WednesdayChallenge
Write a single-post short story in response to a prompt chosen weekly (posted with the #WedC tag).
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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
2020
- March 4: "unction"
- February 19: "space"
- February 12: "secondary"
- February 5: "protein"
- January 29: "sous-chef"
- January 22: "feng shui"
- January 15: "playground"
2019
- November 13: "plaid"
- October 30: "catch"
- October 23: "blood sucker"
- October 9: "Flocculation"
- October 2: "hot drink"
- September 25: "silence is golden"
- September 4: "the one in the bedroom is alive"
- August 28: "wink"
- August 14: "looped" (or "pooped" if you're feeling it)
- July 24: "behind the curtain"
- July 10: "edit"
- June 26: "I was young. I needed the work."
- June 19: "chess"
- June 5: "Jeopardy"
- April 10: "medieval"
- March 27: "qualm"
- March 13: "alias"
- February 6: "a place to scream"
- January 30: "cold snap"
- January 23: "there once was a girl from Nantucket..."
- January 2: "resolution"
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
- From pnut.io post:
- “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