I have done lists, I have done letters, and I have done open threads.
But I have yet to write a short story.
I’ll admit, I have a very fertile imagination. And it does tend to run away before I can tether it to the medulla oblongata. I think it comes with the melodrama gene. My teachers in high school always loved my short stories, and college professors borrowed them for their own classes. In retrospect that could have been a bad thing, but I like to pretend they were flattering me.
So here is my challenge to my blogger friends: write a simple short story. No word limit, no theme in particular. Just whatever you fancy writing, and post at your blog on Monday.
As always, just enjoy what you write, and if y’all go the scary route, please by all that is holy, give me a warning, ok?? 😀
UPDATE: for those of you that wish to participate but don’t have a blog, I will feature the stories here, just leave a comment and I’ll send you my email!
January 13th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Once Upon A Time … one of THE best shows on tv now.
January 13th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
I do like it. I have to get the first few episodes again.
Also want to watch the new Red Riding Hood. But I’m thinking it’s along the lines of Twilight…
January 13th, 2012 at 10:43 AM
MOM, AGGIE’S HANDING OUT HOMEWORK, AGAIN!
January 13th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
And it’s due MONDAY!! 😛
January 13th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Oh, this should be FUN. Pick a genre. Any one but bodice-rippers.
January 13th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
I mean, pick a genre for me. I want to give up that portion of my control.
January 13th, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Hm…how about old-fashioned science fiction?
January 13th, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Ok, we’ll give that a try.
January 13th, 2012 at 11:00 AM
There once was a girl from Nantucket…
January 13th, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Save that for YOUR blog 😉
January 13th, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Hmmmm. I think you should make it a short short-story contest. Much harder to write, but easier on the readers.
I may take a STAB at it….
But what BLOODY genre…
Hmmmm.
January 13th, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Short, short-story? Like one sentence or a paragraph?
Either is fine. It isn’t a contest 😀
January 13th, 2012 at 5:38 PM
We like Once Upon a Time and Grimm both…. nice to find shows all 3 of us can watch.
January 13th, 2012 at 6:35 PM
Oh, lord. There is no way it will be done on Monday. 🙂
January 13th, 2012 at 8:03 PM
Hm…next week is fine? 🙂
January 13th, 2012 at 9:19 PM
Oh hell, a short story. Can I just put up a story I wrote 10 years ago?
January 13th, 2012 at 10:39 PM
I could do the same as Aewl, as I have a few 1000 word ditties floating around. But it is well past time to take electronic pen to pseudo paper…so Monday huh. *Sweats deadline pressure*
January 14th, 2012 at 2:28 PM
I like the sort story attributed to Hemingway
“For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never worn.”
January 14th, 2012 at 7:54 PM
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January 14th, 2012 at 8:23 PM
By the way, for those of you who are having trouble getting started, go here for some ideas.
http://shortstoryideas.herb.me.uk/index.html
January 14th, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Have one started….up to almost 800 words…we’ll see what happens before the writers block kicks in!
January 16th, 2012 at 12:38 PM
[…] over at Sithy Things has issued another challenge. This one is not a simple list, nor just one you can toss off […]
January 17th, 2012 at 9:36 PM
[…] LC Aggie Sith had a challenge for her friends in the blogosphere: let’s have a short story contest. I didn’t think I had it in me. Maybe I don’t, but here’s my shot at it. After drawing a complete blank on ideas, inspiration hit me, as I was listening to the latest of many books on tape that entertain me on the way home from work. Harvath was dreading this meeting. All these years, the Carlton Group had been operating independently of the CIA, but the Patriot Act mandated that information must be shared between agencies. “For the good of the country” was the ruling from the Attorney General. Of course Scot had absolutely no use whatsoever for any lawyers, as they tended to make his life difficult, to say the least. When you spend your time on the outside of international law, chasing terrorists, lawyers soon become an impediment to your job, instead of lending a helping hand. However, after the last round of mayhem, including the takedown of a cell stemming from the full fledged “interrogation” of an Iranian diplomat, those days had come to an end. The State Department had exhausted all its favors to prevent an international incident. Now the price was Carlton Group’s freedom to operate on its own. […]
January 17th, 2012 at 9:40 PM
My effort: http://jayinames.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/the-sithy-challenge/
January 17th, 2012 at 9:55 PM
[…] Aggie threw down a gauntlet to write a short story. I don’t consider this scary, Aggie. […]
January 18th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Due Monday? I’d have to write a time-travel piece to participate, and since time travel–even just “back” two days–would involve a longer distance in space than I can travel on a tank of gas, nuh-uh.
Still, I can always say the alien ate my homework and submit it late, eh?
So, http://www.thirdworldcounty.us/?p=10560
January 18th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
Updated it in the Stories post!