Category: Adda Tales

The excitement and rush that creating a new story bring is a feeling that is pretty incomparable. And when the inspiration for writing is thrilling in itself, no one can stop a double dhamaka! That’s what this week’s #AddaTales prompt did – it gave you an adrenaline inducing prompt to write about, and the story that followed made all our creative dreams come true! The prompt was ‘I crouched behind the car, trying not to make a sound‘, and people on Twitter created multiple threads of stories that took wildly different directions. One great story stood out from all the good ones, so read it below and tell us about the kind of ride it took you on in the comments section below!

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This Saturday is the first weekend after monsoon showering us in full earnest. It is obvious that #AddaTales also got its first taste of this amazing season with the prompt – “It was the first rainfall of the season..“ and our readers instantly kneaded their imagination with a pinch of love. As soon as the first raindrops blow their kiss, our hearts starts fluttering with butterflies in our stomach. Love birds come out of their hiding nests as Cupid waltzes with the clouds. Taking some inspiration from the beautiful weather outside, our participants concocted another love saga catalyzed by the first shower of the season. Read on and fall in love as we unveil a warm romance brewing up under the rain.

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Why do we need Father’s Day? Because it turns the normally distant and formal relationship with fathers all mushy and loving, and we definitely need more of that! As we grow up, we refrain from being affectionate with our fathers, and dads also feel awkward to express their love for their kids. We ask ‘Why?’ If moms can get hugs, so can dads! So last week (which was Father’s Day weekend), our #AddaTales prompt did just that – prompt you to go hug your dad! We asked people on Twitter to start a story that will end with ‘I hugged my dad’. Read below the best story that we saw, a story about love between a father and a son.

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#AddaTales put the words on fire bringing out the mythical dragon to life, this Saturday. We all grew up listening to the most mystifying dragon stories, completely awestruck by the power of the magical creature. Sadly, we just see aeroplanes flying over us, and dragons are limited to our imagination and movie screens. With today’s #AddaTales prompt: ‘And you thought dragons didn’t exist’, the fearsome creature came alive, breathing fire through Twitter. As was expected, we all were astounded by the end result – a spine chilling collaboration where thoughts spread their scaly wings and took flight.

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Every story has a seed, a small spark from which it bursts forth, taking various shapes and filling the canvas of our consciousness. True storytellers will know what we’re talking about. This seed can be planted anywhere, by anyone. At BlogAdda, we love planting these seeds and seeing the fascinating stories that take root in the blogosphere. OK, enough with the botanical references, what we’re talking about here is #AddaTales. Today we’ll tell you how to make the best of #AddaTales.

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This Thursday sneaked out of the corner, whispering its own hidden stories with #AddaTales. As the much needed weekend advances towards us, things became really ‘sneaky’ with another prompt that got all our Twitter buddies thinking out loud. With this week’s prompt being – “He sneaked the packet into his bag and ran…”, our weekly cult of telling tales took some suspicious turns as our participants wove a thriller that had us on the edge of our seats every second. With every riveting addition, we remained glued to the screens with a “What next?” written on our face. We push the rewind button, collecting all the hair-raising pieces together to recreate the stirring story that our Twitter novelists formed a few moments ago! Stay put and let the thriller begin.

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