Free Writing Fridays #029
Your 100 Word Story
A BLACK FRIDAY + 2023 OPPORTUNITY
Starting today through the end of the year, I’m giving EVERYONE who participates in these Free Writing Friday challenges THREE comp months in 2024. That gets you access to 14 episodes of Sleight of Hand and the entire 100 Word Stories archive.
But wait, there’s more! If I select your story as my favorite, you’ll get ONE FULL YEAR comped! That means you get to read the entire serial from beginning to end for FREE!
I’m giving away 6 FULL YEAR comps and an unlimited number of 3 month comps starting today to December 29th!
Time to flex your writing skills and share your best 50 words to add to mine! Clock is ticking on the first weekend giveaway that ends at 10pm EST on Sunday, November 26th.
IMAGE PROMPT
A 100 WORD STORY COLLABORATION
[MY 50 WORDS]
“Are you sure this is the way? We’re, quite literally, in the middle of nowhere,” she said, gripping the steering wheel of their camper van.
“Would you say we’ve reached the end of the world?”
“You’d have to be blind not to think so!”
He smiled. “We’re almost there then.”
Write your 50 words to follow mine, then copy/paste them into the comments. Be sure to put “[My 50 Words]” first so I know it’s an official entry.
REMINDER: You don’t have to write your story just on Fridays! Take this sentiment and free write all weekend long!
NEW ADDITION TO FREE WRITING FRIDAYS
You may not know this, but for 15 weeks, I’ve done 100 Word Story Collaborations with some truly amazing Substack writers. For November and December I want to collaborate with you! That’s right! If you’re up for the challenge, read on, but if you just want to continue as you have been, doing your own free writing, the IMAGE PROMPT is below for your writing pleasure
A 100 WORD STORY COLLABORATION
I write 50 words. You write an additional 50 words.
My 50 must start. Your 50 must follow.
You have all weekend long to copy/paste your 50 words into the COMMENTS section of this post.
My 50 words will always use the IMAGE PROMPT as inspiration.
I will select my favorite 50 word addition to my story and share it in the following ways:
Substack Notes (you will get tagged as well)
Upcoming First Edition email on December 1st and January 1st (respectively)
If you are up for this challenge scroll to my 50 words BENEATH the IMAGE PROMPT! Good luck!
Let’s get this weekend write-life started! From this Friday forward, I’ll include an image prompt and a few words to get your brain percolating towards a story. But only if you need it! Write whatever sparks joy for you.
Here’s how:
Exactly 100 words. Not 99 or 101. The Word Count Police are tracking!
Genre? Writer’s choice! So long as you give us all the thrills and the feels.
To Fic or to Non-Fic? You decide. What matters most is that you’re satisfied with the output.
Copy/paste your words in the comments, then share on your own Substack, and maybe, share to social media!
A Note on Substack Notes | Click the 🔄 “Restack with a Note” and copy/paste your story for added reach and growth.
[MY 50 WORDS]
The hills bent towards them before she could respond. The road climbed to vertical and then overhead. The van did not fall.
"You're scaring me!" she cried, her hair vertical beneath her.
"Good, that means we'll break out of this loop."
"wha--?" the sky shattered.
"Welcome back to the beginning."
Your 50 plus my 50 result in this:
“Are you sure this is the way? We’re, quite literally, in the middle of nowhere?” she said, gripping the steering wheel of their camper van.
“Would you say we’ve reached the end of the world?”
“You’d have to be blind not to think so!”
He smiled. “We’re almost there then.”
She stared out the windshield, watching the dust blow across the Texas landscape.
“You still haven’t told me what’s out here.”
“See it for yourself.” He got out.
“What is there to see in the dark?” She followed.
“Look up.”
She looked up, awestruck by the bright universe above her.