September's Let's Write Together

PROMPT POST!

We are back and ready to inspire your fiction! We had our September Writing Prompt Party earlier this evening, so now it’s time to reveal the prompt to the rest of the Fictionistas community!

First, Let’s Talk About Your Genre of Choice

Part of the joy of this writing prompt celebration is the way it can push you outside your writing comfort zones. In our live writing prompt parties we often get to chat a little bit about what we each *normally* write, but what about the rest of you? Our question this week:

Which genre do you prefer to write in?

Maybe you don’t have a preference, if that’s the case let us know too!

Now, On To Our Month-Long Fictionistas Prompt Celebration!

If you missed the post with all the information and instructions you can read via the link below. Don’t worry you can still participate. Grab your laptop or pen and paper and join the fun!

The doc below describes the original model of this celebration, remember this month WE won’t be deciding which substacks will be getting a spotlight shone on them, YOU will! Next week we will come back with a more detailed explanation, but, in short, when the thread post comes out next week, we will be asking participants to read, react, and RESTACK each other’s stories with a special focus on sentences, or passages, they quote in their Notes.

The Great Substack Prompt Celebration

And Finally… The Prompt

This month Nicole shared a prompt from one of her favorite writing prompt tools, The Storymatic box. With this box we pick two gold card to combine to create our protagonist, and then one copper card to launch us into story (during tonight’s prompt party we picked a bonus/optional copper card to add to the story.

Storymatic Cards gold card with “person in love” written on it. Gold card with “ghost” written on it. Copper card with “family curse” written on it. Copper card with “flat tire” written on it.

Your prompt:

Your protagonist is a person in love who is also a ghost

Your story must include a family curse

Our “bonus” card said “flat tire”

What now?

Now that the party is over, it’s time to polish your piece to get it ready for next week’s discussion thread. Get your polished story (no longer than 1000 words) on your Substack page, or on a a view-only Google doc, and put the link in the comments of the thread post we will share next Thursday.

Once you share your stories, the community will start reading, reacting, and restacking your fiction!

Let’s write together this month, Fictionistas!

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Do you know a writer who is looking for this kind of inspiration and community support? Don’t forget to share this post so we can read their stories too!

I’m Jackie, a fiction author, freelance writer, and historian. I enjoy rooting for the underdog and stirring up trouble. Unsurprisingly, my alignment is Chaotic Good. My Substacks are Unseen St. Louis and Story Cauldron.

I’m Nicole creator of all things Stop Writing Alone including a podcast, a YouTube channel, and a Substack community hosting multiple monthly Live Zoom Events for writers seeking community. If you are ready to truly stop writing alone, join here.