About the challenge: Each Tuesday I will provide a photo prompt. Your mission, if you choose to accept the challenge, is to tell a story based on that prompt in 140 characters or less. Be sure to let me know in the comments with a link to your tale.
A final note: if you need help tracking the number of characters in your story, there is a nifty online tool that will count for you at charactercountonline.com.
I will do a roundup each Tuesday, along with providing a new prompt. Have Fun!
Twittering Tale #53 – The Roundup
From Kalpana at Gemini in the Sky:
Her pen spews venom on paper in the sunlit forest log cabin .
She dons her nocturnal skin and slithers for prey in the concrete jungle.
From Reena at ReInventions:
“WOOOOOW! There is someone in deep meditation inside. Wonder for how many years ….”
“This place is built as a tourist attraction. People are paid to sit there for a day.”
(140 characters)
From My Feelings My Freedom:
The eerie sound in the woods ran shivers.
“Someone’s stalking us!”
“I wish we’d heeded to mom’s advice,”
“Our tree house!” rejoiced my sis.
(137 characters)
From Leena at Soul Connection:
TREEHOUSE!!Mom Can V Go
Yes,Take Ur Lil Sis Wd U Too
Lk Sme1 Alrdy Playng
Hi Can V Join U Up Thr
Ohh Yes M Bored Plyng Alone Since Last 100 Yrs.
From Hayley at The Story Files:
As kids we said the tree house was haunted but it wasn’t till we were adults that we found out the truth.
From Di at Pensitivity101:
When you said ‘Come Up to My Place’ this isn’t exactly what I had in mind.
(74 characters)
From Fandango at This, That, and The Other:
You gotta come by and see my new tiny house. It’s a two-story tree house. I built it myself just like those guys who do it on HGTV.
(132 characters)
From Willow at WillowDot21:
Even in the worst of winter it was the safest option for them. They had secreted blanks gloves and bed socks. Huddled together they kept warm.
From Radhika at Radhika’s Reflection:
“Darling, this place is perfect for our rendezvous!” said Ann.
She froze when she saw Jim point the gun at her, “That’s why I chose it!”
Letter count : 138
From Irena at Books and Hot Tea:
People are destructive. It’s better without them, among the trees.
But they might come, with their trucks and saws.
I’ll be ready.
From Peter at Peter’s Ponderings
Will Mum still be up there Dad?
Yes, don’t worry, she’ll be there!
Are you sure Dad?
I’m sure son, you’ll see. She’s staying up there forever!
(140 characters)
From Kathryn at Another Foodie Blogger:
Art and Lilly stood arm in arm, gazing up for a final look at their childhood fort, tears in their eyes. The roar of the bulldozers started.
From Vivian at Smell the Coffee:
The hapless workers and Martha were at a stalemate.
“You have 30 seconds!” shouted the foreman.
“Do your worst,” she screamed, “I dare you!”
And I started us all off with a cliffhanger…
“There it is! Come on.”
“Nope. I’m fine down here.”
“Suit yourself. Have to see if it’s still there.”
“What’s so important?”
“This!”
“Is tha…”
(140 Characters…exactly)
Some of you were quite clever this week. As always you touched on every genre imaginable…mystery, mayhem, melancholia and murder. And some of you followed my example with cliffhangers of your own. To give those of us in that latter category an opportunity to make amends I am offering everyone the chance to extend their twitter tale from last week using this week’s photo prompt from StockSnap at Pixabay.com…a view from the inside. Of course if you’d rather leave us hanging, that is okay too. Finally, if you finished your story last week, you are invited to write a totally new tale based on the prompt. I’m looking forward to seeing what you all come up with! Most of all, have fun! 🙂
Twittering Tale #54 – 17 October 2017
Part 2…
“It’s my Captain Midnight’s Secret Decoder Ring!”
“You dragged me here for a stupid kid’s ring?”
“I did.” He knelt on one knee, “marry me?”
(139 Characters)
~kat
(p.s. I can’t leave you hanging this week…she said yes. 🙂
October 17th, 2017 at 1:00 am
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October 17th, 2017 at 1:00 am
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October 17th, 2017 at 1:38 am
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October 17th, 2017 at 1:41 am
My Twittering Tale for this week:
https://fivedotoh.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/twittering-tales-the-room/
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October 17th, 2017 at 2:26 am
I like this Kat 💝🤗
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October 17th, 2017 at 7:05 am
Cheesy I know…what can I say, she’s in love with a geek! 😉❤️😉
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October 17th, 2017 at 8:16 am
All power to her elbow 💜🤗🤗
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October 17th, 2017 at 10:46 am
😀
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October 17th, 2017 at 7:40 am
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October 17th, 2017 at 7:40 am
Thanks. Here’s mine for this week; https://thestoryfiles.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/the-window-twitteringtales/
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October 17th, 2017 at 9:40 am
It sort of follows on…..
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October 17th, 2017 at 10:14 am
Well done! Nice follow up.
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October 18th, 2017 at 9:34 am
Thank Lorraine 🙂
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October 17th, 2017 at 10:17 am
Ah! Lovely Kat.
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October 17th, 2017 at 10:19 am
You knocked 10 off the hashtag!
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October 17th, 2017 at 4:23 pm
So I did Peter…As you can see…I’m not so good with numbers. HAHA! Fixed it.
