Coming ready or not!
Here’s the fourth and final part of the Carrot Ranch 2020 Rodeo TUFF contest. How are you going with your story? There’s still time to complete all stages if you’re not done yet.
Good luck, writers!
Did you stay in the saddle for the full ride? Or are you here to slide under the fence, last minute? Either way, Rodeo Writers, you’ve TUFFed it out and we have arrived at our final challenge.
TUFF (The Ultimate Flash Fiction) is a progressive form that takes you from draft to revision through several word reductions — 99, 59, 9, 99. Each step has had a twist along the way as the TUFF contest has unfolded:
- TUFF Part One (99-word draft)
- TUFF Part Two (59-word reduction)
- TUFF Part Three (9-word reduction)
The final twist in the contest involves an additional trope. The first draft included the tropes for western and romance. Tropes are elements that define a genre or theme. In this contest, we have used tropes as themes. Now, we will add a final trope as a prop.
PART FOUR TWIST
A prop can be gold in…
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Norah Colvin 
This is TUFF lol. Looking forward to reading some of the transformations 🙂
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I agree, Debby. Are you having a go at TUFF or any of the other contests this year?
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I hopped onto Colleen’s poetry challenge. I didn’t have the ‘head’ capacity for this one at this time, but always nice to read how writers transformed in each stage. 🙂
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I think Colleen’s challenge was quite fun. I enjoyed giving that a go. I hope you do well, Debby. You usually do well with her Tuesday challenges.
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Thanks Norah. There are some terrific writers in all these competitions – like you too. ❤
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Thank you, Debby.
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The fun of all the funs, Norah.
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That’s about it, Miriam. 🙂
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🙂 🙂
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Riding down the final stretch! Thanks for sharing, Norah!
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My pleasure, Charli. 🙂
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