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99 Word Flash Fiction: Blue skies won’t wait for you

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

“Come on. It’s a beautiful blue day. Let’s have a picnic.” “No I’m too busy.  Let’s go tomorrow. I’ll enjoy myself then.” Grey skies with unrelenting rain met them the next day. “Should’ve gone on that picnic yesterday love.”  “We’ll … Continue reading →

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99 Word Flash Fiction Challenge: Freedom

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

As soon as you hear the word ‘Freedom’ this song, whether it be Janis Joplin, Robert Miller or Gordon Lightfoot comes unbidden to mind. Kris Kristofferson wrote this song in the sixties. The title was given to him by Fred … Continue reading →

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99 word flash fiction challenge: Norma Jeane

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Marilyn Monroe born Norma Jeane was beautiful. At least I think so. Beauty alone does not make marriages last and I am not going to pretend that I have any idea why Marilyn’s three marriages ended. Her first to James … Continue reading →

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99 Word Flash Fiction: Food

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Food has played a huge part in my adult life. I simply love to eat. In my first marriage I cooked. Curries I did well. Other dishes were often inedible and I was as thin as a stick. I really … Continue reading →

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99 Word flash Fiction: The crows

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

This week Charli’s prompt asks for sound.  August 27, 2014 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) use sound to announce some sort of change. It could be at the beginning of the story–a lonely bar keep on a … Continue reading →

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99 Word Flash Fiction: School

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Charli’s prompt  August 20, 2014 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about school. The setting can be a school, involve students and teachers or can be about schooling in general. How has school influenced a … Continue reading →

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99 word flash fiction: Character development

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

This week Charli’s August 13, 2014 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) show the underlying motivation of a character. He or she may not even understand the motivation fully, but let the reader grasp it. It can be an … Continue reading →

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99 word Flash Fiction: Out of the comfort zone

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Thanks Geoff for prompting Charli to prompt us to visit multiverses. I have read a few books where other worlds exist in the same time as that in which the protagonist lives their normal life. As a child C.S. Lewis’s … Continue reading →

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99 Word Flash Fiction: Crack

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Þingvellir national park in Iceland immediately came to mind when Charli posed her latest flash fiction challenge. July 30, 2014 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that involves a crack.  It’s a rich word, full … Continue reading →

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Weekly Writing Challenge: Post 2 Bradbury nouns

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Our nouns. Choose at least five nouns from the following list and integrate them into your new piece: The balloon. The squirrel. The river. The clown car. The thunderstorm. The Peking duck. The airplane. The mouse. The red rose. The … Continue reading →

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