ScreamPrompt #25, April 2012

Fourth Month.  
Four weeks.  
Four stories.  
Four thousand words.  
For real.

All prompts are live

Here's what's gonna happen.  I will list four prompts, one for each week of this month.  Once a new week starts, the prompt for that week will be posted.  Since I've been rather word-count heavy lately, we're taking it back to Flash Fiction.  Because the prompts are going to be fairly simple compared to the past, I will be attaching a difficulty to each one, mostly to help you avoid leaping toward to most obvious initial ideas.  Read on...


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April 3-8:  A character does not want to go home.  
Difficulty -- there's no abuse waiting for them when they get there.

April 9-15:  Something they believed in their whole life has been a lie.
Difficulty -- no religion allowed.

April 16-22:  A character has a crush on someone.
Difficulty -- it's from a photograph of someone they've never met.
Double Difficulty -- no celebrities/famous people of any sort.

April 23-29:  Someone gets more than they bargained for.
Difficulty - -they've just eloped.


We're here to succeed
Each story should be between 1000 and 1100 words.  
They can be full stories or scenes, either is fine.  
Ideally, all four should be finished and linked to each other in your artist comments.
1st person POV is acceptable in any or all stories.  No strings attached.

If you would like to write each story and send them to me as you finish, that is fine.  If you want to wait until the end of the month and send them all to me, that is fine.  I don't have a preference as it pertains to when I get these stories as long as you submit them as deviations and send me the links in a note here or at my personal page.

For my lovely whiners:  Do you have to write all four?  Why wouldn't you?  This isn't a "pick one and write it" situation, there are four stories to write this month as opposed to one big one.  That means four new awesome stories in your gallery instead of one.  That means more exposure for your work, more chances to kick ass.  Isn't that cool?  I think it is.  And it'll be an easy 4000 words that you know you can do.

If you have any questions or concerns, never hesitate to ask, either here or in a note.

So let's get crackin'.