Monthly Mal Content: Our first prompt.

Monthly Mal Content

I've often enjoyed writing short 750 to 1000 word stories based on nothing more than a picture or a phrase and a theme. It combines several restrictions to my writing that force me to write better. First, it makes me write tighter. With fewer words, I have to build a world and its scenery quickly and get to the action faster than the short stories or novels I usually write. Second, it makes me write in genres where I rarely venture, opening my world to new things.

So, here is the challenge. Each month, I will put out a genre, prompt, and theme. Y'all are invited, for those in the Southern world, All Y'all are invited to join in the fun. Write when you want, read when you can, and enjoy all you want.

If I get no one to write but me, then we will trundle on, just me, myself, and I.

Invite your friends, family, and enemies to see the beautiful work you can do. Invite them to write something so that you and your spouse can laugh at them behind their backs.

This is for fun. The other is for fighting.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Our first prompt.

The due date is August 1. The deadline for this is August 25, but please submit early. I need posts for August 1, August 2, and etc.

Genre: open
Theme: Grumpiness conquers all.
A first line prompt:

It is not so strange to kiss a frog. Now [fill in blank] a frog, that will get you...

Good luck. Random order for posting. Don't be afraid to be first.

Monthly Mal Content