Flash Fiction Rodeo Contest #8

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Sherri Matthews

This is it, the last ride of the Rodeo! TUFF: The Ultimate Flash Fiction by Charli Mills, Lead Buckroo, is live at Carrot Ranch!

A brief intro: ‘TUFF delivers your elixir. Yes, it’s called TUFF, a play on the acronym and the idea that it’s a tough challenge. It’s five steps, five flash fictions! Yet, it is a tool, a gift to you that you will understand because it will resonate with what writing flash fiction has already taught you.’

If you’re ready to write five flash fictions in one, then this is the contest for you. Deadline 11:59 EST November 6, winner announced December 26. As always, full details below, no entry fee and a cash prize!

This is the last of my reblogs for the Rodeo, which also lists all the dates for the winning announcements for all 8 contests. My ‘Murderous Musings’ winner will be announced on December 19, here and at Carrot Ranch.

I’ll be back here as soon as I come up for some air from the packing boxes and look forward to those long promised visits. And good luck to everyone ink deep in NaNoWriMo. It’s time to ride and write like the wind!

Carrot Ranch Literary Community

TUFF: The Ultimate Flash Fiction

by Charli Mills

What if I told you that writing flash fiction will get you to where you want to be? Would you scoff, or consider the possibility? Would you think I’m handing you a magic elixir? Ah, an elixir. Let’s pause a moment and talk about the hero’s journey.

If you answered the call to participate in the Flash Fiction Rodeo this past month, you answered the same call every hero hears: the one the hero reluctantly answers. We think of heroes as Thor or Wonder Woman. Yet, the hero’s journey calls to us all. Winnie the Pooh and Frodo and Mary Tyler Moore are all heroes. It’s about the path:

  1. The call: the opening scene in which the hero is called out of the ordinary world.
  2. The test: the story develops conflict through tests, challenges, temptations, allies and enemies.
  3. The cave

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About Sherri Matthews

Sherri is a writer with work published in print magazines, anthologies and online. As a young British mum of three, she emigrated to California and stayed for twenty years. Today she lives in England's West Country, a full-time carer within her family. Her current WIP after completing her memoir is a psychological thriller.
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12 Responses to Flash Fiction Rodeo Contest #8

  1. Charli Mills says:
    November 5, 2017 at 3:58 am

    Thanks for sharing the Rodeo at the Summerhouse (and Goose Farm)! You are zimmering like a dongle! 😀

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  2. D. Wallace Peach says:
    December 6, 2017 at 2:43 pm

    This was a TUFF one, Sherri. It was kind of amazing to see the difference between the free write and the final story. A great challenge, wonderful writing exercise, and I can’t wait to see the results. 🙂

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    • Sherri Matthews says:
      December 11, 2017 at 3:17 pm

      I too am looking forward to the results Diana, I just wish I could have taken part given half a chance! But I will definitely be using Charli’s TUFF model for my memoir revisions as soon as I can sit down and get back into the writing saddle again 🙂

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  3. prior.. says:
    December 13, 2017 at 7:34 am

    Just dropping by to say hi = and sending some holiday greetings your way mon amie

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