Can I quote you on that?

Since this is new for me, I am going to introduce myself.  I write children's stories that I ummm, have not yet published.  I also write for my own personal blog and I started making my own quote photos to use for my blog's Facebook page in order to inspire those around me.  I want you to look at the quotes I post and write a story that might have inspired the quote, or use it to make the type of character that evokes those feelings when you read it.  Be inspired:

Here Be Dragons!

image courtesy of Digital Blasphemy

Here Be Dragons!  Found on at least one (real-life) old map, this phrase serves as a warning to travelers that the area ahead is unexplored or that continuing on may lead to danger and death.  Write a little Flashy Fiction about a person or group who came upon the scene in the image above.  Maybe they chose to ignore a warning.  Maybe they never saw one.  How will this end for them?

"Bokeh" Your Writing

Discover the Bokeh effect:

Images with blurred lights 

and soft backgrounds.

Stylize this idea into your writing.

Use each of these images as elements in one work, 

or

Write each one into its own piece.

Happy writing Friday Flashy Fiction writers! 

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ALL ABOARD

You are at a crossroad in your life. Decisions need to be made and a stricter adherence must be followed. The train is at the station to take you to new life adventures.
If you fail to board, you remain forever rooted in the soil until you're planted there permanently.

The conductor yells, "ALL ABOARD!"

Write a bit of FlashyFiction to tell of your decision/destination. If you stay put, tell the story of why!

First Reactions

image courtesy of Digital Blasphemy

No suggestions today.  Look at the picture (click the thumbnail above and see the full-size preview so you can see more detail) and write a little Flashy Fiction based on your first reaction to this image.

Sunsets

Sunset.  That time of day when part of the world is transitioning from their period of light to their period of dark.  Some find incredible beauty in sunset, a relaxing peaceful time of transition, while others fear the coming night. Sometimes, a sunset is a metaphor for something else.  Write a little Flashy Fiction about a sunset(s).

What happens at the beach

  What happens at the beach when there's no one looking? Do the sea gulls land and take naps?  Do the turtles and crabs and gulls throw wild beach parties?  Write a little Flashy Fiction that gives a peek "behind the scenes" at the beach.  Certainly, it can be a more realistic take than partying porpoises and sand flea circuses.

Fiction Puzzle Pieces

Person

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Place

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And Thing...

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Okay Friday Flashy Fiction writers!!

Fish from your deep sea muses

find inspiration in these elements if you please. 

Double Take

Ever wonder what the folks designing products and their packaging were thinking?  Did they realize what it looked like?  Maybe it infringed on a copyright/patent.  Today, write a little Flashy Fiction in which a product on display causes folks to do a double take as they pass it in a store.

Setting a Scene...

Focus on surroundings...

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Bring on the textures...

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Give us the inside of your mind...

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Based on these images...

Run with it Friday Flashy Fiction writers!

Push It

Today's story is set in a gym.  Why is your protagonist having blurred vision? Is she pushing it too hard? Why?  Trying to tone up for a fast-coming date/deadline/competition? Maybe he doesn't know how to take it any slower than push-til-you-pass out or he's crying over a break-up. Gas leak in the gym or something more nefarious, like poisoning?  Write a little Flashy Fiction that explains the blurry vision at the gym.

COMIC (BOOK) RELIEF

Pick two characters from two different comic strips or

comic books and have them stranded in an elevator. Write their interaction in a flash!

SNOW WHITE REVISITED

We all know the story of Snow White. Wicked witch... magic mirror... poison apple... true love's first kiss... the seven little guys...

Becocme one of the Seven Dwarves and re-tell the story from your new perspective. 

(Of course, the seven were Sleepy, Sneezy, Doc, Bashful, Grumpy, Happy and Dopey)

idyll

image courtesy of Digital Blasphemy

A stream flows peacefully among beautiful flowering trees.  Write a little Flashy Fiction set in this idyllic locale.  How'd you come to be here?  What's your purpose...romance, tranquility, or something a bit more nefarious?

A BRUSH WITH FATE

A beautiful young woman hands a package to the less-than-handsome stranger. The back of her hand brushes against his arm. In that brief moment she learns everything there is to ever know about him.

Write a vignette about one of the impressions she has made 

through this contact with him.