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

[brightknightie]

Congratulations on having accomplished so much on your story already! I don't yet have any ideas at all, I'm afraid.

Long, long ago, when we still played exchange style... apparently, it was 2012 ...I commuted to work via a corporate bus, and I drafted my entire story that year during the long afternoon bus rides (in the mornings, I read a newspaper on my Kindle). The bumps and jolts of the bus did no favors to my handwriting! Transcribing my notebook into my computer was rewriting as much as typing. But in the end, the result was "Chante à Nouveau," of which I'm actually still very fond. So. I wish you as excellent a return on your train writing now as I had then on my bus writing!

[pj1228]

Thank you! I actually managed another 500 words on yesterday's train ride.

I remember your Chante à Nouveau fondly. But I'll reread it again.

I hand-wrote a couple of scenes a few years ago when the writing period coincided with a week of vacation and I didn't take my laptop with me.

I wish you good luck in the search for inspiration. I find something usually comes up when I try not to think too hard about it.