Firestarter exercise posted! (5/13/08)
Yes, I’ve come up with a new method of posting the exercises, so hopefully it works, but yes. Here’s the Firestarter exercise for today, and yeah, not sure why I posted two prose/flash fic exercises today… guess it’s just one of those moods. If you haven’t yet, check out Capp Steet Incident for inspiration for the exercises, and check out this week, and the last 5 months worth of Firestarter exercises to browse for one that really strikes you: here.
5/13/08 - Flash Fiction Fun!
Your character’s name is your middle name. Place that character in a situation you’ve been in recently where something could have gone horribly wrong, and have the horribly wrong situation pan out. As the story closes (at under 1000 words) have the character imagine what it would’ve been like if the horrible (traumatic, whatever) thing didn’t happen. Think of something mundane you did soon after that near miss, and have your character imagine, longingly for that mundane thing. Have fun throwing your character to the sharks.