Tag: flash fiction

Inspiration Monday: Paper Storm

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This week at InMon station: The rain continues, thank the Lord. It’s still rather warm at times, but I’m starting to hope that we are already done with the dog days. Bring on the season of orange-colored coffee concoctions!

And now for our top stories:

John and another

Mark

Kate

Kim

Cynthia

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The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:*

PAPER STORM

SNARK BAIT

WRITTEN RADIO

SHADOWY HEIGHTS

SPY CHEF

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and then give me the link in the comments below (I’ll also love you more if you link back to me); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at stephanie (at) bekindrewrite (dot) com. (I do reserve the right to NOT link to a piece as stated in my Link Discretion Policy.)

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

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* This week’s prompts another joint effort with Jubilare.

Inspiration Monday: Dust Moat

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This week in the InMon furnace:

Dog: You’rehomeyou’rehomeyou’rehomelet’sgoonaWALK!

Me: It’s 101 degrees outside.

Dog: OKgreatlet’sgoonaWALK!

Me: But it feels like 106 degrees.

Dog: HeyIknowlet’sgoonaWALK!

Me: There’s a heat advisory and everything.

Dog: NobutwhatifwewentonaWALK???

*stops halfway down normal evening route*

Me: So how about we turn back NOW?

Dog: Yeah, OK.

And now for our top stories:

Kate

John

Mark

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The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:*

DUST MOAT

ANXIETY HURRICANE

SAME OLD FUTURE

INSECURITY SYSTEM

LEGEND MAP

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Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and then give me the link in the comments below (I’ll also love you more if you link back to me); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at stephanie (at) bekindrewrite (dot) com. (I do reserve the right to NOT link to a piece as stated in my Link Discretion Policy.)

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

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* This week’s prompts another joint effort with Jubilare.

Inspiration Monday: Emergency Nickname

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This week in the InMon Camp: Winning Butterfingers for being terrible at bowling. I have only just now realized the pun. In other news, while the unbearable heat continues, so does the dog’s twice daily need to catalog scents throughout the neighborhood.

And now for our top stories.

John

Tara

Kate

Mark

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The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:*

 EMERGENCY NICKNAME

IRREGULAR GAVEL

ELOQUENT MACHINATIONS

FACTORY FLOWERS

BURNING MOONLIGHT

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Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and then give me the link in the comments below (I’ll also love you more if you link back to me); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at stephanie (at) bekindrewrite (dot) com. (I do reserve the right to NOT link to a piece as stated in my Link Discretion Policy.)

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

–

* This week’s prompts another joint effort with Jubilare.

Inspiration Monday: Thought Train

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This week at InMon Sanitorium: The patient climbs out of the editing gloom into the light of a fresh first draft! In other news, rain!

And now for our top stories:

Kim

John

Tara

Mark

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The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:*

THOUGHT TRAIN

QUILT OF SPACETIME

MORTAL GODS

BREATH-POWERED

GILT AND REGRET

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Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and then give me the link in the comments below (I’ll also love you more if you link back to me); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at stephanie (at) bekindrewrite (dot) com. (I do reserve the right to NOT link to a piece as stated in my Link Discretion Policy.)

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

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* This week’s prompts another joint effort with Jubilare.

Inspiration Monday: Underwater Sky

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This week in the pages of InMon: I kinda feel like we need some InMonsters named Matthew and Luke for some reason. In other news, did you know that when you acquire a chicken in a dream, you must travel to a magical land behind a waterfall to fill out an ownership transference form? I would know.

And now for our top stories:

John

Mark

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The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:*

UNDERWATER SKY

DAYMARE

JOYOUS KICK

LIVING GENERATOR

DOOM MERCHANT

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Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and then give me the link in the comments below (I’ll also love you more if you link back to me); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at stephanie (at) bekindrewrite (dot) com. (I do reserve the right to NOT link to a piece as stated in my Link Discretion Policy.)

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

–

* This week’s prompts another joint effort with Jubilare.