Week Four #BlogBattle Word: Bludgeon

Post it: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015.

This week’s theme is an action, a verb if you will. Let’s put our creativity to work and write some short stories! It doesn’t need to be long. In fact, if you like a challenge, make it as short as you can. Your skill level as a writer doesn’t matter. We’d just love to read your story. The main point of the #BlogBattle is to work on and improve our writing skills, giving us a little exercise in creativity. 🙂

Now, don’t be a curmudgeon! Find a way to use bludgeon!

Rules:

1. 1000 words max
2. fictional tale (or true if you really want)
3. PG (no more than PG-13) Content – let’s keep this family friendly! (this week will be difficult, I know. That’s a somewhat violent word! Remember, use your imagination. 🙂 )
4. Your story must contain the word(s) from the theme and/or be centered around the theme in a way that shows it is clearly related
5. Go for the entertainment value!
6. Use the hashtag #BlogBattle, put a link back to your #BlogBattle Short Story in the comments section of this post, and/or include a link tothispost in your own blog post (it creates a “ping-back” which will alert me and our friends to your #BlogBattle post)
7. Have fun!

Okay, so now let’s recap: #BlogBattle Theme: Bludgeon

Write a 1000 words (or less) story for this theme and post it on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 by midnight PST. Remember that you can write it sooner and set it to publish on the specific date! 🙂

I’ll retweet all the #BlogBattle tweets and posts I come across (and you can, too). I will create a blog post linking back to all our submitted stories. Plus, after I’ve read each one, I’ll be picking a winner who will be subjected to a short, somewhat amusing interview with yours truly!

QUICK QUESTION: Would you all like to win a BLOG BADGE when your short story is chosen winner? Just a thought! 🙂

***So that I won’t miss your story, please add a link back to this post to your story. It can be as simple as this url: https://rachaelritchey.com/2015/03/31/wk-4-blogbattle/ (just make sure to use the chainlink-looking feature to enter in the url there again so that it works like a real link and will pingback here. That way I’m guaranteed not to miss it!)

Here are links to a few of the Week 3 #BlogBattle short stories so you can get an idea of the variety our imaginations can create. The theme was simply Eggs. The following is what we came up with using just that for inspiration:

• J.A. Merkel: Not My Eggs
• E.Rawls: The Fairy Who Wanted Easter
• BlondeWriteMore: She’s Got Bigger Eggs Than Me!
• PhoenixGrey85: Shiny Eggs
• Ssenlark: Eggstra Eggy
• Rachael Ritchey: Egging You On

Now, whip up that Bludgeoning story! Happy Short Story #BlogBattling, my friends! 🙂