Friday
Friday's Flash Prompt: Transform Random Words Into Something Bursting With Meaning
For today’s prompt, with a word limit of 500, you are to turn these five “random” words into a flash masterpiece. Have at it.
And if you can, try to make the title use a word that creates more than one meaning, such as Frost’s “Mending Wall.” (Does the wall mend/wind through the field? or does the wall mend/heal as it’s being built? or is the wall itself being mended/rebuilt? And so on…).
Here are the five words:
And if you need more inspiration, check out the amazing advice about writing in this entry at The Rumpus.
Note: This site doesn’t publish flash fiction, so please don’t post your flashes in the comments section. If you do, that means that you cannot send it out for submission elsewhere.
And if you can, try to make the title use a word that creates more than one meaning, such as Frost’s “Mending Wall.” (Does the wall mend/wind through the field? or does the wall mend/heal as it’s being built? or is the wall itself being mended/rebuilt? And so on…).
Here are the five words:
wanderlust
valedictorian
taint
sprocket
faux pas
And if you need more inspiration, check out the amazing advice about writing in this entry at The Rumpus.
Note: This site doesn’t publish flash fiction, so please don’t post your flashes in the comments section. If you do, that means that you cannot send it out for submission elsewhere.
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