Boy, is the Freewriters community ever hopping these days! Lots of great freewriters are writing with us! A recent returnee, @bennettitalia (of freesongwrite fame), asked about something called "chain fiction." One thing lead to another and, well, I've decided to host another WeWrite contest. It's been too long! My apologies!
Here it is, another unfinished story for y'all to finish, should you care to. The guidelines (these have changed, so read them!) are after your prompt story, which appears below in bold type.
The grillman was grilling the fish, the pantry chef was plating the salad, the tempura was coming along nicely, and those poachers had just dropped 100 quail eggs into the poacher. Crunch time in the kitchen.
The boss, usually a picture of composure and correctness, said something they had never heard him say before.
Don't fuck it up.
"It must be someone really important!" cried the pantry chef, who was on his first shift without his trainer by his side.
The tempura sizzled, starting to turn that perfect golden color.
The eggs were nearly done. The poachers stood at attention with their slotted spoons hovering over the simmering pans.
Everything was ready. It was time to plate the fish.
The grill person lifted the fish carefully from the grill. It was perfectly striped and perfectly cooked. Everything was going along smoothly, a beautiful thing in the kitchen.
Until the pantry chef cried out "I quit!"
And the fish landed on the floor.
I will upvote and reward anyone who finishes the above story. The size and nature (probably hsbi) of the rewards will be determined by the payout of this post and the number of entries.
Contest Guidelines
New! You may continue my story above, or any of the stories written for this contest. Make sure you tag the author of the story you are finishing, and leave us a link to that story if you know how to do that.
use #WeWrite as a tag please, so that we can find your entry.
You may head any direction and/or distance in time and/or space.
Your entry must be posted in The Freewriters Community, hive-161155.
750 word limit
Please leave a link to your entry in the comments on this post.
I hope you don't mind my tagging a few of you to get this started: @deeanndmathews, @carolkean, @felt.buzz, @trucklife-family, @riverflows, @itsostylish, @deirdyweirdy, @wandrnrose7, @myjob, @wakeupkitty
This is also my entry to @mariannewest's daily freewrite challenge. Today's prompt is poachers.
