The Fiction Seed

Hi! I'm AJ. I'm a fantasy and fiction writer hoping to inspire more (human created) stories. I post prompts, thoughts on writing and my own short stories. I'd love to hear from you!

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Time for another 3 Prompt Flash! This weekend you'll use the words Sunshine, Daisy and Melt...with an added twist: you may not use or reference summer for your story. #writingchallenge #amwriting #flashfiction #writers

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This week’s exploration delves into how the environment can provide conflict. Add some magic to your environments and get writing! #amwritingfantasy #writers #writingcommunity

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This weekend writing challenge is a series of microchallenges! Grab your pens and keyboards, you have 50 super quick and summery challenges to write. #amwriting #writers #writingcommunity #writingchallenge #writingprompt

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Exploration: The Enchanting Season

This month we’re revisiting the Summer theme to work through more fantasy story elements. Partially because it’s still blistering here in the Midwest and partially because I love building magic systems. The Basics of Magic For any magic system to work you need three things: Capabilities, limits and requirements. Capabilities are exactly what they sound like; the things your magic system can do.…

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Our final exploration for July combines all of our previous storytelling elements to create the basis for a larger story. Grab your favorite notebook and let's get writing! #writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy #writers

Exploration Finale: Under the Stones

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This weekend's flash challenge offers your choice of four elements. Grab your pens and get writing! You have until Sunday to write 1500 words of flash fiction. #amwriting #flashfiction #writers

Weekend Flash Challenge: Miner, Mason, Merchant

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Develop the history, myths and stories around your fictional landmarks with this week's exploration! #amwritingfantasy #worldbuilding #fantasywriters

Explorations: Creating Monuments and Monoliths

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Get ready for a weekend writing challenge! Mix and match required words, characters and locations for a 1500 word flash fiction. #amwriting #writingchallenge #writingcommunity

Weekend Flash Challenge: Mix and Match

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This week’s exploration post focuses on building secret rooms with a two-part exercise. As a bonus, start drawing a map! #writing #amwritingfantasy #writers

Exploration: Secrets and Stones

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Grab your dice and get ready for this weekend's writing challenge! You'll have five story-starter prompts to use, and a randomly selected word count. Get writing! #writingcommunity #flashfiction #amwriting

Weekend Writing Challenge: Dice Rolled Starters

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Exploration: Seven Dwarves

So you want to write fantasy. You want to see what it takes to make a story of magic, and dragons and… Dwarves? Dwarves have been an underserved staple of fantasy for years. They hold a special place in some of our earliest stories. After all, Snow White would have been in far more trouble if she hadn’t found the seven dwarves. This month we’re exploring how to build a story a few elements at…

Exploration: Seven Dwarves

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3 Prompt Flash Challenge

This month’s prompt theme is ‘stoneworked’ so this weekend’s flash challenge has an additional requirement: your flash fiction must feature stonework in some way. You’ll have until Sunday night to write a 1,000 word flash fiction. Your flash piece must use the words: Rock Grind Logical Posting is optional. If you chose to share, I’d love to see it! You can tag me with @fictionseed.com on…

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Our last week of June challenges isn't one challenge: It's four back-to-back challenges. #writingchallenge #writers #writingcommunity

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For this weekend's short challenge, you're going to need dice. Roll, multiply by 100 and get to writing! #creativewriting #writingchallenge #writingcommunity #amwriting

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We've got ten summer-themed dialogue prompts. Bonus exercise: Use the prompts as half an overheard conversation. #writingprompt #writers #writingcommunity #storyinspiration

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Week three means it's time to dance! Or at least make your characters dance. This week try writing to music and see how your song choices can inspire your scenes. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers

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Challenge Check-In: Week 2

We’re about halfway through June which means for 30 Days participants, you should be hanging out around 24k. If you’re not there yet, don’t stress! The point of this challenge is to get you to put words down, not stress about what you haven’t written. If you’re behind: Stop and reflect. Before you do anything else, make a list of what you’ve struggled with in the last couple of weeks. Then,…