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FreeWrite: Betty Likes to Break
sooo,
Now that my first write-a-thon story is drafted, I wanted to cleanse my palette a little before moving on to the next one. Here’s another free-write exercise. 400 words from the pov of a character put in a new situation via a witness protection program.
Betty did bombs. Explosives. Fucking grenades. [...]
FreeWrite: Undiscovered Talent
My goal here was to simply write 500 or so words about an incident between a teacher and a student in which the teacher learns something. Have at it:
“It’s a long way, Mr. Davis.” Meep squinted, peering across the gorge. The west wind fluttered against his eyelids, peeling them back.
“It’s a puddle.” I elbowed him [...]
Read More..>>So, ya. About that.
Have been putting off things and stuff. Procrastination is one of my life’s passions, which is kind of torturous, because at the same time, I have no patience.
Anyway, The whole working for myself thing is going well, but I’m still having trouble with the whole writing for myself thing. I promised myself I would do [...]
Manticore Vs. The Fresh Market
When the lights went out, Kimbo knew where to run. For all his faults, for all his hypocrisy and poorly-clipped ties, he understood the anatomy of a good deed.
This one just happened to have particularly strong jaws.
Wheezing across the grocery store’s squeaking tiles, through the throngs of blindly groping hands, the blasting [...]
sunday night sassafras
Hallo. T’is my first anniversary today so have been celebrating accordingly. i.e. consuming wine and prime rib. Yay Keg! Dan gave me a great book this morning titled “the 3am Epiphany” basically it’s a book of writing exercises – not ideas that are meant to be turned into longer [...]
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