‘News’ Category Archives
Apr
Experiment Over
by thegooddoctor in News
For the past couple of months, I’ve been using prompts from Figment.com to write my stories. What I mostly found myself doing is playing with the expectations of the prompt to come up with some sort of surprise or an unusual way of approaching it. This worked rather well, but I think many of my stories only succeeded in conjunction with the prompt. Although some did, many were unable to stand up on their own.
In any case, it was interesting to experiment in this way, but now I’m moving on. Starting next week, all stories will be based upon whatever inspiration happens to strike my fancy that day.
Thanks for paying attention. That is all.
Jan
A Prompt A Day
by thegooddoctor in News
For the rest of the month and on into February (until whenever I get tired of it) we’ll be posting a story based on a prompt from the good people over at Figment. They are featuring a prompt a day from a variety of authors in order to help stimulate your writing.
I’ll be including the prompt at the bottom, so feel free to send in your own stories based on your prompt, and we’ll post the best ones.
Happy Spring Festival!
May
Why The Absence?
by thegooddoctor in News
A lot’s been going on behind the scenes at 100 Words, more than can possibly fit in a 100 word story. I wanted to update my loyal readers as to why I’ve been MIA for the past couple months.
First of all, I’m a few weeks away from finishing the final draft of my novel. That’s exciting. The next phase will begin soon, when I start actively looking for publishers. Or figure out the feasibility of publishing it myself. Stay tuned for updates.
I’ve also been compiling stories for a 100 Word Story E-Book. It’s going to be at least 50% all new stories, and we’ll be selling it through iBooks and Amazon among other places. I’m hoping to have that ready to go by the end of June, but no guarantees at this point.
I’m also working on two submissions for the Machine Of Death 2 project. If you don’t know about Machine Of Death, you can read about it here or here. Basically, it’s a series of stories based on the premise that someone has invented a machine to 100% accurately predict how a person dies.
In the meantime, here’s a new 100 Word Story based on the Machine Of Death concept. And I’ll do my best to keep adding new stories on a semi-regular basis.
Thanks,
The Management
May
May
News: May Is All About Mashups
by thegooddoctor in News
Welcome to Mashup month. Every 100 word story this month is going to be a mash up of some sort. As always, we will be accepting and posting your submissions. But if you want it to appear this month, it will need to be a mashup.
Enjoy!
Jan
News: January Is Genre Month
by thegooddoctor in News
Happy new year!
The month of January has officially been dubbed Genre Month. Each story this month will fall into a specific genre, whether it’s a western, a mystery, a romantic comedy, or James Joyce.
If you have any suggestions for genres you would like to see me tackle, let me know. Or perhaps you have your own 100 word genre piece you’d like to submit. I encourage you all to join in the 100 word fun.