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== How it works ==
 
== How it works ==
  
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* Write a 1-post entry based around the week’s theme, chosen each Wednesday.
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Write a 1-post entry based around the week’s theme, chosen each Wednesday. Post it, remembering to include either the tag [https://pnut.io/tags/WedC #WedC] (preferred) or [https://pnut.io/tags/WednesdayChallenge #WednesdayChallenge] if your muse isn’t being helpful and you need to fill space!
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* Post it, remembering to include either the tag [https://pnut.io/tags/WedC #WedC] (preferred) or [https://pnut.io/tags/WednesdayChallenge #WednesdayChallenge] if your muse isn’t being helpful and you need to fill space!
 
  
 
=== More answers to questions ===
 
=== More answers to questions ===
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* An extended version can be posted elsewhere (e.g. your own blog).
 
* An extended version can be posted elsewhere (e.g. your own blog).
 
* Though the challenge starts on Wednesday there are no pressures to hit deadlines - writing runs for the full week. You don’t even have to publicize your involvement, if writing is the thing that spreads your toes.  
 
* Though the challenge starts on Wednesday there are no pressures to hit deadlines - writing runs for the full week. You don’t even have to publicize your involvement, if writing is the thing that spreads your toes.  
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* Given the 256-character post limit most people will use #WedC. The original #WednesdayChallenge tag was abbreviated in response to the inevitable observation that 14 superfluous character of tag is silly.
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* Given the 256-character post limit most people will use #WedC. The original #WednesdayChallenge tag was abbreviated in response to the inevitable observation that 14 superfluous characters of tag is silly.
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
  
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On App.net, [[@nitinkhanna]] called for the first Wednesday Challenge{{ref|first}} and @duerig, creator of [[Patter]], suggested it be a weekly thing{{ref|first_suggestion}}. This conversation took place in the Writers Write room set up by @richardleis.{{ref|writers_room}}, who introduced the #hourofwriting{{ref|hour_of_writing}}, a similar challenge activity, during which people write at the same time for an hour non-stop.
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On [[App.net]], [[@nitinkhanna]] called for the first Wednesday Challenge{{ref|first}} and @duerig, creator of [[Patter]], suggested it be a weekly thing{{ref|first_suggestion}}. This conversation took place in the Writers Write room set up by @richardleis.{{ref|writers_room}}, who introduced the #hourofwriting{{ref|hour_of_writing}}, a similar challenge activity, during which people write at the same time for an hour non-stop.
  
