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Short Stories

The Favored Son: Alternate- Part Nine

14 Jan 202127 Dec 2021
It wasn't until later that evening that it truly hit Tharol what he had done. He had assisted in treason. He had improved on the plan that Beesk and Inol…
Lessons

The Little Details

6 Apr 202028 Nov 2021
Same Ways to Say Different Things) The same sentence can take on entirely different meanings, depending on its context. "You're a real work of art," the painter said reverently as…
Lessons

Or I Could Just Ramble On and On

12 Aug 201918 Nov 2021
Triple Writer's Block) It seems that every part of creating a story is tricky. Knowing where to begin is tricky, maintaining interest through a middle is tricky, and ending it…
Lessons

The Sincerest Form of Flattery

29 Jul 201918 Nov 2021
On Thursday I posted the first section of a story which was written in homage of Shane Carruth's work. Shane is the writer/director/producer/star/composer for two films called Primer and Upstream…
Lessons

Principle and Example

8 Jul 201918 Nov 2021
Repeated Tales) In old France a beautiful woman named Belle is shocked by the hideous exterior of a cruel Beast. Fate intervenes to keep the two in close proximity, and…
Lessons

Setting the Mood

22 Apr 201916 Nov 2021
What is Mood?) Every story has a mood, just some of them are intentional. Mood is something that is a difficult to pin down directly, because it always hangs in…
Lessons

Something Different

4 Mar 201915 Nov 2021
Well, here we are in a new series. Usually I try to make each series distinct from the one before, and thus avoid building off of any prior ideas. This…
Lessons

Finding Your Sense of Style

25 Feb 201915 Nov 2021
One of the most valuable things about writing regularly is that you start to learn things about yourself you never knew. Perhaps one of the revelations that comes quickest is…

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