{"id":1204,"date":"2012-02-15T20:25:13","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T20:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summitontheweb.com\/ontenterhooks\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2012-02-15T20:25:13","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T20:25:13","slug":"anybody-interested-in-a-friendly-flash-fiction-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greeverwilliams.com\/?p=1204","title":{"rendered":"Anybody Interested in a Friendly Flash Fiction Competition?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Seeing as how I am newly arrived on the fiction scene<\/a>, I am looking for ways to tighten up my skills and grow my support and communication network. I\u2019ve never done flash fiction and frankly I find the whole concept a little intimidating. But since I often seem to perform well under pressure in other areas of my life, I figure it is time to dive in!<\/p>\n

And to make it really interesting, I thought it might be fun to create friendly contest of sorts around it.\u00a0 So here\u2019s what I\u2019m thinking \u2013 we\u2019ll create OOFF \u2013 Object-Oriented Flash Fiction. Every week (or two weeks or two months) we select a random object\u2026a shoe, a chair, a dock.<\/p>\n

Each participant must then write a flash fiction story that he\/she submits or posts online. We grab a few unbiased other writer friends for judges and they pick a winner who gets something really special (Amazon gift card, free copy of one of the participant\u2019s novels, etc.) The real treat is of course to practice our writing skills and build our community of peers in the process.<\/p>\n

Yes, I know there are already established Flash Fiction competitions<\/a> all over the place. But I\u2019d like to use this \u00a0to build connections and relationships with other writers rather than a byline. If you\u2019re interested in participating, let me know. This is all collaborative and I am very open to the ground rules we establish.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the minimum amount of people needed to make it fun? How long\/short should the stories be? How often should we do it? What else is necessary to make this fun AND useful? Who\u2019s with me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seeing as how I am newly arrived on the fiction scene, I am looking for ways to tighten up my skills and grow my support and communication network. I\u2019ve never done flash fiction and frankly I find the whole concept a little intimidating. But since I often seem to perform well under pressure in other […]<\/p>\n

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