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Before the First Draft

The problem, she said, with being a writer is, it’s never done. The line never ceases movement even when the end arrives – The ripples created on the mind span an ocean so vast, so incomplete, There’s no shore to find, no place to rest. …

Iris

28 days of Flash — 27 of 28 Iris woke up on a floor. Not the concrete of the train station nor the unpleasant vibrating metal and rubber of the train, but a real floor. Varnished wood planks were under her and a thick red …

A Layoff Story

28 days of Flash — 26 of 28 Mari was in the salad bar line at the grocery store at lunch when she felt her phone buzz with a new text message. She ignored it. Texts were for ignoring until you decided to pay attention …

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One-Sided Conversation

28 days of Flash — 25 ot 28 — two different voice treatments of the same narrative — Method Writing Take 1: You — Straight Talk You are not going to believe what just happened to me. So we just got back from the big …

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No Boundaries

28 days of Flash — 24 of 28 — Part 1 — Boundaries Jayne sat in the front passenger seat of the RV and stewed. She couldn’t even look at Katie, right next to her, chomping on popcorn. Katie just kept pointing and reeling off names. …

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Boundaries

28 days of Flash — 23 of 28 — Omniscient POV practice Katie turned her RV into the parking lot of the Stardust Convention Center an hour before the start of her 30th high school reunion. She parked in the back of the lot, out of the way but …

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Getting Evan

28 days of Flash — 21 of 28 — Part 3 Read: Breaking Ben and Thea Beginning When Evan looked at his phone, it was still showing “Do Not Disturb” and had five notifications silenced in the background. Two of them were sales texts, one was a missed …

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Fitting In The World

28 days of flash — 20 of 28 “She’s hard to get to know,” they say behind my back, and awkwardness extends from that reality like slips of ribbon that tie around my throat, disabling conversations and making me all the more aware of the …