Toe in the Water

A Recommendation

A Recommendation

I’ve just completed the third of three short stories in less than a week. Not that I’m bragging but it was required by a contest, Thrice Prompted, included in Schnujo’s Contest Challenge this month. I didn’t really fancy the other two contests on offer (although I have a lot of respect for the Paranormal Short Story Contest, this month’s prompt failed to inspire me).

Thrice Prompted is unusual in that there is no deadline. You write three stories to the prompts you choose from their extensive list and finish when you can. It was one of those things that I thought over for a long time before deciding that I could do it. And, once the decision was made, I went at it like a bull at a gate (I’m not sure how bulls go at a gate but I’m pretty sure it’s much like me bulldozing my way through a task so I can get it finished)

I was persuaded in the end by the excellence of the prompts. There are some very interesting suggestions in there and I picked out six before deciding finally which three I would write to.

Then I discovered a whole world of forums (appropriately enough) behind this contest. There’s a poetry contest as well and a forum for members into fantasy and science fiction, plus other forums for assistance to writers. Well worth a look if that’s your bag.

But don’t be afraid of those three stories required by Thrice Prompted. If you’re into fantasy and SF, it’s not that hard (my good friend, Bob, has six stories entered already) and the rewards are guaranteed.


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