#BlogBattle 30 Story Theme: Reach
(basic rules at the bottom of the post)
Look for everyone’s stories using #BlogBattle on Twitter, too! Wednesday, the poll gets added. Be sure to read them all. All the links will open in a new window so that you can easily navigate back to this list.
RULES for VOTING: Anyone can vote as long as you’ve read ALL the stories for this week by 10 PM PDT, SUNDAY. Vote for your TOP 3 favorites. Winner announced on Monday! (With as many great stories as get submitted, I think we all need just a little more time to read them and vote!)
Comedy/Humor:
- Toothpaste and Tissue Paper by Simon Farnell @ Universe of Possibilities
- It’s a Stretch by Rachael Ritchey
- Of Dreadful Intentions by Beaton M. @ Becoming the Muse
Drama:
- Choices Pt 2 by Tess @ How the Cookie Crumbles
- See Emily Play by Sarah Brentyn @ Lemon Shark Reef
Fantasy:
- Reaching Out by PhoenixGrey85
- Legend of the Nymphs by E. Rawls
Inspirational/Contemporary:
- Author Magic by Blonde(Lucy)WriteMore
- The Ballad of Colin the Cow by Darren Scanlon
- Reaching for God by Andrew Budek-Schmeisser
Mystery/Crime:
- This Time it Was Easy by Kristin @ Pursuit of a New Adventure
Romance:
- Better Than Brownies by Carrie Ann @ Anniehow
Science Fiction:
- Man of Grace: A World Between by Candice Coates
Action/Thriller/Suspense:
- Out of Depth by Lauren Gunter
Western:
- Just Out of Our Grasp (I Mean Reach!) by Karl @ Ssenlrak
PS If I’m missing your story, just leave me a comment to let me know!
Anyone, regardless of participation, who reads ALL the stories for the week may vote.
PLEASE VOTE for your top THREE favorites (not all for the same, though!).
Vote by 10 PM PST on Sunday so I can announce the winner on Monday Thank you so much. I enjoy our weekly stories a great deal, and I hope you do, too!
Rules:
- 1000 words max
- fictional tale (or true if you really want)
- PG (no more than PG-13) Content – let’s keep this family friendly!
- 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
- Go for the entertainment value!
- State the Genre of your story at the top of your post.
- Post your story on Tuesday, by 11:59 PM PST
- Use the hashtag #BlogBattle when tweeting your story, put a linkback to your #BlogBattle Short Story in the comments section of this page, and/orinclude a link to this page in your own blog post(it creates a “ping-back” which will alert me and our friends to your #BlogBattle post)
- Have fun!
Each winner will receive this awesome #BlogBattle Winner Badge to display with their winning story on their webpage:
Rachael Ritchey 
Hi Rachael. My entry went over one thousand, so I won’t be posting this week, but I enjoyed writing the story. However, I don’t see the prompt to next week. What is it, please? Thanks.
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Was it way over? Maybe I can still add it in. Did I miss the post?
next week’s word is scar. 🙂
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It’s almost 2k. That’s fine–it was just a bigger story than I thought, so I didn’t post it. Flash is 1k or less. I don’t have to have an entry every week. The same thing happened with distance, only that one went 3k. I’ll still read everyone else’s story and vote.
And I’ll start thinking about scar. 🙂
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Let me know when you post this one so I don’t miss it. I’d still like to read your story! 🙂
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Here’s my 11th hour entry…lol http://wp.me/pgklb-Jy
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haha There’s a few more hours yet! It’s almost 9 PM. 🙂 yay!
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I thought it was later than that, lol. Oh…the title is actually Better Than Brownies, it came up on the list as Better Than Chocolate.
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LOL oops hehe I’ll fix it. haha I was chit chatting with my daughter while I was typing and must have got distracted.
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The Dude is here, with “:Reaching For God”; probably the shortest story I’ll ever write. Heard the Big Voice yell, ‘STOP HERE’, so I did.
Genre’s Inspirational…I hope.
http://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com/2015/10/reaching-for-god-blogbattle.html
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❤ I just skipped over to your blog to check on you! Then all the sudden I get a notification you're over at my blog letting us know about The Dude. Great timing. 🙂 I'm excited to read!
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You know what they say…great minds think alike! I’ll really be interested to know what you think, because the story was originally much more involved, and I had the really strong feeling that what’s there now was what’s essential…everything else dulled the impact, and was excised (but saved…it’s not lost).
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🙂 I will have to read it soon! I’m glad you saved the unedited version, too.
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Here is my story for this week! Alas I went 15 words over so I don’t qualify for voting. http://icameforthesoup.com/2015/10/06/a-world-between-part-4-of-man-of-grace-week-30-log-battle-reach/
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LOL You are fine. As long as you’re not like 250 words over then you’ve done well. 😀 1000 words is a tough limit on a short story!
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I think at this point I should call it a chapter since M.O.G keeps going lol. I don’t want to rush it but I would like to wrap it up within The next couple weeks. I am prayerfully considering stretching it into a more detailed novel…maybe 70k words or less.
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That’s wonderful, Candice! Keep praying! 🙂
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I shall! 😀 Thank you for being awesome, Rachael Ritchey ❤
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