Charli Mills has presented a TUFF concluding challenge to an exciting first rodeo. You have a week to write for this one. Journey over to Carrot Ranch to test your mettle.
Stay tuned for announcement of contest winners, beginning November 7th.
TUFF: The Ultimate Flash Fiction
by Charli Mills
What if I told you that writing flash fiction will get you to where you want to be? Would you scoff, or consider the possibility? Would you think I’m handing you a magic elixir? Ah, an elixir. Let’s pause a moment and talk about the hero’s journey.
If you answered the call to participate in the Flash Fiction Rodeo this past month, you answered the same call every hero hears: the one the hero reluctantly answers. We think of heroes as Thor or Wonder Woman. Yet, the hero’s journey calls to us all. Winnie the Pooh and Frodo and Mary Tyler Moore are all heroes. It’s about the path:
- The call: the opening scene in which the hero is called out of the ordinary world.
- The test: the story develops conflict through tests, challenges, temptations, allies and enemies.
- The cave
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ShiftnShake 
This is the toughest one yet, but we’ve been honing our skills all month and I think we’re up for it. I’m rearing to go! Are you?
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You are ready for this!
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Let me at it! 🙂
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I am beset by doubt and have not an inkling of inspiration, which is too bad as this sounds like a great exercise. We’ll see though, its early yet. I wish this was all that I had on my plate.
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A horse’s head. That’s your prompt. Write about a hero who is having a crisis. A horse’s head is involved. He overcomes. Just free write for five minutes and “This is stupid…I can’t think of what to write…” is legitimate in free writing! Trust the magic, trust the brain science. SOMETHING you don’t expect will happen in that 5 minutes. It will emerge clearer with each step.
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Too Godfathery; I am more used to horse’s asses; I don’t know nuthin bout no crises; whah, whah, yeah, I wanna try this, but not today.
Bossy Boss.
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Ha! I suppose I had in mind a head still attached!
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