#267: Overcoming Obstacles with Writers Ink
This week’s contest, "Overcoming Obstacles," is hosted by our friends over at Writers Ink, the online mentoring and coaching wing of award-winning magazine website www.writing.ie that’s run by Writing.ie’s founder, bestselling author Sam Blake, and business and mindset coach, journalist Maria McHale. Sam and Maria’s mission at Writers Ink is to help you say goodbye to limiting beliefs about your writing, and give you the training, tools, and support you need to get everything you want as a writer. Members of the Writers Ink community are getting publishing deals and hitting the bestseller lists, and Writers Ink’s free writing challenges have resulted in whole novels coming together. Here’s what they have to say about their chosen theme for this takeover:
Writers Ink is delighted to partner with Reedsy to present this week’s contest! As mentors, we encourage writers to develop their creativity muscles. Muscles are built through exercise; so is writing! One of the main issues we see writers struggle with is mindset. They often have all of the tools to nail a great story — EXCEPT they get hobbled by limiting beliefs like a fear of failure or a fear of success — obstacles!
Most great stories contain obstacles that challenge heroes, but the best characters always overcome them. Share yours using the prompts below...
This week's prompts
Write a story with two characters who meet for the first time — and one of them has a secret.
Short Story – 85 stories
Your character overhears something that changes their path.
Short Story – 38 stories
There’s been an accident — what happens next?
Short Story – 70 stories
Write a story set against the backdrop of a storm.
Short Story – 110 stories
Your character wants something very badly — will they get it?
Short Story – 61 stories
Stories
“Refusal of the Holy Storm” by Sabrina Grace
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“The Desert Takes” by Hugh Knight
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“The Super-Badass Hold-Up at the Philomath Regional Bank” by Shoshana Groom
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“A home of her own” by Helen Broderick
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“Absurdistan” by Ivana Pavićević
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“The ring that sings” by Eric Vrydagh
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“Anything Can Happen” by Masha Kamenetskaya
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“Huldre in the Dark” by Darren Hansen
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“Who Are You?” by James Barrett
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“Cursed by Dawn” by Charlotte Rushforth
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“Twin flame ” by Cami Newman
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“I met him in Istanbul” by Jude Russell
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“You Will Be My Secret Until I Die” by Allysa Agnes
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“Serendipity in SeaTac” by Race McKee
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$250
Prize money
364
Contest entries
130
Stories
Ended on 23:59 - Sep 13, 2024 EST
A winner will be announced soon.
Submissions must be between 1,000 - 3,000 words and will be approved and published on Reedsy Prompts within 7 days of the contest closing.
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