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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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99 Word Flash Fiction Challenge: Fruit

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Charli’s  July 23, 2014 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes fruit.  It can be mythological, metaphorical or realistic. Think of fruit as a way to create tension, add a twist or something unexpected … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Challenge July 16:

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

For this week July 16, 2014 prompt Charli asks us to in 99 words (no more, no less) write a story influenced by a musical score. Where do you drift, hearing the notes? How does it fire you up to … Continue reading →

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99 Word Flash Fiction : Water

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

The strong wind created high waves whilst the rain beating his face, ran like rivers through the deep crevasses. “Komm liebling, you can do it” the German whispered to his boat as he battled forward to the middle of the … Continue reading →

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99 Word Flash Fiction: The Future

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

The difficulty of looking ahead is difficult not only for Charli but for me as well. I am, after all, a memoir writer and in order to write life narratives the events must already have happened. It was easy to … Continue reading →

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99 Word Flash Fiction: Amelia

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

 99 word Flash Amelia left the two women who stared after her. “Amelia’s in the family way again.” “Every time that ne’er-do-well husband comes home she has another bairn.” “Lucky his ship don’t come in too oft. Threes enough on … Continue reading →

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