short story
short story
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by Brenda Craig - 2007-03-30
Typical Morning? I Hope Not!The morning of February 15th, unbeknownst to me at the time, my blender was waiting with evil intentions in mind. I was about to find out that one should never, and I mean ...
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by Dennis Siluk - 2007-04-11
The Poem:Tale of a Heart and SoulThis is an odd story (or tale) to say the least, where I came upon any angry old man once in Garmish Germany, back in '73-. We walked together in the surrounding hills...
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by Christopher Anderson - 2007-06-07
Short stories have not always found their place in great literature. Thanks to great writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, Anton Chekhov and others, short stories have received great notorie...
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by Williemeikle - 2007-11-08
Let's talk about ideas.Ideas exist in a soup in your brain, and like all good soups, ideas need time to stew. The trick is to keep stirring. As the idea churns around in what passes for your cre...
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by Williemeikle - 2007-11-08
In the same way that editors don't want to see an ending they've seen before, equally, there are some story beginnings that have been done to death. Here are ten you shouldn't use.It was a dark ...
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by Williemeikle - 2007-11-08
A logical, satisfying ending is always required in a short story, but how do you ensure that yours is fresh and new? One of the ways is to avoid the obvious. Here are some common endings seen by...
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by Philip Spires - 2008-04-13
We arrived more than two hours later than planned, but the west of England summer light had not yet faded even to dusk. A soft golden glow was just growing across the sunset, which had just tinged a f...
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by Philip Spires - 2008-04-13
A sharp closing of the door left the two men together yet alone, strangers, introduced merely seconds before. The older, taller of the two seemed to scrutinise the stockier new arrival for a few momen...
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by Mervyn Love - 2008-04-17
Beginning your story in the right way is essential to keep the reader reading. Gone are the days of rambling descriptive text or several pages leisurely setting the background to a saga. Today's openi...
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by Mervyn Love - 2008-06-16
In any short story or novel dialogue is the element that raises the readers level of interest and moves the story on. But dialogue isn't just dialogue. Here's how to make it a whole lot more exciting ...
