If I didn’t know better, I would swear that it was Durant Rawlins, my Durant. But that couldn’t be possible. I agree the name was the same, and in a certain way the man did kind of look like him, okay totally looked like him. When the couple first moved in across the street, I…
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Original works of fiction posted.
Sailing to the Stars
“Let me help.” Michael exhaled through clenched teeth at the sound of the voice. He was in no mood to deal with people. A deep breath and a quick count to three was enough to talk with the man who had become his neighbor six months ago. “Thanks for the help. Casting off has always…
Writers Work out
One of the writing groups that I am part of on facebook is called the writers Workout. The are doing what they call a Prompt Series. It is a series of 30 random prompts that are put together to create a story. I thought I could share here and the story could unfold as we…
Prey
Here is another offering for the deities of storytelling. It was written from a prompt I receive a couple years ago. “Make your Protagonist a monster and have him/her meet a bigger monster.” Writing this story was kind of fun. It could be dark without being morbid. And while many people aren’t crazy about first…
Writing 101
Tomorrow starts my writing exercise called writing 101. It is thirty days of writing prompts with twists and a community who is supposed to read and make comments on what you write. I love working with prompts because we all get the same idea but the results from different writers are so different. And when…
Translation of visual storytelling to novel writing
As part of my degree, I was required to take a screenwriting class which of course I approached with mixed feelings. To start with I prefer books to movies. That’s not to say I don’t appreciate a good show, but a movie made from a book usually has me running in the other direction. For…
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