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<div><h3>A TKL Mega Mashup Response…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*lLhwg-OfJ5dqBAw9)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="21cc">Now, the prompts!</p><h2 id="74bf">Main Theme (Worth 2 points, flip a coin or choose one!):</h2><h2 id="2c05">Prompt #1:</h2><p id="aa2d" type="7">Your hero is drunk!</p><p id="7f32">How will the rest of the story play out with an inebriated hero?</p><h2 id="b24c">Prompt #2:</h2><p id="8d06" type="7">Your hero drinks a potion, but it doesn’t have the intended effect!</p><p id="cbd3">Was it supposed to be a healing potion that made her invisible? Perhaps a potion of giant strength that gives him the power of levitation!</p><h2 id="0899">Constraints: Worth 1 point each (Choose 4 or roll 4 6-sided dice):</h2><ul><li>Start a bar fight!</li><li>Somebody doesn’t pay the bill!</li><li>A pool cue (or a pool queue?)</li><li>An unsanitary beverage container (a boot, the toilet, ect)</li><li>Start a fire 🔥</li><li>Use a fantastic ingredient selected from the image above (tell me what it is!)</li></ul><h2 id="219f">Hardcore Constraint: Worth 2 points (Flip a coin or choose one):</h2><ul><li>Smash a bottle over someone’s head!</li><li>Sober up with a slap to the face!</li></ul><h2 id="a765">Literary Device: Worth 5 points:</h2><ul><li>Write a <a href="https://www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/hamlet-the-play-within-the-play">play within a play</a>! (Or a story inside a story)</li></ul><h2 id="1d72">Rules:</h2><ol><li>Write a story based on one of the main prompts.</li><li>Include as many of the constraints in your story as possible.</li><li>Keep your story between 100–1000 words.</li><li>Use the tag “<a href="https://medium.com/tag/mashups">Mashups</a>” so we can easily find your story.</li><li>Tag me <a href="https://readmedium.com/250bf5199e1b?source=post_page-----bd864521d852--------------------------------">Jonathon Sawyer</a> because I love a full inbox! I will also highlight your stories in the next Mash-Up!</li><li>Publish wherever you want but consider <a href="https://medium.com/the-kraken-lore">The Kraken Lore.</a></li><li>Challenge your favorite hero to this Mash-Up or a future one! I challenge <a href="">H.R. Parker</a> to a drunken Mashup duel!!!</li><li>Add a section that tallies up your points at the end of your story. (<i>Worth 1 BONUS point</i>)</li></ol><p id="97cc" type="7">Get Kraken and see you in 2 weeks!</p></article></body>

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Monday Mash-Up #30

Story writing prompts to spark your creativity!

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Welcome back, Kraken Crew!

What with the fires and the floods, and Russian lunar probes crashing into the Moon, I thought it’d be nice to gather round the hearth at our local tavern and reminisce over a pint of ale about some of the great stories we’ve had here at The Kraken Lore this month!

We had a blast at Medium Day with a timed Mash-Up, complete with banter, singing, and more. Check out the prompt here. And read the results of the Round-Up here.

Highlights of Past Contributions:

Rayne Sanning wrote a phenomenal tale of greatness so amazing that she had to split it into 3 parts so as not to overload my tiny brain! Here’s the first part below!

She broke up the points over the three parts, and my memory struggled to keep a tally, but I’m pretty sure she scored 50 points. Go count them yourself if you don’t believe me.

Cathylouise managed a whole dungeon experience for 14 dangerous points!

Colleen Millsteed debuts her Mashup with a brilliant 14 points!

Do you like mushrooms? I don’t! But after reading this story by JF Danskin… I still don’t! 14 points!

Jonathon Sawyer met the challenge to write his Medium Day Mega Mash-Up response, and ratted out 10 measly points.

Diana Thorland likewise completed the same challenge, but scored better: 11 points!

Now, the prompts!

Main Theme (Worth 2 points, flip a coin or choose one!):

Prompt #1:

Your hero is drunk!

How will the rest of the story play out with an inebriated hero?

Prompt #2:

Your hero drinks a potion, but it doesn’t have the intended effect!

Was it supposed to be a healing potion that made her invisible? Perhaps a potion of giant strength that gives him the power of levitation!

Constraints: Worth 1 point each (Choose 4 or roll 4 6-sided dice):

  • Start a bar fight!
  • Somebody doesn’t pay the bill!
  • A pool cue (or a pool queue?)
  • An unsanitary beverage container (a boot, the toilet, ect)
  • Start a fire 🔥
  • Use a fantastic ingredient selected from the image above (tell me what it is!)

Hardcore Constraint: Worth 2 points (Flip a coin or choose one):

  • Smash a bottle over someone’s head!
  • Sober up with a slap to the face!

Literary Device: Worth 5 points:

Rules:

  1. Write a story based on one of the main prompts.
  2. Include as many of the constraints in your story as possible.
  3. Keep your story between 100–1000 words.
  4. Use the tag “Mashups” so we can easily find your story.
  5. Tag me Jonathon Sawyer because I love a full inbox! I will also highlight your stories in the next Mash-Up!
  6. Publish wherever you want but consider The Kraken Lore.
  7. Challenge your favorite hero to this Mash-Up or a future one! I challenge H.R. Parker to a drunken Mashup duel!!!
  8. Add a section that tallies up your points at the end of your story. (Worth 1 BONUS point)

Get Kraken and see you in 2 weeks!

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