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October 17th, 2017 at 10:31 am
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October 17th, 2017 at 10:32 am
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October 17th, 2017 at 11:33 am
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October 17th, 2017 at 11:41 am
I don’t understand your numbering system. I see #44, then it states #53? And then below that is 44? I’ve been gone and I’m so lost trying to figure this out. Anyway, I did the tree house one.
https://flipflopseveryday.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/vacancy/
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October 17th, 2017 at 4:33 pm
Hi Sandi…it was my bird brain…it should be #54 for this present week. I do a lot of copy-pasting when I put these things together. Sometimes I C-P the wrong thing. 😛
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October 17th, 2017 at 4:35 pm
That’s okay. Just because I was gone for a while and wasn’t sure what the latest and greatest was… and then the numbering system threw me a bit…and I sat and scratched my head and said. Huh. I think I did the wrong one and then did a second posting. hahahah
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October 17th, 2017 at 12:18 pm
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October 17th, 2017 at 12:20 pm
Okay, so I now did the window one… kinda confused as to which the latest one is https://flipflopseveryday.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/visionary/
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October 17th, 2017 at 4:33 pm
The Window one is the latest #54…I lost a decade on the way through the roundup!
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October 17th, 2017 at 4:36 pm
A whole decade! Ooopsy
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October 17th, 2017 at 4:54 pm
Haha! 😊
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October 17th, 2017 at 12:32 pm
Reblogged this on All About Writing and more.
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October 17th, 2017 at 4:24 pm
thanks for the reblog Henrietta! 🙂
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October 17th, 2017 at 5:37 pm
You are welcome!
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October 17th, 2017 at 12:40 pm
Another Awesome round of Writings! 😎😎😎🥀🥀🥀
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October 17th, 2017 at 7:20 pm
What fun to continue from the inside! Mine wasn’t exactly a cliffhanger but I’ll still play. Here’s mine (138 characters):
Art waved a frantic halt to the bulldoze driver. He can’t believe he forgot! He felt around the window frame, the deposit box key secured.
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October 17th, 2017 at 7:22 pm
Oooh…methinks there is more to this story! What treasure does that lockbox hold! 😊
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October 18th, 2017 at 4:26 am
Hi Kat, just a little invitation to Seven Days ~ Seven Black & White photo’s:
https://beehalton.com/2017/10/seven-days-seven-black-and-white-photos-day-four/
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October 18th, 2017 at 6:14 am
Thanks Bee! Sounds like fun! 😊
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October 18th, 2017 at 7:59 am
It is 🙂
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October 18th, 2017 at 12:32 pm
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October 18th, 2017 at 6:45 pm
Hi Kat. My first attempt here. Your photo inspired me. Couldn’t resist. I looked up the meaning of characters and wasn’t sure if it included punctuation, so I cut down the letter characters. Please clarify. https://odaciuk.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/twittering-tale-54/
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October 18th, 2017 at 7:28 pm
Hi Olga,
Thanks for joining us. With Twitter characters include spaces and punctuation. There’s a link in the challenge description to a character count tool that I’ve found very helpful.
Again…welcome aboard! 😊
-kat
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October 18th, 2017 at 7:39 pm
Spaces also. No! That’s not what I read on-line. I know I went over. Sorry! 😦
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October 18th, 2017 at 8:07 pm
No need to be sorry. It’s supposed to be fun. I’m just so happy the picture inspired you! 😊
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October 18th, 2017 at 8:12 pm
Thanks, Kat. 🙂
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October 18th, 2017 at 7:50 pm
How can an empty space be a character? Weird! Please delete my entry because I’m not twitter savvy. I’ll keep my post on my site because I’ve already got likes and comments.
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October 18th, 2017 at 8:06 pm
Oh, but I love your tale! If you ever read tweets…people tend to write continuing tweets to get over the maximum. It’s crazy I know. 😊
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October 18th, 2017 at 8:20 pm
Thanks, Kat. I’m not a tweeter. Happy you liked my tale even though I went over the count. A learning curve.
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October 18th, 2017 at 8:29 pm
I did! Thanks for sharing it with us! 😊
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October 19th, 2017 at 7:53 am
That’s me, late to the game, as usual:
https://in25wordsmoreorless.wordpress.com/2017/10/19/tt-44-thru-a-glass-darkly/
Great photo prompt — nicely eerie . . .
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October 19th, 2017 at 11:27 am
Hi Kat. Just to let you know that I fixed the character count. It’s 140 now. 🙂
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October 19th, 2017 at 11:39 am
Fantastic! It can be a challenge! Believe me I know! 👍🏻😊
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October 19th, 2017 at 4:16 pm
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October 19th, 2017 at 4:28 pm
Great story Kat. I’ve taken your lead and here is my part 2:
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October 20th, 2017 at 8:36 am
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October 20th, 2017 at 1:41 pm
Great entries
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October 20th, 2017 at 4:09 pm
I know! I am always blown away! 😊
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October 21st, 2017 at 9:03 am
Does she accept Kat?:)
I’ve posted my entry for this week’s great challenge. It’s a less dark offering.
https://strangegoingsonintheshed.wordpress.com/2017/10/21/gift-of-the-forest-twittering-tale-44-17-october-2017/
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October 21st, 2017 at 6:03 pm
She said yes! I mentioned it in the PS 😉❤️
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October 21st, 2017 at 6:13 pm
Doh! I did see it. Oh well, where are the donuts??? 🙂
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October 21st, 2017 at 6:19 pm
😊
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October 21st, 2017 at 10:12 am
Hi Kat!
https://smellthecoffeeweb.blog/2017/10/20/i-deserve-the-best/
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October 22nd, 2017 at 4:49 pm
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October 22nd, 2017 at 4:58 pm
Hii Kat, Sharing my tale…
😇😇
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