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efined">Ben Ulansey</a>, and <a href="undefined">Kathy K</a> with 9 points; <a href="undefined">Kirsty Mackay</a>, <a href="undefined">Jim McDonald</a>, and <a href="undefined">Micheal Woodruff</a> with 8 points!</li></ul><p id="c752">There you go! More points than you can shake a stick at! But if you’re desperate for even more points, TOO BAD! Points are now reset, so jump onboard and rack up those fresh-baked points early!</p><p id="d5c2">Without further ado, the prompts!</p><h2 id="3a7a">Prompt #1 (2 points):</h2><p id="b268" type="7">Well-meaning children try to surprise a guardian for their birthday</p><p id="400d">Is it an exploding cake? A breakfast-in-bed disaster?</p><h2 id="fce7">Prompt #2 (2 points):</h2><p id="0134" type="7">A documentary filmmaker follows a bizarre wolfpack in their native habitat</p><p id="40f7">Are all the wolves Game of Thrones characters? Do they make peculiar animal noises? Do they eat dinner with forks and knives?</p><h2 id="15b4">Constraints: (Worth 1 bonus point each)</h2><ul><li>Blurry vision</li><li>An apple</li><li>An old copy of the New York Times</li><li>Stonehenge</li></ul><h2 id="44af">Hardcore Constraint: (Worth 2 bonus points)</h2><ul><li>An unlikely thing explodes!</li></ul><h2 id="fba9">Literary Device: (Worth a MEGA 5 bonus points!)</h2><ul><li>Declare an <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archetype">Archetype</a> within your story, then break it! (Ex: A knight in shining armor

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is found to be a rude slob!)</li></ul><h2 id="d4a9">Rules:</h2><ol><li>Write a story based on one of the two main prompts.</li><li>Include as many of the constraints in your story as possible.</li><li>Use the tag “Mashups”. This is the easiest way for our editors to find you to score your submission!</li><li>Keep your story between 100–1000 words.</li><li>Tag me @ Sawyer . Jon (no spaces) <a href="undefined">Jonathon Sawyer</a> so that I can read it and credit you for points in the next Mash-Up, please!</li><li>Challenge your fellow writers. I challenge <a href="undefined">Jim McDonald</a> and <a href="undefined">Sonja Glucksberg</a> to get a head start on the new Leaderboard!</li><li>Publish where ever you want but consider <a href="https://medium.com/the-kraken-lore">The Kraken Lore.</a></li><li>Add a section that tallies up your points at the end of your story using CTRL+ALT+6 or hit the ` key 3 times (```) on a new line. You can <a href="https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/214672207-Editor-keyboard-shortcuts">look here</a> for instructions. Also, I have written a <a href="https://medium.com/@Sawyer.Jon/642c6784624a">Template</a> for you as an example here. (<i>Worth 1 BONUS point</i>)</li></ol><blockquote id="211d"><p>Don’t miss the current <a href="https://medium.com/the-kraken-lore/monday-mashup/home">Mash-Up</a>! Subscribe to my email list <a href="https://medium.com/@Sawyer.Jon/subscribe">here</a>!</p></blockquote></article></body>

AUTHOR TOOLS | MASH-UP

Monday Mash-Up #12

Story writing prompts to spark your creativity with a challenge

Image created by Author using Nightcafé AI

Happy Monday, Kraken Crew! Can you believe it’s already been 2 weeks since the last Mash-Up?! I feel like someone’s birthday cake exploded all over my kitchen, and now I’m stuck cleaning it up.

But it’s my kitchen, right? And the icing looks so good… *LICK*

Tally of the points earned thus far: (Mash-Ups #7–11)

1st place: Sweet Chaos, Bradan Writes Stories, and JF Danskin with an astounding 58 points!
2nd place: Sonja Glucksberg and Rayne Sanning with 32 points!
3rd place: Jonathon Sawyer with 29 points!
Honorable Mentions: Sieran Lane with 22 points; P. L. Goaway with 18 points; Beth Peterson, Jay C Wells, and Morgan Schmidt with 14 points; Steve Vernon with 10 points; Lonely Book Corner, Ben Ulansey, and Kathy K with 9 points; Kirsty Mackay, Jim McDonald, and Micheal Woodruff with 8 points!

There you go! More points than you can shake a stick at! But if you’re desperate for even more points, TOO BAD! Points are now reset, so jump onboard and rack up those fresh-baked points early!

Without further ado, the prompts!

Prompt #1 (2 points):

Well-meaning children try to surprise a guardian for their birthday

Is it an exploding cake? A breakfast-in-bed disaster?

Prompt #2 (2 points):

A documentary filmmaker follows a bizarre wolfpack in their native habitat

Are all the wolves Game of Thrones characters? Do they make peculiar animal noises? Do they eat dinner with forks and knives?

Constraints: (Worth 1 bonus point each)

Blurry vision
An apple
An old copy of the New York Times
Stonehenge

Hardcore Constraint: (Worth 2 bonus points)

An unlikely thing explodes!

Literary Device: (Worth a MEGA 5 bonus points!)

Declare an Archetype within your story, then break it! (Ex: A knight in shining armor is found to be a rude slob!)

Rules:

Write a story based on one of the two main prompts.
Include as many of the constraints in your story as possible.
Use the tag “Mashups”. This is the easiest way for our editors to find you to score your submission!
Keep your story between 100–1000 words.
Tag me @ Sawyer . Jon (no spaces) Jonathon Sawyer so that I can read it and credit you for points in the next Mash-Up, please!
Challenge your fellow writers. I challenge Jim McDonald and Sonja Glucksberg to get a head start on the new Leaderboard!
Publish where ever you want but consider The Kraken Lore.
Add a section that tallies up your points at the end of your story using CTRL+ALT+6 or hit the ` key 3 times (```) on a new line. You can look here for instructions. Also, I have written a Template for you as an example here. (Worth 1 BONUS point)

Don’t miss the current Mash-Up! Subscribe to my email list here!