day. But be warned, some of them might be a lot less polished than my usual work. Continue reading
Dear Readers,
I need your help. I stumbled across Damon Wakes’ Flash Fiction Day earlier and couldn’t resist signing up for it (Doesn’t it look fun? You can still sign up, too, if you fancy it).
I don’t know how many stories I’ll manage to write. I’d like to write at least twelve. None of them longer than 100 words (obviously), but it’s still a lot. I’ll need plenty of inspiration. From you. A single word, a starting line, photo prompts, a (fictional) response to a recent post of yours – anything you’d like to see me use during my story marathon, pop it in the comments, please.
I am not going to promise I’ll use every prompt. But I’ll try.
Only 100 Words 