We blog for a million reasons, but in the end we’re all storytellers. Creative Writing Challenges help you push your…
We blog for a million reasons, but in the end we’re all storytellers. Creative Writing Challenges help you push your writing boundaries and explore new ideas, subjects, and writing styles.
To participate, tag your post with DPchallenge and include a link to this post to generate a pingback. Please make sure your post has been specifically written in response to this challenge. We’ll highlight some of our favorites on Freshly Pressed on Friday and in our monthly newsletter.
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Maybe this is a selfish challenge — we love reading what you come up with for “A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words” challenges. But you love writing them as much as we love reading them, so let’s go for another round!
This week, write a post based on this image:

Photo by Michelle Weber.
A fictional story based on the photo would be great (Who is this little girl? Where is she? What is she waiting for? Where is her family?), but we also look forward to non-fiction posts inspired by the photo. How does the image make you feel? Does the girl remind you of anyone in your life, or of yourself? Are you as scared of the unidentifiable green creature as we are, and is that a nose or a beak?
The challenge is called “1,000 Words” after the famous phrase, but don’t feel that you need to write that much (or that little) — however many words your story requires is the right number of words. Feel free to include the image in your post, with a link back here.
Get writing! We’ll tell the real story behind the photo in this month’s newsletter.
Reblogged this on Author, G. D. Grace.
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hi there im bew to wordpress and i honestly don’t know how to link you etc as per instructions. please help im really looking forwars in participating
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Thank goodness there is someone else out there who doesn’t have a clue as to what they’re supposed to do on here 🙂
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I am really struggling with this too. I keep thinking I have sussed it, and links seem to appear on these big forum sites – but I NEVER get a response to any of my queries, despite the fact that I am, as far as I can see, following exactly the same format as any other human being! I genuinely do not know what I am doing wrong. It feels as if my writing is just falling into some kind of Bermuda Triangle. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?! HELP!!!!!
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Seems I’m all over the place and just when I think I know what I’m doing, BOOM, I’m lost again. I wrote something for the 1000 word challenge, but I have a hard time getting to it when I want too! Everyone just keep blogging because writing for the sake of writing is still fun!
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Hi when you’re writing your post just click on the link button and then add the URL of this page to your post
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new* please excuse errors
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Copy the link to this post. When writing your post you can either paste the link into your post or highlight a word and click the little button that looks like a chain and enter it there. That way, when you click on the word it goes to this post.
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Yeah right … I’ve heard that before … never works for me
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The little button chain up in left side??
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Welcome 🙂 I’m new too
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my teacher told me about this wordpress and I’ve started it out… i’m new
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I’m assuming you give us the rights to use the image to go along with our story?
– Thanks! 😉
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Thank you for a moment of comedic brilliance –> ‘Are you as scared of the unidentifiable green creature as we are…’. It may take me a while to recover from this bout of sudden and joyful mirth before I decide if I have anything to say about this image. Really, I think your words encompass it all! Brilliant!
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Wrote a less-than-1,000 word story based on a picture once. It was harder than I initially imagined, but the picture spoke to me. I admit this once does not; it comes across as overwhelmingly unidirectional.
My short story: http://fictionaut.com/stories/meredith-greene/looking-for-olivia
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I just read your short story and GOOD GRIEF! I’m so relieved at the ending. I read it as fast as I could with a feeling or urgency to know what happened and dread in case it ended differently. Wow! Powerful talent you have there.
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Thank you kindly for relaying such enthusiasm. Its a proverbial shot in the arm for a writer to hear. I should have posted a link that included the original picture… I thought of that later. Link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/47106045/Looking-for-Olivia
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Reblogged this on Joyce Veheary Does and commented:
Weekly writing challenge accepted. So that’s aprox 200 words per day. I can do that, I say about 37 words when someone sneezes. I feel I need to cover myself when in the presence of a sneeze, like bestowing them with my blessings acts like a Vicks First Defence shot, when really I am just covered in the atomised sputem of their nose. You’ll be even more blessed if you’re a multiple sneezer, some people do three; cute, some two, then a third and fourth hesitantly a few moments later, Lovely. There are even those who can do six or seven, that’s just greedy. Told you, that’s 46 words and you didn’t even need to sneeze once. Bless you.
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Here is my entry….
https://good2begone.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/second-row-third-from-the-right/
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I really enjoyed this post. Your descriptions were written ever so genuinely and relatable. You portrayed the little girl’s innocence so magnificently. The ending was just perfect. 🙂
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Thank you so much. I really appreciate the feedback!
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Great story! Never thought it would end the way it did, but felt true to life! Keep writing! I wrote a short story on this also, but I’m having problems on how to put a tag on things! Can you help me out?
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I’m no pro…but I will try. What’s the tag issue? And I’m glad you enjoyed the story.
