Tag: short
group name: writersblockhelp
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June 28, 2008 10:56 PM EDT --
© By David Wainland 2007
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Somebody cried out, "The sky is falling!"
First the fluffy white clouds, drifted slowly to the ground, rebounding slightly and . . . more
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April 11, 2008 05:46 PM EDT --
© 2008
Leaning forward, his pinznez glasses perched on the tip his nose, the old man
carefully . . . more
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March 17, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
They grumbled when she refused to go to school.
They screamed at her when she was defiant.
They hissed in disgust when she was ill.
They frowned at her when she was a disappointment.
They hit her . . . more
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January 11, 2008 11:36 PM EST --
Having chosen the spider as my dance partner, the snake slithered off to a corner and dropped down on a folding chair. The innkeeper sitting one seat over objected, and by way of making . . . more
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April 09, 2008 06:19 PM EDT --
My eyes are dry; that scratchy dry that happens after you've shed tears, and your lids burn. They're like that all day. I blink a lot, rub them, get eyelashes in them. Every . . . more
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March 27, 2008 02:14 PM EDT --
As the moderator of a writing competition group (Short Story First Line Challenge - http://firstlinego.gather.com ), I am constantly amazed by the variety of directions the authors take from the same . . . more
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May 16, 2008 10:07 PM EDT --
Your fiction, poetry, essay, creative nonfiction or short drama pieces may find a home in these anthologies. Ads were listed in Poets & Writers , March/April 2008.
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May 27, 2008 10:46 AM EDT --
The memories flood my heart, as I sit in this old rocking chair.
Back and forth I rock, back and forth my mind goes.
We are old, this chair and I. We are very much a matched pair.
The magic has . . . more
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June 30, 2008 06:43 PM EDT --
Our next mystery tour stop is Magnolia Manor. A carpenter by trade, Jonas Street built this house with his own hands in 1892 for his bride, Magnolia.
In 1898, newspaper accounts state . . . more
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February 02, 2008 01:13 PM EST --
The last week has been filled with cold and snow and winter. I'm ready for at least some promise of Spring, so I decided to use that for this week's sentence. Please forgive my self-centered . . . more
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June 05, 2008 10:32 AM EDT --
I realize as responsible adults we must watch what we say, especially when children and grandchildren are in the area.
I am probably one of the most impatient men living on the face of this earth or . . . more
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August 14, 2008 11:48 AM EDT --
Hopefully, by expressing my opinion, as well as my feelings about this subject, I am not lessoning what the term slavery actually means. I know that many African Americans suffered greatly at the hands . . . more
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June 20, 2008 12:23 PM EDT --
I know that everyone who has grandchildren is very proud of them. There is this hope that their offspring will have a happy life and that the world will be a much better place than it was when they were . . . more
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February 16, 2008 09:10 PM EST --
The Short Story First Line Challenge sentence for the 36th competition is:
"What is this, Mom?" asked Casey, curious hands pushing aside the tissue cushioning the contents of the box. . . . more
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February 25, 2008 07:31 AM EST --
A wonderful week for imagination, gang! You took the sentence made it your own. Well done, one and all. Who knew a little box could hold so many delightful stories?
Here are the competitors, in order . . . more
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March 15, 2008 03:25 PM EDT --
{Inspired by the 39th Short Story First Line Challenge (http://firstlinego.gather.com). If you're interested in writing or reading short fiction, check us out. It's a private group (only members . . . more
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February 17, 2008 09:59 PM EST --
When I gave the assignment for this competition, I had the silly idea I was doing you authors a favor by letting you go back to earlier sentences you might have particularly liked or couldn't post . . . more
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April 19, 2008 10:37 AM EDT --
Friends, I love watching the various paths you take from our first line and seeing where you take us in your short story. We are blessed with a vast selection of backgrounds and viewpoints which results . . . more
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June 01, 2008 10:29 AM EDT --
Our 48th sentence elicited an interesting array of responses -- humor, mystery, romance and more. What fun reading for our members. Thank you all for your work.
Here are our entrants, in order of . . . more
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May 16, 2008 09:57 PM EDT --
If there was ever a time when I, as a child, felt totally worthless because of the actions of an adult, it would have to be when I stood before Mother Winters, the head matron of the Children's Home . . . more
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