NFFD 2020: Prompt 9

Reversi

Write a story in which something that you find comforting or nostalgic is scary or distasteful, and something that you find scary or distasteful is comforting or nostalgic.

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NFFD 2020: Prompt 8

Ignored

Write a story that responds in some way to the picture above.

Optional challenge: include a character who is fixated on an unusual detail.

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Sketch kindly provided by Jeanette Sheppard, National Flash Fiction Day's Artist-in-Residence.

NFFD 2020: Prompt 7

Top Down Structure

Write five titles, each one at least eleven words long.  Then, pick your favourite title and write a flash that fits it.

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NFFD 2020: Prompt 6

Lucky Dip

Open the nearest book to hand at page 52 and put your finger on it with eyes closed. Repeat with pages 76 and 109. The three words your finger has landed on must be incorporated within a story of 150 words.

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Thanks to writer Joanna Campbell for this prompt.

NFFD 2020: Prompt 5

 Menu

Write a story in the form of a menu, or in which a menu plays a critical role.

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NFFD 2020: Prompt 4

Overheard

Write a flash in which the only dialogue in -- and the main focus of -- the story is a conversation overheard by the main character. 

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NFFD 2020: Prompt 3

Chorus Line

Write a flash that involves at least once sentence that is repeated at least four times over the course of the story.

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NFFD 2020: Prompt 2

Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say

Write a story based on an idiom, proverb or folk saying, taken literally.

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NFFD 2020: Prompt 1

Storm at Sea

Write a story from the perspective of the rough sea in the picture above.

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Thank you to writer and artist Joanna Campbell for this prompt and image.

NFFD 2020: Prompt 0

 First Steps

Write a short flash in which the first sentence is one word long, and each sentence after is longer than the one before.

Optional: include the word 'snow', 'bark', and/or 'thrum'.

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