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Really enjoyed this. It surprised me at the end. Good 2 B Good! 😉
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I really really enjoyed this week’s challenge! Please can I get some feedback on it? I would really appreciate it, and would certainly read yours back too! Btw, it’s not exactly 1,000 words… More like 1,010 lol. Here’s the link: http://kidprepjay.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/weekly-writing-challenge-alone-in-the-playground/
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My entry for this week – http://mihirkamat.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/everything/
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This is a really inspiring post. Many, when faced with a catastrophe, would succumb their lives to fate and simply give up. Instead, we should learn from this grandpa and treasure the remaining time to enjoy what’s left for us. I’m glad you shared 🙂
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Reblogged this on Transparenseeblog.
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Although won’t be participating in the challenge [couldn’t get the 1,000 words – too bad!], loved the inspiration, and used it as a ‘springboard’ for some of my random thoughts. Thanks for the inspiration!
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There’s no need to write 1,000 words — whatever you write that’s inspired by the photo is just fine!
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Great! I came up with half of that… quite a lazy blogger, right? [insert a candid smile here – thank you!]
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I hope I did this right, but here is my article based on this picture: http://appleseedtreeoflife.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/the-gunas-and-societal-choices/
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Here is mine: http://tokkaali.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/weekly-writing-challenge-1000-words/
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Here is my entry: Alone in the playground http://zainabjavid.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/alone-in-the-playground/
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http://blueloft.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/cast-aside/
Here’s my post for this challenge! I’ll be glad to get your feedback 🙂
Thanks…
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hey… this is my entry for this week… I hope you all like it..
http://surbhi19.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/of-when-the-world-around-me-changed/
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Looking for a Good Samaritan.
Could someone explain EXACTLY HOW to INCLUDE A LINK TO THIS POST.
I presume I do this through the Post Editor, but I’m confused about what information goes in each of the boxes on the Add a New Link form.
I tried finding directions from WordPress.com.
You guys all figured this out on your own.
I’m so impressed and depressed.
Thanks,
Kelly
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Hi Kelly – I am the world’s worst on technological matters, but I shall try and explain! It took me three weeks to learn this! Okay, so, you go to the original Weekly Writing Challenge page and then copy and paste the info up on the dashboard. You paste it onto your post, either at the top or the bottom. That way, when you send your ‘baby’ out into the big wide world, it’ll appear with all the others in the metaphorical WordPress ‘creche’. Do hope I haven’t confused you even more. Good luck! Alienora
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Thank you, thank you.
My post is scheduled for tomorrow morning. I can’t wait to see if this worked.
The http: for this Writing Challenge shows up on my post, so I have hope.
Your generosity is much appreciated.
Like Blanche Dubois, I’ve always depended on the kindness of strangers.
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My pleasure; I shall look forward to reading yours. I think mine is already up there – it is called ‘Raspberries’ – but, knowing me, it may well have been sent to another planet! Alienora
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Kelly, I cannot figure this out either. Everyone says it’s so easy; just follow directions. I think the problem is the directions assume the reader has knowledge of the “blog language”, which I don’t and so I don’t get it at all! BUT….. I am confident we will figure it out! Good luck. If I figure it out in English, I will share it with you!
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Thank you so much. I’ll make a note of your blog and let you know if I find any answers.
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Thank you!
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I thought I would play a little with the challenge and came up with something a little different, or so I hope.
http://lifeofafallenangel.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/weekly-writing-challenge-one-thousand-words/
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I hope my short thoughts on this picture is as wonderful as those I have read 🙂 feel free to give feedback. http://sphereofinfluences.wordpress.com/
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http://sphereofinfluences.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/preserving-innocence-in-a-changing-world/
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We all have a dream…
http://caughtbytheeyeofmankind.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/weekly-writing-challenge-1000-words/#more-1586
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Sorry, This is a better link
http://caughtbytheeyeofmankind.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/weekly-writing-challenge-1000-words/
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We all like stories. This short story I wrote, keeping in mind what I could do different ! I hope you all like it. Feedback appreciated!!! Enjoy
http://confessionsofthefreemind.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=21&action=edit&message=6&postpost=v2
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Harder than I thought:
http://stevekallio73.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/tnrnb-investigates-how-todays-electronic-environment-is-killing-the-merry-go-round-industry/
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Reblogged this on just a student blogger and commented:
literally so awesome. I’m doing this.
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I have successfully completed my second weekly writing challenge! Check it out at http://bloggeta.wordpress.com/
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Here is my take on what this photo is really showing, but it’s not really even about the photo. It’s about what happened that led up to it.
http://samsonlinejournal.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/the-haunting/
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My thoughts on the writing challenge.
http://tina7serrano.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2061&action=edit&message=6&postpost=v2
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Reblogged this on and commented:
Challenge posed by Kat. Challenge accepted!
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I loved this challenge! I’ll be sure to keep an eye on this site, I love a good assignment. Thanks!
You can find mine at: http://reinventionofmama.com/
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My post for that picture is there :
http://icezine.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/risk-weekly-writing-challenge/
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