The prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre’s (AWC) First Friday Fix for August 2022 was three creative writing exercises to write three scenes, focusing on showing not telling. *** Ruined Plans Everyone was talking about their plans for the evening at work all day. Some planned on getting cozy in beds and reading, some cozy on their couch and watching
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre’s (AWC) First Friday Fix for November 2022 was writing the ending to three micro stories. ***
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – June 2022 short story competition was as follows: *** Rehearsal I hate running the school play. All the kids were together on stage, sitting at a dining table set with mostly fake but some real food. They were getting restless as we’d been rehearsing all morning and it was nearly lunchtime, so
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre’s (AWC) First Friday Fix for July 2022 was to write a 50-word story using three of the five following ingredients: a lettuce leaf, a rubber duck, a pair of roller skates, a garden gnome, and/or a banana. My story can be found below. *** How to Make Rubber Duck Salad To make rubber
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre’s (AWC) First Friday Fix for April 2022 was to write a 50-word story that takes place on an aeroplane and had to begin with dialogue. My story can be found below. *** Rough Landing “Are you a nervous flyer?” “Is it that obvious?” “Only because I used to be like that.” “You? You’re
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – September 2022 short story competition was as follows: *** Left Behind For fifty days the bushfire raged on, burning away everything in its path. Once an emergency had been declared, everyone started to flee. Not everyone, humans and animals included, made it out. Some had died and others were stuck, slowly trying
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) First Friday Fix for May 2022 was to write the same scene using THREE different POV styles and that it should tell the story of a thief stealing cookies from a jar. This story is clearly longer than 50 words, however the prompt didn’t mention that it needed to be 50 words
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) First Friday Fix for February 2022 was to write a 50-word story based on the title ‘It Takes Two’. My response can be found below: *** It Takes Two Yes, I ruined the company Christmas party. No, I didn’t do it on my own. Yes, I broke Keith’s arm, but I did
Read moreI’ve decided to give myself another writing challenge: the Australian Writers’ Centre’s First Friday Fix challenge. Now that the Furious Fiction competition has moved from monthly to quarterly, the Australian Writers’ Centre are now providing First Friday Fix – a 50-word story writing challenge that is held in the months between the Furious Fiction competition. First Friday Fix started in
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – March 2022 short story competition was as follows: *** Menace I had to cover this up. I wiped my prints from the gun I used to shoot him in the chest…and the abdomen for good measure. I also wiped the fork I used to stab him, add a few stab as well
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