Bringing Back Fiction Friday Challenges

I’m not sure how many of you participated in the Fiction Friday Challenge that used to be held on a weekly basis over at the now-closed Write Anything blog, but I participated in the weekly writing prompts quite often.

Fiction Friday is a great way to stretch your writing muscles – whether you’re a novelist, content marketer, or academic. It helps you get your feet wet and exercise your right brain on a weekly basis.

I was really sad when the Fiction Friday Challenges went away, and it’s been a little while since I’ve done writing exercises of this kind, so I thought, why not bring the tradition back?

I’ll post next Friday’s prompt on Monday, and then the prompts for September on the 1st of September. That’s to give everyone plenty of notice to participate.

Fiction Friday Challenge Rules

The rules of Fiction Friday Challenges are simple. Here’s a basic rundown of them:

1. Every month, I’ll post a list of that month’s Fiction Friday challenges.
2. Write something based on the prompt or theme for at least five minutes. You can keep writing if you want!
3. Don’t edit! These are exercises. Nobody will judge you on perfection.
4. Post what you wrote to your blog on Friday.
5. Share the link to your post on social networks with the hashtag #FictionFriday.
6. Share your post in the comments section of the Fiction Friday Challenge post for that week.
7. Share other people’s posts on social networks with the hashtag #WREFictionFriday.
8. Be constructive when commenting on other people’s posts. We’re just trying to get better at writing, not compete with famous authors!

That’s it! Those are the rules. You can participate as you are able to.

Warm-Up Challenge

Since this post is going up with late notice, this week’s challenge will be to just get the pencil (or fingers, rather) moving for 5 minutes. Start writing, write for five minutes, and post what you come up with. I’ll do it too. Remember to post a link to your work in the comments!

Happy Fiction Friday writing!