A Second Chance Pursuit If society won't accept your love, maybe you need to seek a new society

New story: A SECOND CHANCE PURSUIT

Written for the #NotQuiteWrite competition in January

Genre: Romance
Word: Draw
Action: Chasing
Kicker: Law

I can't wait! The vague posts are my favorite part other than the writing, which is my favorite part other than the longlist & shortlist episodes! #NotQuiteWrite #WritingCommunity

Not Quite Write Submitted - Team Outlaw

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Submitted a flash fiction story for #NotQuiteWrite prize. Will do another look at it tomorrow for any glaring issues. Good luck to everyone else as well!

I'll probably join the January competition, just to see what all the fuss is about... 👀

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#WritingPrompts #WritersLife #WritersofBluesky
#ShortStory #FlashFiction

Loved writing my #notquitewrite entry for October.

Turns out that writing and editing on a 5 hour journey up north when there’s a deadline looming was surprisingly doable!

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Day 23
#43daysofwritinginsanity
Finished my #notquitewrite story. Woohoo.
How will do I do post-daredevil? We will see.

The final anti-prompt done and dusted. #notquitewrite

That's that. It's all over but the crying. #notquitewrite #writingcompetition #authorlife

Here we go again...

Last round I got longlisted, a few podcast shoutouts, & even a complimentary cryptic tweet! This time? Who knows!!

Whatever the result, I had fun writing!

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Days 13-17
#43daysofwritinginsanity
I'm a little behind on my posting.
This weekend was filled with #Foofaraw and boobies. #theboobyprize.
Even manged to squeeze in a blue-footed booby into my story.

The next three days will be quiet. No contests until #notquitewrite.

#contestgoblin

Congrats to all those on the NQW Longlist! So surprised to hear that lots of people found the anti-prompt easy!! Not me.
Looking forward to hearing the shortlist and winner.
Note to self, don’t submit your story with a typo in the title next time. #notquitewrite

Maybe I'll get there on the next one. Congrats to everyone who made the list! #writing #notquitewrite

I can't wait to hear the results podcast for this one. That innuen-dough jar is going to be so full 😆 #NotQuiteWrite

Ok. I did it. It's in. #FLESHFiction #notquitewrite

At this point it looks like DNF! There's still time, but few good words in coherent sentences... 😕

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It's been quite a day ...

I have an idea, a total of 20 words, and an empty whiskey glass ... 🥃👀

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I can't believe I jumped onto the overall G1 leaderboard. 18th. And so many familiar names to celebrate, including my group winner who I got to beta 🔥💚🎉 So rewarding to see us excel as writers together. Lookout NQW. 👀😈

#TwistedTournament
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So excited for my friends!

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#bloodbath #notquitewrite #deaddarlings #flashfiction

Blood was spilled in the NQW April flash fiction competition. I guess when your main character is already a loser you gotta expect the inevitable 😂 Onwards to July!

This will be a busy results week for all contest goblins.

May 26 - Globe Soup
May 28 - Furious Fiction
May 31- Story Unlikely
June 1 - Not Quite Write longlist

Good luck everybody.

#globesoup
#furiousfiction
#storyunlikely
#notquitewrite
#contestgoblin

The image is a badge for Not Quite Write's Prize for Flash Fiction. It features a trophy cup with streamers pouring from its mouth. Across the front is a banner with "SUBMITTED" stamped in bright red letters.

I barely squeaked it in, but I made it! First time participating, so we'll see what happens! #NotQuiteWrite

Forgot to tag - @notquitewrite.com #NotQuiteWrite

And so the #NotQuiteWrite #WritingCompetition begins with an Anti-Prompt: Break the rule 'Kill Your Darlings' 🤔😱 This is tricky for me as I'd normally be having a synchronous chat with the diligent #CopyEditor living in the back of my head while I'm writing 🤔💜❤️😎 Good luck to everyone taking part 🍀🤞😎

Longlist – January 2025 Not Quite Write Prize Not Quite Write · Episode

SJ Snyder is my best friend and I am incredibly proud of her. Thank you #NotQuiteWrite for sharing her story in her voice.

*Insert full range of excited farmyard noises.*

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Who Needs A Blog When They’re Not Quite Write? Competitors receive three prompts, much like most competitions around. However, unlike other competitions, there is an anti-prompt.

Just in time for Valentine's Day.
Here's another offering from #WhoNeedsABlog

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Ed hasn't quite made the transition to BS yet, but Amanda will be commencing live #NotQuiteWrite judging comments here soon. Follow @akscotland.bsky.social for updates.

Note: Amanda will be posting the same comments here and Twitter so no one misses out on the torture!

Awake at 3am GMT & I realize the #notquitewrite #writingcompetition prompts have dropped 🤔 It was a mistake opening the email 😱 I tried jotting down some ideas 🙃 That turned into a stream of consciousness lead by my unconscious (talk about the blind leading the blind) 😱😂😂 Good luck everyone🤞🍀😎❤️💜

Sent a copy of the #NotQuiteWrite Anthology to my niece (parental digression was strongly advised)
She wants to be an author, if fact she is already published with her book 'Kindness'.
Only took me 31 years to catch up.
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