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rrbaker
NYC Midnight Newbie Joined: 02 Sep 2020 Location: Mass., US Status: Offline Points: 48 |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2022 at 8:43am |
Hi everyone,
First, congrats to the winners of the Flash Fiction contest! This was my third year involved in the contest and my first making it to the final round. Really glad to be in good company. I’ve honestly found the prompts for these contests to be a huge help in helping me break out of genre comfort zones and think more creatively about how to incorporate different kinds of settings. I’ve often found myself wishing I had these prompts outside of the contest as well. So, for myself and as a gift for everyone here, I made a simple Twitter bot that posts a new, NYC Midnight-style prompt every morning (EST) with a random genre, location, and object to use in your writing practice. https://twitter.com/gloprompt This bot and me are not associated with NYC Midnight, so I hope it’s okay by them — gave credit where it’s due for the inspiration — so if there are any comments or suggestions, please let me know. I hope it helps people keep the inspiration and especially your writing going between contests! Thanks to the NYC Midnight team for another great FF contest, good luck to everyone in the SS contest now, and see you all in the next round! Edited by rrbaker - 27 Jan 2022 at 8:44am |
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Probably Someone
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 09 May 2020 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 1069 |
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What a great idea -- thank you for doing this!
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mosth7
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 01 Feb 2017 Location: Louisville Status: Offline Points: 694 |
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great idea! i am now following. thank you rrbaker!
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rthomas
NYC Midnight Regular Joined: 28 Jan 2020 Location: Victoria Status: Offline Points: 371 |
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Amazing!! I might join twitter just for this.
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theinquisitor
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 10 May 2020 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 5036 |
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Excellent idea. Will you vary the prompts - one day an action and a word a la the micro contests, one day a subject and character, etc?
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rrbaker
NYC Midnight Newbie Joined: 02 Sep 2020 Location: Mass., US Status: Offline Points: 48 |
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That's a great idea. I've only ever done the Flash Fiction contests, so I wasn't aware of what the other contests used, but I'll absolutely look into adding those. More variety is great
Edited by rrbaker - 27 Jan 2022 at 10:47pm |
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jennifer.quail
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I needed something other than dogs, Jeopardy, and Star Wars to follow!
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Kneazle
NYC Midnight Groupie Joined: 20 Jan 2020 Location: New Zealan Status: Offline Points: 136 |
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Nice idea! I'll follow you and give it a whirl.
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Scout
NYC Midnight Newbie Joined: 19 Oct 2021 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 46 |
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This is great, thanks! Created a Twitter account just for this!
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BarbaraFL
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Love it - thank you!
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