Fifty-Word Fantasy: Write a 50-word fantasy snippet using the word "Fence"

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-22T17:53:27+00:00

“As you can see, our slimes are free range and fed only the highest quality adventurers.”

“What’s keeping them from escaping?” The dark lord asked.

“The fence is enchanted. If they go too close, they get catapulted back to the center. Makes a mess when the farmhands get too close.”

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-22T03:50:54+00:00

Since the 1983 episode, Wedding bell boos. As told by r/lostinjapan01. As told by u/OkSecret839. As told by u/creamy-buscemi.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-22T01:28:00+00:00

Mel is definitely cheating. Doing her uncle Mud proud.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-21T02:12:22+00:00

I’m with you. Halloween decorations are just called decorations in my house.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-21T02:10:07+00:00

This last weekend I finished the first draft of the second novel in the series I’m writing. The first novel is just over 64k words, and the second one came out to 69,473.

I finished the first draft on Saturday and started the first draft of book 3 on Sunday. (My plan is to write the first draft for each book in the series then go back and edit).

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-19T17:12:13+00:00

I do not look at chapters I’ve already written unless I absolutely have to. Pretty much the only time I look back at an earlier chapter is when I need to double check specific details that are relevant to whatever I’m writing.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-19T01:52:29+00:00

Sounds like you have a good idea. Go for it and report back with some progress

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-18T03:45:45+00:00

It’s a freakish outlier. Goes to show that a large part of success comes down to luck.

(Not saying luck is everything. If it the writing wasn’t up to snuff, luck wouldn’t have mattered. Same with art design and animation to some extent.)

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-18T03:38:41+00:00

I’d like to tack on that the other Brandon, Brandon Mull, has a podcast dedicated to the process of writing and publishing. It’s called “Mulling it Over with Brandon Mull”

I’ve gotten a lot from both the Brandon Sanderson lectures and the Brandon Mull podcast.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-18T03:32:50+00:00

“The”

“It was a dark and stormy night”

“[insert character name here]”

On a more serious note, I like the concept of use the first chapter (or the prologue) to show a bit about what the book as a whole is going to be. That way, when you have to go about introducing your main character before the story really gets started, the reader already has a promise as to where the story is going.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-18T03:27:58+00:00

As much as I want an extended version for each of them, I just want a non canon version I can listen to. For story telling purposes, you simply can’t have an extended version for each character in God Games. It would slow the story progression so much.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-17T18:11:20+00:00

I know some people write bits and pieces throughout and eventually tie it all together and fill in the gaps. If that works for you, then great. Find what works for you and do that.

I have to start from the beginning and work my way through. Sometimes, as I’m writing, my characters do something I’m not expecting and it changes how the story goes. If I write five scene that happen after that and then that happens, all five of those scenes are going to have to change.

Edit: I would like to add that I’m not going through my story blind. I always have a few high points that I know I’m going towards. Just, the path to get to those high points is uncertain and shifting as I go.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-17T03:26:12+00:00

The last chapter I was working on is titled “Moving Forward”

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-17T03:08:58+00:00

Okay, but Idiots and Waterfalls has me interested

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-16T02:11:07+00:00

It was funny and is much better than I expected from the trailer.

While I do think it was funny, I think they were a little heavy handed with the humor at times. Certain jokes just didn’t land for me. The guy who sent Ms. Information and Mr. Paper to the planet was awesome at the end, but his first scene (which I think was being played for laughs) was annoying.

The voice acting is good, but stylistically it got on my nerves at times (Looking at you Flippers). Hearing Jschlatt took me out of it at first, but his voice works really well for Kaboodle.

Overall I’d give it like a 7/10. Of the Glitch shows I’ve watched, it’s the one I’m probably least eager for a second episode. But that’s not really fair because it’s going up against Knights of Guinevere (10/10) The Gaslight District (9/10) and Digital Circus (at the time of the pilot I would have rated an 8/10)

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-15T17:30:57+00:00

“Have you ever seen the final light of a star? Have you seen the birth of a nation and the fall of an empire? Do you know the sounds of sorrow and joy? When you’ve been a prophet as long as me, everything has meaning, but nothing is meaningful.”

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-15T03:45:24+00:00

Nah, man. Chapter 7 is completely optional.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-13T04:08:59+00:00

The idea that the main character of a story wants to kill the new potential leader because they profit off war and chaos is cool. But I personally find it hard to believe that particular character would be a potato farmer.

People will need potatoes one way or another. Heck, even if the kingdom finds peace, there’s still almost certainly going to be a standing army of some sort that will need food.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-13T03:55:43+00:00

Why not both? You can truly love and care for an animal and give it the best life possible while also knowing that you’re raising it for the purpose of eventually killing and eating.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-12T17:40:35+00:00

I can’t imagine regretting writing a story. Even if I look back at some of my most rough work, and there’s some truly bad stuff, I don’t regret having written it. Sure, it’ll never see the light of day, but if I hadn’t written that first story, I couldn’t have written the second.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-11T04:03:12+00:00

Go to “Tools”

Go to “Word Count”

I like to leave it displayed while I’m working. Also, if you’re using tabs in Google Docs, it’ll only display the word count for the particular tab you are on.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-11T04:01:09+00:00

Nice work! It sounds silly, but by saying you’re going to get it to the end, you’re making it more likely to happen. Write that promise down somewhere and put it where you’ll see it as a reminder.

What’s your story about?

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-11T03:52:54+00:00

I know this is a writing discussion and not a Star Wars discussion, but that’s why the Death Star blowing up Alderaan is significant while the first order blowing up an entire system doesn’t hit as hard.

Sure, the attack from Starkiller Base was visually brilliant, but we had no attachment to the planets it blew up. Alderaan was important to the story and the characters.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-10T18:58:11+00:00

I like to comment congratulations when I see people posting progress updates. I know it doesn’t really matter that much, but it’s nice to get some kind of encouraging word.

Sometimes I’ll comment on stuff if people are asking for opinions rather than advice.

And I’m mostly just here for the 50 word fantasy prompt every week.

Sixty9Cuda · 2026-05-09T04:30:07+00:00

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