I stumbled on a post on Facebook a while back that led me to some nail biting fun. 

Well, let’s be honest. It surely wasn’t a stumble. Facebook threw the post in my feed based on something I looked at. Even so, I signed up for the first battle available and I am loving it!

When the battle opens, you are given three ‘cards’. For the 2500 word battle that I entered, my cards were

GENRE – Uncharted Territory

CHARACTER – Pilot

SETTING – Movie Set.

If I remember correctly, I had 10 days to complete it and submit it.  It had to be under the word count, using all prompts, and advised avoiding overused tropes in order to score higher. 

Talk about nail biting! 10 days to just shoot a story out? But I love the challenge! Unfortunately I was also in the middle of college classes and missed the “overused tropes” suggestion. 

Lesson learned!

I’m proud of my entry. Entering as a newb was a little nerve-wrecking, but so good to stretch those muscles.

And I plan to share them here.

The titles for the post will always be “WB – xyz”, but I’ll share here so that I can return to them and so that anyone who may care can also see if I’m improving. 

My next battle is coming up in October, but I have 3 to share for now. 

Thanks for reading!