Today you’re going to drop your character into the depths of a Deep, Dark Forest, and let him or her fend for their self.
You Heartless Author you!
The Prompt
Your character is alone in the woods and finds blighted trees, drooping plants…rot and slime everywhere. It once was beautiful but overnight is turning into a swamp–its not natural. Your character must get to the bottom of this and stop it before something they love very much is threatened also. Extra points if your character actually doesn’t know this forest and ends up getting lost. Maybe the trees have turned evil and… *gulp* developed something of an appetite?
Will your character make it out alive?
Start writing, quick, so we can all find out!
Leslie Marie Dawson is an indie author, blogger and artist who revels in stories of fantasy, romance, and comedy. She can be found hiding in her hermit cave with her laptop, a stack of good books, and a glass of water (sadly she’s given up soda). Please stop by her Hermit’s Cave to see the cool things she makes!
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https://storiesin5minutes.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/trapped-in-the-weeping-woods-storyaday-post/ Sorry I’m a bit late, but here it is!
I’m really late to the party! I wrote it on the fifth, but then revised it – twice!
And I forgot about leaving comments here on the prompt post – so THAT’S where everyone’s been hiding!
Anyway, here’s my creepy forest story with a sci-fi fan fic twist…
https://storyaday.org/shanjeniah/2015/09/06/forest-grotesque-stad-for-september-5-2015/
I got a bit fanciful with this one: http://jahangiri.us/2013/old-black-thumb-storyaday/
Catching up! Day 5 done!
https://unusualstrangeness.wordpress.com/2015/09/06/story-a-day-challenge-day-5-dont-go-into-the-forest/
I didn’t get to this prompt until late this evening, but I did it!
https://untitledunfinished.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/stada-september-2015-dark-gloomy-forest/
I love this prompt. I didn’t actually use it today, but that’s because I had something else in mind, but I will come back to it, I know.
In other news, I finished a story today. I’ve been a bad Fearless Leader so far. I’ve been overrun with other commitments and haven’t had a chance to finish a story a day. This is my second. Not bad, given that it’s only the fifth day. And this story was around 2000 words.
Next week I pledge to do better, at least on the weekdays.
I took this one in a direction I didn’t expect, but the moment the idea occurred to me (see parenthetical comment in the post to see what that’s all about), I knew it’s what I needed to write. https://fynralyl.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/story-a-day-challenge-day-5-the-jungle-deep-dark-woods/
This was a hard one for me, but I think I did alright, especially at the end. http://wp.me/p48tmx-em
I actually wrote it pretty quick, which means some of my creative juices have returned because of this challenge. I can’t wait to see what you have in store for us tomorrow.
This makes me SO HAPPY to hear! Hooray for creative juices.
Another day another opening! A great prompt, I love the creepy nature of it which can be developed in so many ways. I think I need to set my sights a bit lower to come up with a simpler short story so I get to an ending. Lately i’ve been producing longer short stories in the 4-5,000 word category.
Today’s opening is here;
http://storyadayseptember2015.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/dark-gloomy-forest.html
I’d definitely read on!
Not sure this one came out the way I pictured it…
http://susan-reads.blogspot.com/2015/09/heroine.html
I enjoyed it 🙂
Another great prompt! It’s taken me entirely too long to get this right, but I’m quite pleased with the result: https://sonyca.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/into-the-trees/.
Ooh creepy! He better run for it. 😀
Indeed! thank you 🙂
I’m not sure how to introduce today’s story. It’s sort of fantasy, but it’s also just sort of weird. Anyhow, you can read it here: https://storiesbystolle.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/day-5-if-at-first-you-succeed. The password is 5. Hopefully, better writing days are ahead.
Here is today’s story: http://writerishramblings.com/2015/09/05/story-a-day-challenge-day-5-the-assignment/
I love forest settings. I may have to make a longer story with this prompt!
Hello,
my attempt at today’s prompt can be found at, https://angietrafford.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/story-a-day-dark-forest/
feel free to drop me any kind of comment 🙂
Well done Angie, I was surprised how dark that turned out, after a fairly friendly start. I noticed one mistake which your Dragon dictation may be responsible for, near the end you have “I am sorry, there is no way that I could have known him penny feet what I was doing.”