The Story:
Set in a 1950s French village, during Lent, and based on a novel of the same name (author- Joanne Harris), Chocolat is the story of a "pagan" heroine Vianne and her battle against a repressive mayor Reynaud, who encapsulates the fear of change. No prizes for guessing the winner here, friends. It's the time of Chocolat!
But hey, we can put this story right behind us and allow the imagination to run wild!
The Possibilities:
Chocolat has many possible interpretations - base your flash on the confection itself, a chocolate shop, a café, a 1950's setting, France or French cuisine, a suspected witch, a character with magical powers/recipes, a romance between two disparate or the outsider versus insiders theme, settlers versus nomads, prejudice, morality, hedonism, entrepreneurship, Lent, Easter and resurrection - or spring festivals from other parts of the world. So many ways to go and get creative!
As always, over to you.
Post - August 16 - 18 2023
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CRITIQUE PRIZE - 10k word critique
Submissions close on or before the end of December ‘23. So get your thinking caps on!
Nila is in charge of bringing this baby home. She has produced an Anthology Page. Check it our HERE.
All challenge winners are automatically invited to submit.
Anyone involved in WEP in the past is invited to submit.
You are invited to submit a flash fiction piece of between 500 words min - 1,000 words max to our upcoming anthology. This will be a work of prose fiction – no poetry, although a poem may be included within your predominately prose story.
All stories submitted will be written to the theme of Gone! Gone! Gone! Check the new Anthology Page to have your questions about the theme answered.
We aim to publish a high-quality eBook and print book. If your entry is accepted, you will be asked to perform further self-edits and the editorial team will do any final editing. WEP's raison d'etre is to improve writing, so the writing must be well edited and excellent overall.
Don't forget to go to the new Anthology Page to read the full details!
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WEP movie #writingprompt August 2023s "Chocolat" @DeniseCCovey @YolandaRenee @SoniaDogra16 @jemifraser https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/2023/07/wep-august-challenge-chocolat-post.html Sign up & post-August 16th thru18th! #amwriting #flashfiction #WEPFF #poetry #nonfiction
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We at WEP have high hopes for the Chocolat prompt. The team loves it, how could you not? Please get those thinking caps on and write for us! And we'd be delighted to know if you intend to submit to our very first anthology.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be mega delightful!
DeleteNilanjana Bose commented on "SUBMIT TO WEP's FIRST ANTHOLOGY - RELEASE IN 2024"
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Thank you! We have our first submissions! So excited to be part of this!
Yes, totally awesome!
DeleteSonia, Denise! Kudos, this is such a beautiful and informative post. And how awesome - entries for the anthology, Congratulations, Nila.
ReplyDeleteJust a hint, consuming chocolate while writing for this challenge - soooo.... inspiring!!! :)
We're all relishing the thought!
DeleteThank you, Yolanda! We look forward to reading some awesome entries.
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You sure know how to entice a woman. Thanks for dropping by so that I can munch on this. I saw the movie, Chocolat, and it was, in one word, hot!
ReplyDeleteYes it was delish! I'm hoping we get some sweet, maybe hot stories for this challenge! Nice to hear from you again. Was deja vu when I saw your name somewhere!
DeleteI'm intrigued...and I really should be writing more...
ReplyDeleteYou're most welcome to write here, Elizabeth. What a sweet topic!
DeleteI've posted my links as I won't get to my laptop in the next 2 days.
ReplyDeleteExcited to read!
DeleteSorry I'm late to the party - just realized it was Wednesday! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy to see you, Jemi. Excited to read your piece.
DeleteHello. I posted my contribution late, but I'm having trouble adding my link.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm looking forward to attempting an entry into the anthology. I miss steady writing and this looks intriguing. I'll read all the other participants to this prompt by the end of the weekend.
Thanks for the writing opportunity,.
Hello! Welcome to the WEP and thank you for participating. I've added your link here and we look forward to reading you here, as well as for the anthology.
DeleteI wasn't able to comment on Roland Clarke's post. I love how his story incorporates the horrors of war with the joys of everyday life, depicting a brave populace making the best of a difficult situation.
ReplyDeleteI love what Roland is doing with the prompts. As you rightly said, his story incorporates the horrors of war with simple everyday joys.
DeleteWordPress blogs don't like me tonight. This was my response to Shilpe Gupta's post:
ReplyDeleteI like the have and have not contrasts. The story said a lot in a few words. However, at least in first-world countries, many larger people are food-insecure while svelte well-to-do individuals able to afford gym memberships and personal trainers are more likely to be the ones savoring a decadent dessert. As someone who has suffered a lot of bias because of my size, I am not comfortable with the depiction of fat people as gluttons.
I thought I'd broken the curse, but then I was unable to comment on Pat Garcia's post. She gave us a powerful story and history lesson all in one.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about Wordpress acting weird. Thank you for sharing your valuable comments here.
DeleteHuge thanks to all the contributors. I think I have read and commented on every post - and thoroughly enjoyed myself. If I have missed anyone, please let me know.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your wonderful support!
DeleteI was cruising smooth with the commenting, but I hit a pothole when I came to Bernadette Braganza's blog. Here are my thoughts about her story.
ReplyDeleteI always like those little chocolate coins that get put in Christmas stockings. These days I'd be content with those. And some money. ;-)
Another one of those potholes when commenting on Sonia Droga's blog.
ReplyDeleteI think anyone who has ever helped care for an aging, infirm parent knows the feeling of that twist at the end of the poem. My own father went from being a professor of literature and humanities to a terrified soul with the cognitive abilities of a three-year-old thanks to his vascular dementia.
Thank you for reading. Sorry about your dad. As children, it's always a tough battle.
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