This weeks Flash! Friday asked us to use themes from Anna Karenina. I chose to use man vs self and tradition as the central themes of my story this week. Here is this weeks prompt. I used it metaphorically rather than literally!Scene from “Anna Karenina,” 1914 Russian film by Vladimir Gardin. Photo is in the public domain … More Flash Fridays – July 31st
This weeks Flash! Friday was based off the story collection The Arabian Nights. I only loosely used the elements this week as I somehow landed on the concept below and couldn’t resist using it for my story. The elements I chose were Justice and Ancient Persia. I didn’t use the photo prompt this week, but here … More Flash Fridays – July 24th
This weeks Flash!Friday is based on the classic novel 1984. The themes I chose to incorporate in my story were a character that’s a historian and the conflict of man vs society (government). Here is the optional picture prompt which I loosely incorporated: Riot Police. CC2.0 photo by Thomas Hawk. Old School Romantic The lady in … More Flash Fridays – July 17th
This weeks Flash! Friday was based around the elements from Charlie and the chocolate factory. The ones I chose to incorporate into my story were conflict (man vs man) and theme (you reap what you sow). I didn’t really incorporate the optional photo prompt this week, but here it is for posterity’s sake: Chemical Factory. CC2.0 photo by Astrid … More Flash Fridays – July 10th
Flash! Fridays has an all new setup from this week onwards. Now, in addition to the (optional) photo prompt, we are given several elements of a famous novel to act as inspiration and we select two to incorporate. This week was one of my all time favourite novels, the Count of Monte Cristo, and the … More Flash Fridays – July 3rd
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