Where Writing and Success Come Together
Remember while the prompts have genre attached to make the prompt more challenging, you don’t need to follow it. You don’t need to follow the prompt. Just write your story. That’s the biggest goal for our event is to get to the words ‘the end’.
See you there!
Genre Mystery
A missing rabbit leads to unexpected results.
Did you finish your story? Did you get words in? Tell us about it here
We’re tracking to reach our goals this year. Together we’ll go further!
If you want to track your progress, check this out.
THEME CHANGE
Extraterrestrial threats
Prompt 1
Imagine a strange light over a farmer’s field that starts a fire. Tell us about the start and aftermath of the fire.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence:
Playing back the events for a room full of people left more questions than answers.
Did you finish your story? Did you get words in? Tell us about it here
We’re tracking to reach our goals this year. Together we’ll go further!
If you want to track your progress, check this out.
Theme: Animals
Prompt 1
A race against time creates an unexpected resolution for a problem never revealed before now. Share it!
Prompt 2
Use this sentence:
It’s over now.
Remember, theme change tomorrow! Have you seen https://twitch.tv/TelinArtho ? Watch for him in the coming weeks! You’ll be glad you did.
Did you finish your story? Did you get words in? Tell us about it here
We’re tracking to reach our goals this year. Together we’ll go further!
If you want to track your progress, check this out.
Prompt 1
When the reef is threatened by an environmental disaster, a small, unassuming clownfish steps up with a plan to save their home.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence
The waves crash over the shore.
Theme: Animals
Prompt 1
Imagine a moment in time where everything changes and share that.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence in your story:
It is a sound unlike any I’ve ever heard.
AND NEW THIS YEAR!
Prompt 3 – VIDEO Prompt
Take inspiration from the video below and craft a story inspired by it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yADst939VCA
For many of you, you’ve got a fun new adventure!
We are going to be tracking our progress this year – together – this is going to be best suited for those who are participating for the polish and editing portion of our challenge.
Everyday you’ll finish your story or wordcount and add it to the reporting sheet. At the end of the week, we’ll leave an announcement about our progress in the discord.
This will also be a challenge for the event coordinator, Catrina Taylor aka TheLadyWrites. She has committed to stream for 12 hours if we can report in 90 completed short stories.
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.
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!
Theme: Unexpected Happiness
Prompt: Meet an old friend and explore childhood all over again.
OR use this sentence in your story:
The blades of grass squished through my toes.
Theme: Messages from afar.
Prompt: How does an echo affect a cave rescue?
OR Use this sentence in the story:
The smooth nature of some walls contrasted with the rough nature of the larger portions of the cave.
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.