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Okay, so I used one or two elements from each of the five prompts to create a five-sentence flash fiction piece of under 200 words. (The words in bold indicate what element I've used from each prompt)
With every painful throb of my heart, more blood spills from the gash in my thigh. It runs down my leg; a bright red stain pooling on the concrete beneath me. Graham crawls out from the shelter of the bridge, seemingly oblivious to the spray of rain that drenches him within seconds. He paws through the rubble, his fingers searching desperately. Through a haze of pain I see him point his arm toward the sky, pull the trigger of the flare gun, and watch the dazzling sparks soar across the sky.
I wasn't entirely sure if a flare gun would work when used in the rain (since I've never actually used one myself!), so I Googled it, and someone seemed to think that yes, it would work. Anyway, if not, let's pretend it's a special flare gun that can be used in the rain!
I'm number 12 on the list :-)
41 comments:
Yay!!!! Congrats on the launch!!!!!
Great entry.... Well written with amazing tension....
Well done! In just few words you captured my attention and drew me in.
Great snippet of a story there--very intriguing!
Fab writing, as always, my dear ;)
And LOL to the googling! Loved it. Annnnd so exciting with your book! You must be in a whirlwind!!! :D
Way to use those prompts, lady. It's fiction, if you want your flare gun to work in those conditions than more power to you!
New follower. So happy to meet you.
Enjoyed reading your entry. And congrats on the Creepy Hollow launch!
great scene! you picked a harder prompt and did well!
Great entry! Love the pace for it and how you incorporated the images. :)
Ah google. every author's best friend, next to a good thesaurus of course. ;) Great work, I think you chose the hardest prompt.. and knocked it out of the park.
Congratulations on the launch!
Great entry. I love how you incorporated all the prompts. I also love that you actually went online to search on how a flare gun would work in the rain, that awesome! :)
Thank you for all the comments, dear bloggers!
Congrats on being published Rachel! Joshua on his blog Vive Le Nerd wrote about your book. I really like it and will check out more on it. Funny, he promotes a Rachel (Novelelette: Guardian)and I'm promoting another author Rachael Dixon (Novel: Slippery Souls).
Nicely done! I don;t think I could ever write something in only 5 sentences. I'm kinda jealous now! Good job! I'm entry #5.
Very creative! I loved it. :D
Congrats on the launch, Rachel! I love how you did this in 5 sentences. Nice job! :-)
lol. I wouldn't have questioned the flare gun in the rain if you hadn't pointed it out. Good job with a hard challenge!
Oh man, you made the challenge look so easy! Well done. And CONGRATULATIONS on the release of your book. I'm so happy for you:) *high fives and hugs*
lol! Anything can happen in a story! I thought the imagery was great for such a short piece! Good job!
Congratulations on your launch! I enjoyed your challenge...since flare guns are often used on boats...I'm guessing you might be ok! Great job. (#30)
Nice job, Rachel. Love the special flare gun note. ;)
Congrats and good luck on your release.
Congratulations on launching your book.I'm lookingforwardto reading it! Good work on your entry. Very descriptive.
Nicely done. It really fits withing the parameters of the challenge.
I liked the imagery you used. I could definitely see how you used the prompts. Way to go on putting it in five sentences. That challenge was beyond me.
Your writing is incredible. Great story in so few words. :D
I like the way you made use of every one of those sentences :-)
Man I'm SO impressed. Awesome work!! :-)
Nice use of the prompts! Well done!
Great imagery here! You transported me right into your story , great job!
There's a lot going on in those five sentences, I definitely want to know more. Very well done, I couldn't figure out how to do that challenge at all!
I think the flare would work. Nicely done.
Your writing seems so effortless! I mean that in a good way lol. Great job and it all flows together nicely. :)
Hi, Rachel!
I judged this round and wanted to let you know that your entry is shortlisted for the next round. Best of luck!
Very nicely done...did not see that coming, and I love surprises!
Very cool! All 5 too. Wow! Great job.
Wow, that was succinct! Excellent to include so many prompts in so few words. Well done. I just was not inspired with this challenge - the first one I haven't entered. Congrats on your book launch :)
Congratulations on your series launch!!
Love how you used all the prompts and came out with an interesting story. Hope they get rescued!
Nice! Sounds like a desperate situation!
I love how you chose one small element of each prompt instead of using them as a whole . . . what an awesome and creative approach! Great job!
Congrats on the launch!
Interesting entry for Challenge #2!
#46
Congrats on the launch! Nice job on the challenge. I love how you used the prompts.
You took on the one I thought was the hardest and did an amazing job with it!
Congrats again on your launch and wishing you much success.
I'm #106.
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