February #BlogBattle: Axiomatic

/ Gary

February 2024 Blog Battle

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Our word this month is:

Axiomatic

You can start writing at any time, but make sure you post your story by the

16th of February

to have a link shared here and on social media.

Once you’ve posted your story to your blog, put a link to it in the comments section, and we’ll add your story to the Battle Stories Line-up post that goes live the 3rd Friday of the month (the same as the post-by date).

Make sure to check back and read some of the stories of your fellow battlers. Leave comments to encourage these writers. And go a step further in supporting one another by sharing each other’s stories on your own blog or social media, whatever you’re most comfortable with!

Basic Rules:

The Prompt Word will be given the First FRIDAY of every month.

Post your story by the 3rd Friday of the same month (this is the same date as the Stories post goes live).

RULES

  1. Up to 2000 words max (give or take a few).
  2. Fictional tale (or true if you really want, but see rule 8 first).
  3. Any genre that fits within PG-13 (or less). Please keep this family friendly.
  4. Your story must contain the randomly chosen word(s) and/or be centred around the word meaning in a way that shows it is clearly related.
  5. Go for the entertainment value and have fun.
  6. Put a link back to your #BlogBattle Short Story in the comments section.
  7. Please tweet and otherwise share your battler buddies’ stories across social media. (Use the #BlogBattle when using the platform formally know as Twitter so that we can cross-share. and otherwise share your battler buddies’ stories across social media.
  8. Avoid opinionizing your piece or associating it with a real person. i.e. if you have strong religious or political views then do not use them as a storyline to avoid indirectly insulting anyone or creating an argument.
Any photos included with the prompt are only for your benefit as a pinch of inspiration. They don’t need to dictate your theme or story genre. Only the Word of the Month counts! Photos are thanks to public domain photo sharing sites like Unsplash and Pixabay.

48 thoughts on “February #BlogBattle: Axiomatic”

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          • The good ones’ influences do tend to try and sneak in, don’t they? I guess that why they are ‘The Good Ones’
            In an attempt to get my voice I resort to throwing other genres into the mix. That said putting in Rom-Com and John Le Carre-ish atmospheres can lead to some head scratching and ‘What The….’ interludes when it comes to a re-read and editing….
            And the inevitable re-write, re-re-write and so forth.
            Ah well. Would we have it any other way?

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          • Scary thought, rom-com is so not my writing genre. That said the backlist of todo a is as bad as my mate Austin on YouTube @alternativeguitars.

            The good ones do stick. I need to create some of my own 🤣

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          • I can’t keep rom-com out of my themes. Sick and tired of party of Humanity’s ceaseless search for reasons to Hate and Abuse, thrill seeking reading about cruelty and selective outrage making prejudice.
            Including rom-com (with a bit of an edge) and upbeat endings into my books are palliatives.

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          • Haha, mines RomPol. As in political angst. The relationship between Elijah and Raenisa and maybe the one here you have yet to read! I shall wager that you’ll find that a WTF one.

            Mind you I have explored many variants of MH and stuff in other books, Assent of Rose Marie Gray, Black Marsh and The Paradox Man. Most are yet to be read by anyone but me 🙄

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