#sfwc “miracles”

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Short Fiction Weekly Challenge

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This week’s SFWC prompt:

Week of August 11, 2023

Miracles: Do miracles occur in your character’s world? Has your character experienced any? What ones, or what ones are they aware of? Are they events that happened long ago, preserved only in stories, or are there people living who can testify to them? What about more mundane miracles? The kind that border on deus ex machina but have an in-universe explanation? Or even more mundane--the engineer who unfailingly repairs your character’s ship or gear, the friend who shows up exactly when your character needs them most, the news item that crosses your character’s feed and solves their unsolvable mystery. What does your character consider a miracle, and when has it occurred?

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Long-Distance Connections -- Your character's friends, family, colleagues, or loved ones won't always be close at hand. How do they maintain the relationship? Do they enjoy real-time, visual and audio transmissions? Is there a delay for distance -- or surreptitious monitoring? Pre-recorded messages? Text messages? Letters? Maybe contact isn't possible at all. What do they share? What do they hold back and why? Consider time as a separation, and how a character might stay connected to someone lost to them, or discover a connection to the past.

Folk Tales: All cultures have folk tales--the stories people tell each other. The ones everyone knows, or knows a version of. They may be written down, or they may only be told around the campfire, the coffee pot, or in the chatroom. They may be cautionary tales, stories of heroism, or horror. Modern urban legends fall in this category. What ones does your character know? Where did they hear them? Which ones do they share and why? Let your character be the storyteller this week.

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Ten Years Ago Today

A decade of prompts from Short Fiction Weekly Challenge.

Week of May 9, 2014

Miracles and Wondrous Things - Star Wars is a universe with amazing high technology and an equally amazing mystical Force.  Is there room between these two for a miracle?  How would your character explain what defies explanation?  Has he ever had to?  What would she say to someone who disagrees?  This prompt courtesy of Frauzet.  Thanks, @frauzet!

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SFWC Blast from the Past!

As with the regular challenge, post your story and submit the link to SFWC; we’ll reblog it to our followers. The main prompt, posted Friday, still includes two featured previous prompts. 

Happy writing!

This week’s Blast from the Past prompt:

Miracles and Wondrous Things - Star Wars is a universe with amazing high technology and an equally amazing mystical Force.  Is there room between these two for a miracle?  How would your character explain what defies explanation?  Has he ever had to?  What would she say to someone who disagrees? 

Have a suggestion for a prompt? Submit it here!

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Short Fiction Weekly Challenge

Time for a new prompt from the Short Fiction Weekly Challenge, tumblr edition.  Let it spark your imagination.  Any character, any fandom, any original world.   Reblogs welcome!

Post your story to your blog and send the link to Short Fiction Weekly Challenge!  The link will appear in our feed and the site index, and your blog will be listed on the Participating Blogs page.

This week’s SFWC prompt:

Week of July 10, 2020:

Breaking Point: At some point, your character will have hit their breaking point. The last straw, crossed the line, they’ve had it with something, someone, or some situation, and aren’t going to put up with it anymore. Something has to change--so what is it? Mundane: the last straw with a job they hate. Relatable: their SO doing that thing (you know, that one thing).  A larger issue that requires recruiting others who’ve also hit their breaking point, or a tiny one like the takeout place getting their food wrong for the last time. Write about your character reaching their breaking point and what they change in response. 

Feel free to continue submitting stories for any prompt.  A masterpiece missed the deadline?  Don’t let it gather electronic dust.  Submit it anyway and Short Fiction Weekly Challenge will publish it.  

This week’s prompt not for you?  Look for something more to your taste in the Prompt Archive.  Consider all the prompts active and waiting to inspire you.  

This week’s featured previous prompts are:

Miracles and Wondrous Things - Star Wars is a universe with amazing high technology and an equally amazing mystical Force.  Is there room between these two for a miracle?  How would your character explain what defies explanation?  Has he ever had to?  What would she say to someone who disagrees?  This prompt courtesy of Frauzet.  Thanks, @frauzet!

Comfort Food: It might not be a favorite. It doesn't have to be from childhood, though it often is. It might not always be the same thing, depending on circumstances. Sometimes, preparation is as much a part of the comfort as consuming. When all else fails to dispel your character's demons, what food(s) do they turn to for comfort?

Got an idea for a prompt?  Submit it here.

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SFWC Blast from the Past!

As with the regular challenge, post your story and submit the link to SFWC; we’ll reblog it to our followers. The main prompt, posted Friday, still includes two featured previous prompts.

Happy writing!

This week’s Blast from the Past prompt:

Miracles and Wondrous Things - Star Wars is a universe with amazing high technology and an equally amazing mystical Force.  Is there room between these two for a miracle?  How would your character explain what defies explanation?  Has he ever had to?  What would she say to someone who disagrees?  This prompt courtesy of Frauzet.  Thanks, @frauzet!

Have a suggestion for a prompt? Submit it here!

More prompts, you say? Visit the Prompt Archive!

SFWC FAQ

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Short Fiction Weekly Challenge

Time for a new prompt from the Short Fiction Weekly Challenge, tumblr edition.  Let it spark your imagination.  Any character, any fandom, any original world.   Reblogs welcome!

Post your story to your blog and send the link to Short Fiction Weekly Challenge!  The link will appear in our feed and the site index, and your blog gets listed on the Participating Blogs page.

This week’s SFWC prompt:

Week of July 14, 2017

And Now, the Bad News: Something happened, and your character's not pleased about it. Did they lose a promotion or sale to a rival? Is a local landmark shutting or being torn down? Is a plant or animal they're particularly fond of in decline? Does an event confirm their pessimistic outlook, or crush their optimism? How did they find out? Are they shocked or resigned? No good news to soften the blow this time. Write about your character dealing with bad news.

Feel free to continue submitting stories for any prompt.  A masterpiece missed the deadline?  Don’t let it gather electronic dust.  Submit it anyway and Short Fiction Weekly Challenge will publish it.  

This week’s prompt not for you?  Look for something more to your taste in the Prompt Archive.  Consider all the prompts active and waiting to inspire you.  

This week’s featured previous prompts are:

Insomnia - Everyone’s had a sleepless night. Maybe more than one. What about your character? Do concerns keep them awake? Are they too excited for sleep? Maybe they just chose the wrong time for a stimulant beverage.  Perhaps they were so engrossed in an activity they only realized they stayed awake all night when the sun rose. A bout of insomnia could be a single event or a recurring problem. How does your character deal with being unable to sleep--assuming their species even needs to.

Miracles and Wondrous Things - Star Wars is a universe with amazing high technology and an equally amazing mystical Force.  Is there room between these two for a miracle?  How would your character explain what defies explanation?  Have they ever had to?  What would they say to someone who disagrees?  This prompt courtesy of Frauzet.  Thanks, @frauzet!

Got an idea for a prompt?  Submit it here.