Category: Free Writing Fridays

#020 Your 100 Word Story

Let’s get this weekend write-life started! From this Friday forward, I’ll include an image prompt and a few words to get your brain percolating towards a story. But only if you need it! Write whatever sparks joy for you.

Here’s how:

• Exactly 100 words. Not 99 or 101. The Word Count Police are tracking!

• Genre? Writer’s choice! So long as you give us all the thrills and the feels.

• To Fic or to Non-Fic? You decide. What matters most is that you’re satisfied with the output.

• Copy/paste your words in the comments, then share on your own Substack, and maybe, share to social media!

• A Note on Substack Notes | Click the 🔄 “Restack with a Note” and copy/paste your story for added reach and growth.

IMAGE PROMPT

There is so much rich history that can be found in the span of time of a gnarled tree. What has it witnessed in its life cycle? Who has sat under the shade it once provided? When was it planted? What story will you choose to tell?

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#019 Your 100 Word Story

Let’s get this weekend write-life started! From this Friday forward, I’ll include an image prompt and a few words to get your brain percolating towards a story. But only if you need it! Write whatever sparks joy for you.

Here’s how:

• Exactly 100 words. Not 99 or 101. The Word Count Police are tracking!

• Genre? Writer’s choice! So long as you give us all the thrills and the feels.

• To Fic or to Non-Fic? You decide. What matters most is that you’re satisfied with the output.

• Copy/paste your words in the comments, then share on your own Substack, and maybe, share to social media!

• A Note on Substack Notes | Click the 🔄 “Restack with a Note” and copy/paste your story for added reach and growth.

IMAGE PROMPT

In a land of fairies, anything is possible. Take this place, for instance. I wonder what secrets we could uncover and who we might meet during our visit.

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#018 Your 100 Word Story

Let’s get this weekend write-life started! From this Friday forward, I’ll include an image prompt and a few words to get your brain percolating towards a story. But only if you need it! Write whatever sparks joy for you.

Here’s how:

• Exactly 100 words. Not 99 or 101. The Word Count Police are tracking!

• Genre? Writer’s choice! So long as you give us all the thrills and the feels.

• To Fic or to Non-Fic? You decide. What matters most is that you’re satisfied with the output.

• Copy/paste your words in the comments, then share on your own Substack, and maybe, share to social media!

• A Note on Substack Notes | Click the 🔄 “Restack with a Note” and copy/paste your story for added reach and growth.

IMAGE PROMPT

Fall is on its way. Let’s welcome the cooler weather and shorter days and growing pumpkin patches with the image below. A friend has come to visit. I wonder what news it has brought us?

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#017 Your 100 Word Story

Let’s get this weekend write-life started! From this Friday forward, I’ll include an image prompt and a few words to get your brain percolating towards a story. But only if you need it! Write whatever sparks joy for you.

Here’s how:

• Exactly 100 words. Not 99 or 101. The Word Count Police are tracking!

• Genre? Writer’s choice! So long as you give us all the thrills and the feels.

• To Fic or to Non-Fic? You decide. What matters most is that you’re satisfied with the output.

• Copy/paste your words in the comments, then share on your own Substack, and maybe, share to social media!

• A Note on Substack Notes | Click the 🔄 “Restack with a Note” and copy/paste your story for added reach and growth.

IMAGE PROMPT

What mysteries are waiting to be found at the end of the tunnel? Where was this tunnel discovered? Who is walking (or running) to find its exit?

So many possibilities to choose from. Which will you decide…

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#016 Your 100 Word Story

Let’s get this weekend write-life started! Write whatever sparks joy for you.

Here’s how:

• Exactly 100 words. Not 99 or 101. The Word Count Police are tracking!

• Genre? Writer’s choice! So long as you give us all the thrills and the feels.

• To Fic or to Non-Fic? You decide. What matters most is that you’re satisfied with the output.

• Copy/paste your words in the comments, then share on your own Substack, and maybe, share to social media!

• A Note on Substack Notes | Click the 🔄 “Restack with a Note” and copy/paste your story for added reach and growth.

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#015 Your 100 Word Story

Let’s get this weekend write-life started! Write whatever sparks joy for you.

Here’s how:

• Exactly 100 words. Not 99 or 101. The Word Count Police are tracking!

• Genre? Writer’s choice! So long as you give us all the thrills and the feels.

• To Fic or to Non-Fic? You decide. What matters most is that you’re satisfied with the output.

• Copy/paste your words in the comments, then share on your own Substack, and maybe, share to social media!

• A Note on Substack Notes | Click the 🔄 “Restack with a Note” and copy/paste your story for added reach and growth.

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#014 Your 100 Word Story

Let’s get this weekend write-life started! Write whatever sparks joy for you.

Here’s how:

• Exactly 100 words. Not 99 or 101. The Word Count Police are tracking!

• Genre? Writer’s choice! So long as you give us all the thrills and the feels.

• To Fic or to Non-Fic? You decide. What matters most is that you’re satisfied with the output.

• Copy/paste your words in the comments, then share on your own Substack, and maybe, share to social media!

• A Note on Substack Notes | Click the 🔄 “Restack with a Note” and copy/paste your story for added reach and growth.

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#013 Your 100 Word Story

Let’s get this weekend write-life started! Write whatever sparks joy for you. Here’s how:

• Exactly 100 words. Not 99 or 101. The Word Count Police are tracking!

• Genre? Writer’s choice! So long as you give us all the thrills and the feels.

• To Fic or to Non-Fic? You decide. What matters most is that you’re satisfied with the output.

• Copy/paste your words in the comments, then share on your own Substack, and maybe, share to social media!

• A Note on Substack Notes | Click the 🔄 “Restack with a Note” and copy/paste your story for added reach and growth.

#012 Your 100 Word Story

Fridays shouldn’t be stressful but the kick-off to a great weekend! Because structure is important, writing your own 100 Word Story is back on Free Writing Fridays!

Whether it’s the start of an adventure with a cliffhanger or a poem needing to be told, you can still just write whatever you desire.

GUIDE

• Most Important: Word length is exactly 100 words. I recommend using Google Docs as a scratch pad and go to Tools → Word Count and check the “Display word count while typing”

• Genre? Totally up to you. Share a mystery. Give us thrills, chills, and suspense. Or make us shed a tear.

• Fiction or non-fiction applies here. This is your blank canvas.

• Copy/paste your story in the comments section for others to read. If you post it in your own Substack (highly recommended and encouraged) just share the link in the comments.

• A Note on Notes | If you use Substack Notes, click the 🔄 “Restack with a Note” and copy/paste your story as a Note.

#011 Your 100 Word Story

Fridays shouldn’t be stressful but the kick-off to a great weekend! Because structure is important, writing your own 100 Word Story is back on Free Writing Fridays!

Whether it’s the start of an adventure with a cliffhanger or a poem needing to be told, you can still just write whatever you desire.

GUIDE

• Most Important: Word length is exactly 100 words. I recommend using Google Docs as a scratch pad and go to Tools → Word Count and check the “Display word count while typing”

• Genre? Totally up to you. Share a mystery. Give us thrills, chills, and suspense. Or make us shed a tear.

• Fiction or non-fiction applies here. This is your blank canvas.

• Copy/paste your story in the comments section for others to read. If you post it in your own Substack (highly recommended and encouraged) just share the link in the comments.

• A Note on Notes | If you use Substack Notes, click the 🔄 “Restack with a Note” and copy/paste your story as a Note.