 
=== Previous Prompts ===
 
=== Previous Prompts ===
  
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'''2022'''
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* December 28 [https://posts.pnut.io/1155312 "new year"]
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* March 9 [https://posts.pnut.io/1075298 "bowl"]
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'''2021'''
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* November 10 [https://posts.pnut.io/1039890 "meta"]
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* October 6 [https://posts.pnut.io/1024450 "go"]
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* August 4 [https://posts.pnut.io/996257 "idle"]
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* May 5 [https://posts.pnut.io/952271 "fold"]
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* March 24 [https://posts.pnut.io/932978 "runoff"]
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* March 17 [https://posts.pnut.io/928859 "curtain"]
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* March 10 [https://posts.pnut.io/925799 "better"]
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* March 3 [https://posts.pnut.io/922769 "thumb"]
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* February 24 [https://posts.pnut.io/919710 "law"]
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* February 17 [https://posts.pnut.io/916369 "snow"]
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'''2020'''
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* October 28 [https://beta.pnut.io/@blumenkraft/posts/864997 "gong"]
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* September 23 [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/847525 "reborn"]
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* July 22: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/819239 "proctor"]
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* July 8: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/812360 "credence"]
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* June 17: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/801848 "Pumpernickel"]
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* May 27: [https://beta.pnut.io/@neil/posts/791183 "fact check"]
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* May 13: [https://beta.pnut.io/@blumenkraft/posts/783804 "force field"]
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* April 29: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/777110 "arm's length"]
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* April 1: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/765419 "mortar"]
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* March 25: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/761888 "early writing system"]
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* March 4: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/751726 "unction"]
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* February 19: [https://beta.pnut.io/@shawn/posts/744986 "space"]
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* February 12: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/742791 "secondary"]
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* February 5: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/738749 "protein"]
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* January 29: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/734937 "sous-chef"]
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* January 22: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/731629 "feng shui"]
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* January 15: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/728366 "playground"]
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'''2019'''
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* November 13: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/699070 "plaid"]
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* October 30: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/692002 "catch"]
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* October 23: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/687790 "blood sucker"]
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* October 9: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/681403 "Flocculation"]
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* October 2: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/676898 "hot drink"]
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* September 25: [https://beta.pnut.io/@neil/posts/673081 "silence is golden"]
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* September 4: [https://beta.pnut.io/@MrFresh/posts/661010 "the one in the bedroom is alive"]
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* August 28: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/657754 "wink"]
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* August 14: [https://beta.pnut.io/@blumenkraft/posts/650791 "looped"] (or "pooped" if you're feeling it)
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* July 24: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/640350 "behind the curtain"]
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* July 10: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33mhz/posts/633218 "edit"]
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* June 26: [https://beta.pnut.io/@doctorlinguist/posts/625989 "I was young. I needed the work."]
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* June 19: [https://beta.pnut.io/@blumenkraft/posts/622003 "chess"]
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* June 5: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/615377 "Jeopardy"]
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* April 10: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/587850 "medieval"]
 
* March 27: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/581121 "qualm"]
 
* March 27: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/581121 "qualm"]
 
* March 13: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/574326 "alias"]
 
* March 13: [https://beta.pnut.io/@33MHz/posts/574326 "alias"]
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* January 23: [https://posts.pnut.io/547543 "there once was a girl from Nantucket..."]
 
* January 23: [https://posts.pnut.io/547543 "there once was a girl from Nantucket..."]
 
* January 2: [https://posts.pnut.io/534703 "resolution"]
 
* January 2: [https://posts.pnut.io/534703 "resolution"]
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'''2018'''
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* December 26: [https://posts.pnut.io/531269 "misspelled"]
 
* December 26: [https://posts.pnut.io/531269 "misspelled"]
 
* December 19: [https://posts.pnut.io/526318 "throwing"]
 
* December 19: [https://posts.pnut.io/526318 "throwing"]
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== Footnotes ==
 
== Footnotes ==
  
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* {{note|first}} #WednesdayChallenge - @nitinkhanna: Write a short story in 256 characters involving the words "Pope","battle" and "moon".The wilder the better. :) - app.net, March 13 2013.  
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* {{note|first}} #WednesdayChallenge - [[@nitinkhanna]]: Write a short story in 256 characters involving the words "Pope","battle" and "moon". The wilder the better. :) - app.net, March 13 2013.  
 
* {{note|first_suggestion}} #@duerig: That was fun. We should do this every wednesday. - Writer's Write Patter archive, March 13 2013  
 
* {{note|first_suggestion}} #@duerig: That was fun. We should do this every wednesday. - Writer's Write Patter archive, March 13 2013  
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* {{note|writers_room}} #@pamdavis: We also used to do #hourofwriting, which anyone could call for. That was started by the room owner @richardleis. - app.net, October 2013 recollection.  
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* {{note|writers_room}} #[[@pamela|@pamdavis]]: We also used to do #hourofwriting, which anyone could call for. That was started by the room owner @richardleis. - app.net, October 2013 recollection.  
 
* {{note|hour_of_writing}} #@richardleis: I got the idea for #hourofwriting from Jane Espenson (TV writer and producer). She often calls for one on Twitter. Hope your writing is going well! - app.net, April 2013.  
 
