I have decided to trial a slightly altered version of the challenge by changing the genre restriction into a premise restriction. It is exactly what it says on the box, it outlines the premise that the story will then have to be based around. I don’t know if it will work perfectly – it might […]
About time, huh? Couldn’t agree more. Actually, this challenge (I can hardly call it this week’s challenge) has me thinking about possibly changing the format. I’m still not 100% on it, so keep tuned for the next round of restrictions which will go up on Monday and explain the change (if it happens). But I will […]
No, not the song. It’s been quiet around here, huh? I’m behind on posts because I’ve been very busy over the last couple of weeks. My sister and her husband came over to visit (they live in Australia, I live in England, so it’s not exactly a trip you can make every other week) but […]
Yeah yeah yeah, I know. I have been super, super busy this week (keep an eye out for a few words on at least one of the things I did), so I haven’t had a chance to do this until now. So here are this week’s somewhat belated restrictions: Title: Game Of Gnomes Genre: Romantic Comedy Dialogue: “I can’t […]
It’s here, finally, and it’s short. That’s all I have to say about that really. Title: Two Miles Later Genre: Thriller Dialogue: “911, what is your emergency?! Oh, it’s you …” Technical: You should write the story from the perspective of someone watching a camera feed and relaying instructions. Stay tuned for next week’s restrictions tomorrow. Hopefully this one […]
I’ve been under the weather a bit lately, so what little writing I’ve managed to do has gone on my book (shocker, the dude that started a mostly writing blog is writing a book – yeah, for the last five frickin’ years) because frankly, that takes priority over this blog (as much as I love you […]
Well, for a variety of reasons, it just ain’t done yet. But I figure, hey, I got the restrictions a day late, so I can post the story a day late. I don’t think anyone could really fault me for that. So I promise the story will be up tomorrow, along with this week’s new […]
Is it just me or have the restrictions each week generally complemented each other quite well? Maybe it’s evidence that there is a secret psychic network that all people are connected to. Or maybe they’ll always complement each other because there’s a finite limit to the human imagination that means things will always connect on […]
First off, if you haven’t read The Window Cleaner, go now and do that. I’ll wait. As I said in the intro to The Window Cleaner, the story wrote itself. What I mean by that is a bit complicated, but I’ll try to explain. As a side note, I was also going to drone on about […]
What’s this? The new challenge story? On a Thursday? Yeah, how about that, huh? Well, I actually managed to not leave writing the story until the last minute this time (yay me). Plus it practically wrote itself, but I’ve a few things I want to say about writing it so I’m going to explain what I […]