The OS Weekend Fiction Club

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OS Weekend Fiction Club

OS Weekend Fiction Club
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December 31
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Hello fiction writers of OS! Here you'll find weekly prompts for Fiction Weekend, as well as links to stories written for each Fiction Weekend Open Call._____________________ EVERYONE is welcome to participate in the open calls. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS TO WRITE A FICTION PIECE! __________________________________ Here's how to take part in Fiction Weekend: 1. Every Monday, a prompt will be posted here. Come by and check it out. 2. Ideally, try to write a fiction story based on the prompt. But if the prompt doesn't inspire you, you can write a story on any topic you like - THE ONLY RULE IS THAT IT HAS TO BE A WORK OF FICTION. 3. On Thursday night or Friday morning-ish, the Stories List will be posted for that week. If you've written a story, announce it in the comments section of this post. Please include a short description and the title. 4. Show support for your fellow participants: If possible, please try to read and comment on at least three stories. ________________ For more information, or if you have any questions, please see the list of links below, or feel free to contact me!__________Happy reading and writing!

This is the place to read Fiction Weekend stories for this Friday/Saturday/Sunday - and to announce your own piece! 

Stories will be posted throughout the weekend, so feel free to check back regularly for new pieces to read.

If you're participating, announce your piece with its title and a brief… Read full post »

limbs
 
 
This week's prompt is:
 
Write a story in which a character is missing all or part of a limb, or gets all or part of a limb removed. 
 
 
Or, if that doesn't inspire you, write a fiction piece on any topic, in any… Read full post »

This is the place to read Fiction Weekend stories for this Friday/Saturday/Sunday - and to announce your own piece! 

Stories will be posted throughout the weekend, so feel free to check back regularly for new pieces to read.

If you're participating, announce your piece with its title and a brief… Read full post »

dropped book 
 
 
Last weekend, something in the Metro caught my eye: a paperback book had fallen onto the pebbles beside the train tracks.  
 
I thought it might make for a cool prompt idea:
 
Write a story involving an abandoned book in an unexpected place. 
 

This is the place to read Fiction Weekend stories for this Friday/Saturday/Sunday - and to announce your own piece! 

Stories will be posted throughout the weekend, so feel free to check back regularly for new pieces to read.

If you're participating, announce your piece with its title and a brief… Read full post »

 
 
This week's prompt is...well, probably what should be expected, with Valentine's Day soon upon us:
 
Write a love story.
 
This can be a love story of any kind, not necessarily romantic, and not necessarily with a happy ending, etc.  Do what feels r… Read full post »

This is the place to read Fiction Weekend stories for this Friday/Saturday/Sunday - and to announce your own piece! 

Stories will be posted throughout the weekend, so feel free to check back regularly for new pieces to read.

If you're participating, announce your piece with its title and a brief… Read full post »

This week's prompt is:
 
Write a story inspired by this painting:
dr pic 
 
 
Or, if this image doesn't speak to you, write a fiction piece on any topic, in any style you want.

I'll post the Stories List Thursday night or Friday morning, and participants are free to… Read full post »

This is the place to read Fiction Weekend stories for this Friday/Saturday/Sunday - and to announce your own piece! 

Stories will be posted throughout the weekend, so feel free to check back regularly for new pieces to read.

If you're participating, announce your piece with its title and a brief… Read full post »

 
 
This week's prompt is:
 
Write a story that includes the following words: window, capricious, sweater, tourism
 
Or, if those words don't inspire you, write a fiction piece on any topic, in any style you want.

I'll post the Stories List Thursday night or Friday morning, and

Read full post »

This is the place to read Fiction Weekend stories for this Friday/Saturday/Sunday - and to announce your own piece! 

Stories will be posted throughout the weekend, so feel free to check back regularly for new pieces to read.

If you're participating, announce your piece with its title and a brief… Read full post »


tarot
 
 
 
This week's prompt is inspired by the nonfiction Open Call that OSer Kate O'hehir launched last week, asking people to share their stories of Tarot readings:
 
Write a story where one character tells another character's fortune.
 

This is the place to read Fiction Weekend stories for this Friday/Saturday/Sunday - and to announce your own piece! 

Stories will be posted throughout the weekend, so feel free to check back regularly for new pieces to read.

If you're participating, announce your piece with its title and a brief… Read full post »

 
 
Something a little different for this week's OS FW Club prompt...
 
This past weekend, I saw the video for "You and I", a song by Lady Gaga.  While the video is the typical pastiche of weird images and fantastic costumes that you'll find in most of… Read full post »

This is the place to read Fiction Weekend stories for this Friday/Saturday/Sunday - and to announce your own piece! 

Stories will be posted throughout the weekend, so feel free to check back regularly for new pieces to read.

If you're participating, announce your piece with its title and a brief… Read full post »

 

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Happy New Year, everyone!

This week's prompt is:

Write a story that begins with this sentence: "The first day of the year was cold and rainy."

Or, if this prompt doesn't do it for you, write a fiction piece on any topic, in… Read full post »

This is the place to read Fiction Weekend stories and/or to announce your own piece for, exceptionally, THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS(12/23-12/25  AND 12/30-1/1) 

 

Stories will be announced in the comments section over THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS, so feel free to check back regularly for new pRead full post »

Hi everyone,

In light of holiday chaos, family visits, etc., I've realized I may not be able to post the prompt and/or Stories List for next weekend (12/30 - 1/1).  

So I think I've found a solution:

On the Stories List I'll post tomorrow night, which would normally be for… Read full post »

DECEMBER 19, 2011 5:34PM

Fiction Weekend Prompt for 12/23 - 12/25

holiday mail
 
This week's prompt comes from our pal Dianne Schuch-Lindsey:
 
A person recieves a birthday card and a holiday card every year, but from whom? It is never signed and no mater where the receiver moves, these anonymous greetings follow. 
 

 

This is the place to read Fiction Weekend stories for this Friday/Saturday/Sunday - and to announce your own piece! 

Stories will be posted through the weekend, so feel free to check back regularly for new pieces to read.

If you're participating, announce your piece with its title and a b… Read full post »

cookie
 
Whatever winter holiday(s) a person celebrates - Christmas, Hanukkah, Christmanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's, and/or Festivus - each one has its traditions.  But what if something went wrong, and a character couldn't celebrate the way he/she normally did?
 
This
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This is the place to read Fiction Weekend stories for this Friday/Saturday/Sunday - and to announce your own piece! 

Stories will be posted through the weekend, so feel free to check back regularly for new pieces to read.

If you're participating, announce your piece with its title and a brief deRead full post »


This week's prompt is adapted from one by Brian A. Klems, on the Writers Digest website:

 

At work one day, a character finds something troubling in a coworker’s desk drawer. What is it, and what happens? 

 

Or, if this prompt didn't open any drawers -er, doo

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DECEMBER 5, 2011 8:04AM

What does "fiction" mean?

If you’ve ever read one of the Fiction Weekend Stories List or Prompt posts, you’ve probably noticed something like this included in darned near every one of them:

Everyone is welcome to join in - if you feel inspired, go for it! 

The only requirement is that a

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This is the place to read Fiction Weekend stories for this Friday/Saturday/Sunday - and to announce your own piece! 

Stories will be posted through the weekend, so feel free to check back regularly for new pieces to read.

If you're participating, announce your piece with its title and a brief deRead full post »