* {{note|hour_of_writing}} #@richardleis: I got the idea for #hourofwriting from Jane Espenson (TV writer and producer). She often calls for one on Twitter. Hope your writing is going well! - app.net, April 2013.  
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* {{note|agreement}} #@thelma: @duerig That actually sounds great! If @bazbt3 and @annatarkov concur, we can let everyone know? @nitinkhanna said he wanted to sit this week out. - app.net, October 2013
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* {{note|agreement}} #@thelma: @duerig That actually sounds great! If [[@bazbt3]] and [[@annatarkov]] concur, we can let everyone know? [[@nitinkhanna]] said he wanted to sit this week out. - app.net, October 2013
  
  
  
 
[[Category:Event]] [[Category:Hashtags]]
 
[[Category:Event]] [[Category:Hashtags]]

Latest revision as of 21:23, 28 December 2022

Write a single-post short story in response to a prompt chosen weekly (posted with the #WedC tag).

How it works

Write a 1-post entry based around the week’s theme, chosen each Wednesday. Post it, remembering to include either the tag #WedC (preferred) or #WednesdayChallenge if your muse isn’t being helpful and you need to fill space!

More answers to questions

  • An extended version can be posted elsewhere (e.g. your own blog).
  • Though the challenge starts on Wednesday there are no pressures to hit deadlines - writing runs for the full week. You don’t even have to publicize your involvement, if writing is the thing that spreads your toes.
  • Given the 256-character post limit most people will use #WedC. The original #WednesdayChallenge tag was abbreviated in response to the inevitable observation that 14 superfluous characters of tag is silly.

History

On App.net, @nitinkhanna called for the first Wednesday Challenge[1] and @duerig, creator of Patter, suggested it be a weekly thing[2]. This conversation took place in the Writers Write room set up by @richardleis.[3], who introduced the #hourofwriting[4], a similar challenge activity, during which people write at the same time for an hour non-stop.

Previous Prompts

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

  • December 26: "misspelled"
  • December 19: "throwing"
  • December 12: "prompt"
  • December 5: "hush"
  • November 28: "Caribbean"
  • November 21: "cruft"
  • November 14: improvise
  • November 7: "with a grain of salt"
  • October 31: "hollow"
  • October 24: "dead battery"
  • October 17: "supertramp"
  • October 10: "register"
  • October 3: "comte"
  • September 26: "Victorian hat"
  • September 19: "green"
  • September 12: "team building"
  • September 5: "underscore"
  • August 29: "cabal"
  • August 8: "insomnia"
  • August 1: "readme"
  • July 25: "wildfire"
  • June 27: "Double take"
  • June 20: "swelter"
  • June 6: "🍁"
  • May 30: "Ring of Honor"
  • May 23: "paraph"
  • May 16: "euphoria?"
  • May 9: "loss"
  • April 30: "airport"
  • April 25: "paint"
  • April 11: "bananas"
  • April 4: "lamb"
  • March 28: "yegg"
  • March 14: "moon"
  • February 21: "rān|reyn|reɪn"

Deutsch

“Guten Abend, nach altem Brauch (#WednesdayChallenge) rufe ich auf, eine kurze Geschichte zu schreiben. Sie passe in 256 Zeichen, trage das Zeichen #WedC oder #MitC und treffe das Thema dieser Woche “Links” (Deutsch oder Englisch) #MittwochsChallenge”

Footnotes

  • ^ #WednesdayChallenge - @nitinkhanna: Write a short story in 256 characters involving the words "Pope","battle" and "moon". The wilder the better. :) - app.net, March 13 2013.
  • ^ #@duerig: That was fun. We should do this every wednesday. - Writer's Write Patter archive, March 13 2013
  • ^ #@pamdavis: We also used to do #hourofwriting, which anyone could call for. That was started by the room owner @richardleis. - app.net, October 2013 recollection.
  • ^ #@richardleis: I got the idea for #hourofwriting from Jane Espenson (TV writer and producer). She often calls for one on Twitter. Hope your writing is going well! - app.net, April 2013.
  • ^ #@thelma: @duerig That actually sounds great! If @bazbt3 and @annatarkov concur, we can let everyone know? @nitinkhanna said he wanted to sit this week out. - app.net, October 2013
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