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Friday Flash 8: Unanswered
I’ve never believed in coincidences. Not in this town. Why you? Why me? Why tonight?
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Idea You Can Steal 12: The Alluring Hunt
Is it too early to say “Happy Halloween?” Doesn’t matter. I already did. And here’s an idea to inspire your late night writing.
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Character vs. Conflict, and Does it Really Matter?
I’m part of a writers’ Facebook group, and a recent discussion centered on the question of which was more important to the story — the characters or the conflict. Many people answered that character is more important. I answered that conflict is more essential. Maybe it’s because I enjoy playing devil’s advocate, but it’s mostly…
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Writing Prompts 10
The spookiest month of the year has arrived! Here are some writing prompts for your bag of treats.
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Friday Flash 7: Doomed
They must know by now. They’ll come for us. Someone will find us. Someone will break in.
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Idea You Can Steal 11: Patient Zero
Ordinarily, I’d make some poetic remark about the leaves changing color and the weather cooling. But the only signs of the season I’ve seen so far are pumpkin spice lattes.
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Writing Prompts 9
It’s back to old routines, and a new season is around the corner. Here are five prompts to kickstart your fall (or spring) writing.
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Idea You Can Steal 10: The Moon’s Champion
August has one more Friday left, so here’s a bonus story idea for you.
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Eight Points of View: Second Person
Throughout this series, I’ve described the relationship the writer has with the story — the roles he assumes to write it. The reader’s relationship to the story has been irrelevant. That’s not the case with our final two points of view: second person and second person observer-narrator. You can even say these points of view…
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Second Person Observer-Narrator: Garrett Morton
You, Dora, and the professor reach the center of the warehouse and enter the strangest room you have ever seen. In the dim light, you can make out hundreds of skulls lining the walls. They must have belonged to Vasco’s previous victims. You knew that Vasco was a monster, and now you have proof.