NYC Midnight : Creative Writing & Screenwriting Homepage
Forum Home Forum Home > GENERAL DISCUSSION > Creative Writing Corner
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - BAD 100-Word Stories!
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

BAD 100-Word Stories!

 Post Reply Post Reply Page  123 8>
Author
Message
Nimhathuna View Drop Down
NYC Midnight Black Belt
NYC Midnight Black Belt
Avatar

Joined: 15 Jul 2020
Location: Ireland
Status: Offline
Points: 5349
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (4) Thanks(4)   Quote Nimhathuna Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: BAD 100-Word Stories!
    Posted: 30 Apr 2023 at 7:39am
Hi everyone! Someone started this a while back. Here to carry the torch. If you feel the need to contribute, add your monstrosity of a bad micro based on your submission here. Have fun creating a purposely BAD 100-word story! 

The same rules apply to this effort. Must be 100 words or under, must be in the correct genre, and must include the action and the word! (That said, I went over my word count LOL)

Here's mine:
Prompts: Drama/Cashing a Cheque/Opposite

The Day The Cheque Got Cashed in My Story

Sun Shone. Opposite where he was standing was the sun high in the sky. Tom had a dramatic feeling in his gut. He had to get a cheque cashed. To do that [pause for dramatic pause/effect], he had to go to town. Tom, that’s the hero of this story. I was going to call him protaggonnnistt at first, but I messed up the spelling.

Tom passed people.

“Cash the cheque, or I’m doomed,” Tom said to the person in the bank whose responsibility was to cash cheques.

“Is it open or crossed?”

Tom was confused. You could tell that by the confused expression on his visage.

“Cash the cheque!”

Tom was a man of few words. He was rare.

***

Note to Readers

This is the unedited version coming in at 119 words. Before submitting, I cut all words with the letter “s.” For me, it’s more experimental.

Note to self: I should have thought about that a bit more. My word has an "s."



Edited by Nimhathuna - 30 Apr 2023 at 12:23pm


Back to Top
Frey_a View Drop Down
NYC Midnight Black Belt
NYC Midnight Black Belt


Joined: 30 Sep 2022
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 2194
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frey_a Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Apr 2023 at 8:16am
Intrigued! But I don’t get it, we rewrite anything just use the prompts?
Back to Top
Sparker View Drop Down
NYC Midnight Addict
NYC Midnight Addict
Avatar

Joined: 16 May 2021
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 1458
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Sparker Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Apr 2023 at 11:08am
Yay!!  Thank you for carrying this torch! 

Bad 100 word stories are always my favourite event!!! 
I had to nap and run to derby practice, but I’m in for this round!!

Frey_a - just rewrite your story badly, or steal someone else’s prompts and write badly (on purpose) for fun.  If you look at the past “bad 100 word stories” threads, you’ll see that it’s a great way to burn off the frustration of spending 24 hours wrangling with a set of prompts that just aren’t speaking to you.  

I’ve included my bad 100-word stories in my archive link too, as they might just be the favourite pieces I’ve ever written!  


Edited by Sparker - 30 Apr 2023 at 11:54am
Back to Top
Sparker View Drop Down
NYC Midnight Addict
NYC Midnight Addict
Avatar

Joined: 16 May 2021
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 1458
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (2) Thanks(2)   Quote Sparker Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Apr 2023 at 11:39am
Here’s my submission to this year’s  Bad 100-Word Stories thread. Tongue

Genre: Drama
Looking through someone else’s garbage / Chip 

Title: Sparking Joy 
Or: A Pair for the Pool Room
 
Would’ya look at these?  

Pop held up a pair of large peach coffee mugs.  

Shame, throwing these out.  

No chips, no cracks, who doesn’t want a nice solid pair like this - the kind a man can grab onto with both hands. He’d be quite chuffed having a hot drink out of these cups.  Kids these days, they wouldn’t know quality if they fell face-first into mounds of it.  

“But Pop,” his daughter-in-law was exasperated. “They’re hideous! Who wants to drink coffee out of ceramic boobs?” 

Whaddya talkin’ about, Claire, who said anything about boobs?  What boobs?!



Edited by Sparker - 30 Apr 2023 at 12:17pm
Back to Top
cjsop1 View Drop Down
NYC Midnight Addict
NYC Midnight Addict


Joined: 14 Apr 2023
Location: Pittsburgh PA
Status: Offline
Points: 674
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cjsop1 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Apr 2023 at 11:53am
At least it's coherent.
Back to Top
sfuji View Drop Down
NYC Midnight Black Belt
NYC Midnight Black Belt
Avatar

Joined: 22 Jan 2022
Location: Evanston
Status: Offline
Points: 2821
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote sfuji Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Apr 2023 at 1:17pm
Originally posted by Sparker Sparker wrote:

Here’s my submission to this year’s  Bad 100-Word Stories thread. Tongue

Whaddya talkin’ about, Claire, who said anything about boobs?  What boobs?!


