Charli’s Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction prompt:
April 30, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that features long boards. They can be used in any way you imagine, including a name for sporting equipment. How are they used and who is using them? Go where the prompt leads!
The Board
Jonah let himself into his house and popped his keys on the sideboard when a strangled grunt of a noise startled him. It came from the living room.
He dropped the bags and rushed in to find his mother laying on her stomach, or rather, hovering, on her arms and feet.
“Mum! What’s the matter?” He went to help her up.
“Go… away… Jonah… I… am… trying… to… do… a… two… minute… long… board…” She struggled for breath, before the alarm beeped on her phone.
He laughed as she collapsed onto the floor. “Board? Oh, you mean a plank?”
But I Smile Anyway... 
May 04, 2020 @ 05:00:07
Ha, ha! I’m going to think of planks as long boards now! Great pacing and humor, Ritu!
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May 04, 2020 @ 07:40:08
Thank you, Charli! It’s something my mum would confuse and say, too!! 😁
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May 03, 2020 @ 12:57:33
Very funny. At first I thought you would follow Hitchcock’s humor. Lol Best wishes, Michael
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May 03, 2020 @ 13:19:56
Instead it was plain old Ritu humour 🤣
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May 03, 2020 @ 13:21:48
😉
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May 03, 2020 @ 00:27:46
That was really funny! Well done, Ritu.
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May 03, 2020 @ 00:46:53
It gave me a giggle to write!
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May 03, 2020 @ 01:10:08
We all need to giggle! 😀
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May 03, 2020 @ 09:41:57
100%!
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May 03, 2020 @ 12:13:45
😀
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May 02, 2020 @ 00:12:07
Ha! Great take on the prompt, Ritu!
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May 02, 2020 @ 10:11:17
Needed a giggle after writing nearly 6k today… Not my WIP, but a short story!
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May 03, 2020 @ 01:22:24
Yay, short stories–6K is no joke. Well done!
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May 03, 2020 @ 09:42:35
Added another one yesterday which was shorter, but still nearly 2.5k! And a few more words on my WIP!
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May 03, 2020 @ 15:29:48
You’ve broken through! I took an online writing class yesterday, which had us generate little pieces–very helpful to have someone say “now go” and know that I had 8 minutes to write and do nothing else. Now I need to go and do with my MSS!
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May 03, 2020 @ 17:21:53
And today… I’ve now written over 10k in 3 days!!! 💜😳
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May 01, 2020 @ 23:53:20
That would be me… boarding instead of planking
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May 01, 2020 @ 23:53:37
He he!!!!
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May 01, 2020 @ 22:30:04
Lol I like doing a plank 💜
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May 01, 2020 @ 23:09:06
Me too!!!
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May 01, 2020 @ 21:48:15
Ha ha. Love that. She must have been ‘flat packed’
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May 01, 2020 @ 21:55:17
He he!!!
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May 01, 2020 @ 21:48:11
Rita, a hilarious use of your 99 words!
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May 01, 2020 @ 21:50:18
It was the first thing that came to mind!!! 🤣
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