Fiction Stories and Writing
Phebe is on a roll lately! Check out her latest at Literary Heist
This was a piece we reviewed at FFM as a group and I remember it well. I wondered if Lloyd (the main character) would ever find a new family. Check out the story -- Insert Family by Phebe Jewell.
Finally getting a few minutes to write up an update from NYC Midnight's 2019 Flash Fiction Competition. Back in July I got the prompts for Round 1, Challenge 1 -- Romance/A Fairground/A 'no trespassing' sign.
I wasn't incredibly thrilled with the genre as it's not something I write much in, but I managed a piece titled "Turning the Wheel" that turned out better than I thought it would. Well, apparently the judges largely agreed. It managed 2nd place in my group, giving me a total of 14 points for the first challenge. This is great momentum going into the second round.
Last year I managed 9th and 5th place finishes in the first round and the total was only 1 point shy of making the cut for the second round.
The second challenge I got prompts of Fairy Tale/A Dining Room/A Sharpening Stone. This should have been a really easy set of prompts, but I was pretty exhausted last week with some personal events, so it would up being a harder challenge than I anticipated. Nevertheless, I feel like I put a solid piece out there and hopefully I'll get enough points to move on.
I'll write up some notes in my section on the NYC competitions as little later, but for now, I'm happily waiting for the Micro Fiction competition (250-words or less) that starts in 2 weeks.
Wish me luck!
Man, the folks at FFM are killing it lately. Here's another one by Phebe Jewell titled Shelter in Place.
It's tragically real I'm sure for many students. I love how Phebe takes us through the passage of time for this character in short, very engaging sentences/paragraphs. Each one spans a year, but gives the reader so much insight into this character that by the end, we know him.
Give it a read. Congratulations Phebe!
I've mentioned several places in my posts that I participate in some of the NYC Midnight writing competitions. Some of my friends from FFM also participate and while some of our stories don't win or we don't go far enough in the rounds to continue, there are some good pieces of writing turned out from these fast and furious sessions.
One such piece just landed at Every Day Fiction. from my friend Sharon Wishnow. Her piece titled The Tattooed Artist is one such example. I remember being in the competition last year and she drew the Romance genre. She did a great job with this story, it's a shame it didn't place higher at the time, but I'm so happy it found a home at EDF, since I frequently read their stuff (and even have a piece there myself.
I just hope my Romance piece for NYC Midnight does as well as this one! (I'll know in about 2 weeks). Nicely done Sharon, congratulations.
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