A 2023 OPPORTUNITY
Iām 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, thereās more! If I select your story as my favorite, youāll get ONE FULL YEAR comped! That means you get to read the entire serial from beginning to end for FREE!
Iām giving away 6 FULL YEAR comps and an unlimited number of 3 month comps every Friday till December 29th!
Time to flex your writing skills and share your best 50 words to add to mine! Clock is ticking on the second weekend giveaway that ends at 10pm EST on Sunday, December 3rd.
IMAGE PROMPT
Iāve always felt there was something so majestic about horses running wild and free. Where are they going? Where have they been? Tell their story, please, I beg youā¦
A 100 WORD STORY COLLABORATION
[MY 50 WORDS]
Every five years the great stampede of horses can be heard, and felt, from miles away. Townsfolk are cautioned to stay clear of dirt roads until theyāve passed through safely.
No one knows where they come from or where theyāre going, though many have tried and failed to find out.
Write your 50 words to follow mine, then copy/paste them into the comments. Be sure to put ā[My 50 Words]ā first so I know itās an official entry.
REMINDER: You donāt have to write your story just on Fridays! Take this sentiment and free write all weekend long!
HOW TO JOIN THE COLLABORATION
I write 50 words (see above) then 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!
JUST WANNA WRITE YOUR OWN 100 WORD STORY?
Hereās how:
Write exactly 100 words. Not 99 or 101. The Word Count Police are tracking!
Genre? Writerās 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 youāre 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 š āRestack with a Noteā and copy/paste your story for added reach and growth.
(Erica's 50 words)
Every five years the great stampede of horses can be heard, and felt, from miles away. Townsfolk are cautioned to stay clear of dirt roads until theyāve passed through safely.
No one knows where they come from or where theyāre going, though many have tried and failed to find out.
(my 50)
Ulrich adjusted his leather jerkin as he watched the wild herd go rushing around the farmerās hovel.
He needed a horse and the only way to get one was to capture and tame one.
It was then that he saw the black stallion, āYip, yip,ā and the chase was on.
[ERICAāS 50 WORDS]
Every five years the great stampede of horses can be heard, and felt, from miles away. Townsfolk are cautioned to stay clear of dirt roads until theyāve passed through safely.
No one knows where they come from or where theyāre going, though many have tried and failed to find out.
[SARAāS 50 WORDS]
Newcomers to the area never believe the stories. They try to get too close. This year, the town had five funerals after the horses ran through.
One of them was mine. I wasnāt there for it, but I heard it was lovely.
I canāt wait to see where weāre going.
Posting on mobile so I canāt share to Notes but Iāll see if I can figure it out!