Category: Original Fiction
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Conversation Between a Writer and His Reluctant Main Character
Main Character: Sorry, not going to do it. Writer: What do you mean you’re not going to do it? MC: I think that statement is abundantly clear. I’m not going to climb out the window and leap from the building. Writer: But you’re being chased. It’s the only option. Besides, it’s too late. I already wrote that scene. You…
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A Few Words of My Own
A couple years ago, on a blog far, far away, I invited readers to send me a word or phrase that I could use as the basis for a short story. Readers sent me words like “cheesecake” and “dragonfly” and “rick-rack.” I wrote a story for each. But there was this one reader who thought…