The night fire on the beach burned bright and hot. I stared into its warmth and chaos for hours. It held the end of everything I was, everything I thought I’d ever be. I could still feel blood dripping down my back. I cut off my wings and incinerated them.
I got the prompt for this one from Iain Kelly’s blog. He wrote a 50 word story based on the photo above in response to the Scottish Book Trust’s 50-Word Fiction Competition for March. Not sure if I should enter the contest, since I’m not particularly keen on “winning” anything. My story is exactly 50 words. Let me know what you think.
Beautiful and violent imagery. Conjured up a lot in your fifty words, and nice to imagine the story that has led to such a drastic action. Nicely done.
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Thanks, Iain. The story can be taken literally or figuratively and still give the same message.
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I liked it. You should enter just for the perspective it might provide on your own writing. I know that blogging and entering contests helps me see my stories through other eyes.
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Thanks, Kecia. Actually, after I originally posted it here, I entered it in the contest. Sounds like it’s a pretty popular venue, so I don’t hope to win, but it’ll be nice to know fresh eyes will be looking at my work.
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Lovely plot twist in the end – especially considering the lack of length of the story 😉
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Thanks. I was a little worried that a mere 50 words wouldn’t be enough, but in photo prompt challenges that allow for something like 250 words, I sometimes have to work in additional details so the story won’t actually be too short. I had just enough room here to say what needed to be said.
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I just entered – it was fun. My experience with twitter stories definitely helped 🙂
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Twitter stories?
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Basically write a story using a maximum of 140 signs and post it on twitter – good pratice 🙂
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I see. Oh, your contest entry, do you plan to put it on your blog. I looked earlier and didn’t see it.
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I figured I’d wait until the competition was over 🙂
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Ah. OK. Thanks.
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