RE: The Ink Well Fiction Writing Challenge #2 - Bad Habits
Hi @Raj808,
I'm here! Couldn't resist the invitation. I saw last week's prompt but don't go too much in for fantasy writing [science fiction is another matter], so I didn't participate.
the bad habit turns out to be a force for good. In some way show how the main character's bad habit helps someone, or improves the lives of the other characters, the main character, or both.
Do we need the twist? I usually do better (and have more fun) when my imagination takes a trip with an undetermined destination. I could do the prompt, with the bad trait. And I certainly need at least one secondary character. Often, the writing develops as I go along. I may start with an end in mind, but that doesn't always work. Perhaps it will turn out, as I write, that good comes from the bad trait, but I chafe against constraints. I need an open road :)
Please let me know how that works for you. I already have an idea in mind.
I'm excited about the Inkwell community, and admire you for starting a writing community.
With great respect and affection
AG
Of course that is fine. Just have fun with it.
Even if you subvert the premise in some way that is interesting and unique, that is fine.I'm (and the ink well) all about inspiring creative writing, but ultimately for it to be a fun process! Some people find they get creative block and in these cases prompts can be very helpful for them. I know you don't have this issue when you're in fiction writing mode.
So yeah, it would be cool if you went with the bad habit thing, especially if you've already got an idea, but the twist I suggest is only a suggestion. Nothing is set in stone 😉
I'm just interested to see what you come up with, and keen to get more high quality short story writers active at The Ink Well, as we now have the potential to reward very well.
Check out the announcement I posted from my blog last night.
https://steempeak.com/hive-170798/@raj808/good-news-story-the-ink-well-joins-ocd-s-community-curation
I'm actively seeking good writing to submit daily for the OCD vote and inclusion in their new community curation publication. One of the reasons I started The Ink Well was to make sure fiction and poetry started to get the recognition it deserves, and through the original sponsorship of curie, and now my invite into OCD, I can make this happen.
It's been an insane amount of work to achieve all this in 10 days but it feels really good to have achieved one of my main goals for the ink well so fast.
Now all I need is the fictioneers and poets. And that's phase 2 of my dastardly plan. To try and bring many creative writers who've left steem back in a spirit of feeling able to post their work somewhere they won't be ignored. I know how demoralising it is to post a 3000 word short story on steem for it to make only a few dollars and receive no comments other than spam... well no more! Not on my watch, not at The Ink Well 😉
Hope all this clarifies things for you. The prompt is completely open ended. I look forward to reading your story and seeing what you come up with 👍