Themes for Stories on Fire 2024

In September 2023 we began using Themes as part of our weekly updates. This gives us a specific tread to pull through each of our stories for a given week. The themes change each week so we’ll have to pay attention to that.

With the first of January coming on a Monday this year, we’ll be changing our themes on that first day of the work week every week.

Daily we’ll have new prompts that will be fit into the theme.

For example:

The first Theme is animals.

IF the first prompt was ‘Imagine swimming in the pond.’ Your short story should include animals in that experience/story in some manner.

With that in mind, when it’s time to pick stories that we are going to be editing for our collections or our full individual releases, having a theme will make that easier.

I can’t wait to see all of you on Launch Day!

A Year of Publishing – Tracking

Stories on Fire will be tracking progress this year!

To get started, sign up through this form. From there, you’ll get a link to the tracking form. That form will enable you to update your word count and your story count daily.

https://bit.ly/SoF2024

We’ll use this to track those who are continuing through the editing process with us this year. By signing up here, we will be able to pair everyone up and ensure everyone gets the support they need so we can all reach the goal of writing, polishing, and publishing!

https://bit.ly/SoF2024

Stories on Fire Prompt 19

Theme: Messages from afar

Prompt:

Imagine moving into an older home and discovering long lost letters that tell a story when brought together.

or use this sentence in the story:

A carefully folded paper comes out of the sealed box.

Stories on Fire: Prompt Day 11

Theme: Natural Disasters

A character walks upon a town clearly flattened by something.

What does it look like? What caused it? Share and show! 🙂

Or you can use this sentence in the story:

A whine winding through the cavern pierced the silence.