LOLLOLLOLLOL
Back to Top
bdemoney View Drop Down
NYC Midnight Addict
NYC Midnight Addict
Avatar

Joined: 19 Nov 2022
Location: Vestal, NY
Status: Offline
Points: 937
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote bdemoney Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Apr 2023 at 5:03pm
“But Pop,” his daughter-in-law was exasperated. “They’re hideous! Who wants to drink coffee out of ceramic boobs?” 

Whaddya talkin’ about, Claire, who said anything about boobs?  What boobs?!

Hee, hee. Thank you! The ending made me laugh out loud! Literally! Maybe not a literary masterpiece but definitely fun and sparked joy for me! So great title! I should probably try writing my best worst story too and use your prompts. 🙂 (since i imagine i would be naturally horrific at writing sci-fi) But feel like I need a day off to completely rest and recharge. 
Back to Top
ramblejamble View Drop Down
NYC Midnight Black Belt
NYC Midnight Black Belt


Joined: 19 Jul 2019
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 3250
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (5) Thanks(5)   Quote ramblejamble Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Apr 2023 at 6:29pm
Thanks Nim for starting this thread! Definitely a highlight for the 100 word comp!

Here's mine:

Romance / swimming in a river / parent


Jenny Goes For a Swim

It was hot. Plus there was a hot guy on the riverbank.

Jenny thought she’d go swimming.

“I think I’ll go swimming,” she said.

Jenny wanted to impress hot guy so she swam freestyle.

Hot guy said nothing.

Jenny swam breaststroke.

Jenny swam backstroke.

Jenny swam doggy paddle.

Jenny started to drown.

Hot guy did nothing. Because he was just a statue.

A geeky boy rescued Jenny instead.

Geeky boy wasn’t hot on the outside, but he was hot on the inside. So Jenny kissed him. They got married and became parents.

Jenny still visited statue hot guy sometimes.




Back to Top
hscott99 View Drop Down
NYC Midnight Addict
NYC Midnight Addict
Avatar

Joined: 30 Apr 2023
Location: MA
Status: Offline
Points: 948
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hscott99 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Apr 2023 at 6:41pm
Originally posted by ramblejamble ramblejamble wrote:

Thanks Nim for starting this thread! Definitely a highlight for the 100 word comp!

Here's mine:

Romance / swimming in a river / parent


Jenny Goes For a Swim

It was hot. Plus there was a hot guy on the riverbank.

Jenny thought she’d go swimming.

“I think I’ll go swimming,” she said.

Jenny wanted to impress hot guy so she swam freestyle.

Hot guy said nothing.

Jenny swam breaststroke.

Jenny swam backstroke.

Jenny swam doggy paddle.

Jenny started to drown.

Hot guy did nothing. Because he was just a statue.

A geeky boy rescued Jenny instead.

Geeky boy wasn’t hot on the outside, but he was hot on the inside. So Jenny kissed him. They got married and became parents.

Jenny still visited statue hot guy sometimes.





This is so amazingly bad that I think I love it. 
Back to Top
Moql View Drop Down
NYC Midnight Black Belt
NYC Midnight Black Belt


Joined: 31 Jan 2023
Status: Offline
Points: 4729
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Moql Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Apr 2023 at 6:49pm
Originally posted by ramblejamble ramblejamble wrote:

Thanks Nim for starting this thread! Definitely a highlight for the 100 word comp!

Here's mine:

Romance / swimming in a river / parent


Jenny Goes For a Swim

It was hot. Plus there was a hot guy on the riverbank.

Jenny thought she’d go swimming.

“I think I’ll go swimming,” she said.

Jenny wanted to impress hot guy so she swam freestyle.

Hot guy said nothing.

Jenny swam breaststroke.

Jenny swam backstroke.

Jenny swam doggy paddle.

Jenny started to drown.

Hot guy did nothing. Because he was just a statue.

A geeky boy rescued Jenny instead.

Geeky boy wasn’t hot on the outside, but he was hot on the inside. So Jenny kissed him. They got married and became parents.

Jenny still visited statue hot guy sometimes.



I was going to post a bad story for the same prompt, but yours is much better (worse). You win!
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  123 8>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 12.05
Copyright ©2001-2022 Web Wiz Ltd.

This page was generated in 1.152 seconds.