FKFicFest is on

[pj1228]

fkficfest is currently in the writing phase.

We've elected 5 prompts as a common pool. Each story must use at least 1 of:
- found among the second-hand books
- I'm going to tell you something that you don't want to hear.
- keeping secrets
- The antique hairbrush still held tangles of fine golden hair.
- a lucky break, a chance meeting, and a friend in need

If you want to play, check out the Gameplay Post.

How is everyone doing?

I picked a prompt and have a vague idea of where it might be going.

Unfortunately, I find myself in the dilemma of too much going on at the moment. A mix of family birthdays, soccer games and culture events keeps me busy on weekends, which leaves only weeknights for writing. Since all this is happening in my home town and not in the town where I live, I'm currently heading back and fourth each week. However, I've discovered that taking the train instead of the car is a wonderful way to create a time window for writing. Thanks to the reliability of Deutsche Bahn, one can be certain that the trip takes longer than originally scheduled. Like last Monday, we stopped in the middle of nowhere for one hour because there were people on the tracks ahead. Great opportunity to start my story. I managed to write almost 500 words.

Comments

[switchbladeeyes]

The train sounds like a great place to write. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with. I always enjoy your stories!

Back when I traveled more for work, I liked taking the train, but definitely got stuck a few times lol. Once, there was a couch on the tracks, which took about 30 mins to clear. Once, the train made it about a quarter mile from the station before breaking down and we were stranded on a draw bridge for a few hours. (After they fixed it, the train thankfully returned to the station to let off passengers--mostly business travelers--who didn't want to proceed with the journey, including me.)

I don't make that trip anymore so no train writing for me. I try to write for at least 30 mins most weeknights after dinner. I'm on a Discord server that runs nightly, timed writing sprints so that helps give me a place to "show up" and people to check in with so I can be consistent. (None of my fellow sprinters watch FK, but they're nonetheless very encouraging.)

I'm going for two fest stories. We'll see if I get there. With one of them, if I finish it, you'll see that one of your proposed prompts, in addition to one of the selected prompts, influenced it 😁.

[pj1228]

Thank you. I'm looking foward to reading what you come up with.

Reserving a 30 min time window for writing each week night sounds quite effective. I'll try that when I'm back home.

I'm glad when I finish one story in the time frame, although the other prompts are certainly also inspiring.

To be stuck on a draw bridge for hours sounds frightening. I'm glad it ended well.

Good luck with your writing.