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A Thousand Words
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What can you do with a thousand words?
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specialsomething181,000 wordsIt Was Love53293This is for mysonesecret's One Thousand Words Challenge. Attempting to write a more emotional story.
Urban Mecha1,000 wordsSanctuary24103Everyone’s favorite big titty wolf gf and her boyfriend get away for a small retreat
AutumnyAcorn1,000 wordsImperfect World812858You dig her ear. She digs yours. That shows all the trust
YesorYesnt1,000 wordsMardy Bum371514Written for mysonesecret's 1000 word challenge! I hope it's acceptable :)
rd02656671,000 wordsWriting a short story for the challenge, and about dreams. Because nobody gets hurt in dreams
bunn | 般若1,020 wordsIn Another Life129671549A water nymph finds you grieving by a river and tries to dream you a better life. She gets three attempts.
Ducktoo1,169 wordsDo you like me?9243112Is the power of a succubus make you yearn for your wife, or is it genuine adoration?
yujinholic915 wordsJimin231173Seven years and a coffee mug. Recommended listening: IU-밤편지 (Through the Night)
orenji1,000 wordsif these walls could talk1064697chaewon's cheating ass needs you for some random reason
octoberautumnbox1,006 wordsfull title: Optimus and Megatron (Like a Shoebox of Photographs with Sepia-Toned Loving)
seorreality1,000 wordsEvery Step of the Way401569As Jieun worships your body in the present, you remember the life, love, and loss that brought you here.
Jorge1071,000 wordsMore Than Enough1334Life gets shitty but plz remember we are all more than enough
TheReturnofTheBlueBird1,000 wordsThe dinner30107After your collaborations became successful, Sana invites you to dinner to ask you something.
xndrpndr1,000 wordsAnniversary11048138Tradition tends to dominate this particular morning with Yujin. What if it just... didn't? (Yet.)
NakkoMinju950 wordsToxic40226You help Chaeyoung practice her solo dance cover for the upcoming concert.
Valentine Drifter1,000 wordsSnippets — Chapter 12: Breaks254546422579Who's that one girl who keeps ordering an iced cafe latte?
RedFox1,029 wordsThe Words I Never Said14268221There are two types of regret: one for the things you've done and the other for what you never did.
Hi Fanprosers! In a few days, I’ll be away on vacation for a bit, so I wanted to run a Challenge while I’m gone.
Despite the craze around Photocards, Fanprose is first and foremost a platform for writers and readers to share our love and passion for fanfiction in a safe, cozy, and supportive space. And while we’re all so wonderfully different and unique from one another in terms of writing styles and our tastes vary so drastically, storytelling—to me—is ultimately about the emotions we feel as humans when we read the words on a page. And in a world where we’re all separated by screens of blue light thousands of miles away from each other, words are all we have to connect with one another. Through words we laugh, bond, cry, and sometimes even fight. Through words we form friendships, create memories, build communities, and grow together.
So today, I challenge you!
In only 1,000 words, how much can you make a reader feel?
Rules & Guidelines
Submit a story (or chapter) that is approximately 1,000 words.
Your story does not need to be newly written for this Challenge.
The genre and characters are completely up to you!
You will have until the end of May to submit, so don’t rush! Low wordcount does not mean quick and easy—in fact, it’s quite the opposite! Choose your words carefully, you don’t have that many to spare.
Submissions will be open early, so readers may follow along before the Challenge ends.
Writers of all skill levels are invited to participate! Please don’t be shy!
AI-generated stories will be disqualified from this challenge—it’s only 1,000 words and I want to feel things, please write it yourself.
Prizes
I will choose four winners who made me feel the most of the following emotions: 😂 ☺️ 😭 😳
A fifth winner will be chosen based on the community votes as their favorite submission.
Readers will be allowed to vote up to 3 participants.
All five winners will receive any Photocard of their choice from the Gallery from any tier aside from Celestial (because hey—we may be writing first, b-but the pocas…)
This Challenge is about honing your craft and pushing your limits as a writer; on being able to be efficient with your words while still drawing out emotions from readers. But most importantly, I hope you have fun and learn something about yourself, about writing, and about other authors along the way!
<3
Announcements (2)
polls are up for readers to vote for their favorite submissions! vote up to 3~
hi everyone! this challenge will close out at 11:59pm PST tomorrow (may 28th)~
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Wait who were all the winners
Hi this is my first time trying a challnege, just applied to join, how do I submit?
@WashedUp hiii sorry i didn’t see this! there would’ve been a “submit” button at the bottom of the page!
time to pray
Is there a bug with word counts why is everyones fic exactly a thousand words 😭
@J Muns Minmax
@J Muns I see 1k i write 1k
@Okay said I only had an hour to write it
@Fozzy Lol
A picture speaks a thousand word I’m just going to submit a picture
@IUtachi genius
@IUtachi Jeff is fuming to this comment i believe
@IUtachi ok I chuckled a little with this one
What about the goon emotion
@J Muns What about the ban Jmuns options
@J Muns the emotigoon
yeah. okay
WHAT
you had me at poca