A Place for a Challenge

by Mistress Elsha Hawk

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I feel inclined to write a challenge. Why? Maybe it’s because I have underdeveloped ideas, festering, not willing to break the surface. Or maybe I’m just bored of reading and not quite ready to write a story.

Needing inspiration, I turned to a faithful source.

I found this in my writer’s journal.

Places

There are places in your life;
Places of happiness; of sorrow; of memory; of hope.

Just like “in everything there is a season”, in everything there is a place.
A place with a smell, a touch, a sound, a taste, a sight, a feeling.

Places locate you, ground you, justify and identify you. Places have history. If places could talk….

So I thought, aha! Here is an idea for a challenge. Write a ficlet about a special place to you. Use all five senses. Make it real to your readers. Enter as many times as you want. Make us laugh or cry. Just let us experience some place the way you do.

Prequels

Write a prequel

Sequels

Write a sequel

Comments

Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. A Place for a Challenge

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 5 months ago

    Thanks for the neat challenge. I liked the thoughtful aspect and the challenge to incorporate all five senses, something I need to work on! And on top of that, I really enjoyed writing it, brought back some bittersweet memories and all. Ah, the awesome therapeutic power of writing.
    LoA

  2. A Place for a Challenge

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 5 months ago

    Great entries everyone! Remember, don’t limit yourself to just one! We all have many places in our lives!
    I will probably enter a story myself :)

  3. A Place for a Challenge

    Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy's Buddy Icon Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy

    Posted 5 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Oooh boy, I like this one. Awesome inspiration. I’m on it.

  4. A Place for a Challenge

    Tad Winslow's Buddy Icon Tad Winslow

    Posted 5 months ago

    I have the feeling this challenge will be explodingly popular. (knock on wood)
    I’m entering as soon as I find the words to fit the place. Great Challenge!

  5. A Place for a Challenge

    emma jo_234's Buddy Icon emma jo_234

    Posted 5 months ago

    Ooh. I. Am. Sequeling.

  6. A Place for a Challenge

    yoITSme's Buddy Icon yoITSme

    Posted 5 months ago

    i know what i want to write about i just cant express it in words. ughh annoying!!

  7. A Place for a Challenge

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 5 months ago

    Thanks so much for getting me on the popular list, if only for a little while! It’s my first successful venture there. Yay me!

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    Lone Writer's Buddy Icon Lone Writer

    Posted 5 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    its done

  9. A Place for a Challenge

    Lone Writer's Buddy Icon Lone Writer

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Is this challenge over?
    LoA

  10. A Place for a Challenge

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 4 months ago

    Yes. Yes it is. I must go and pick winners. I must. Where did the time go?

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