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Your stories now have people in them who have motives for what they’re doing (they do, don’t they?), and places to do them, so it’s time for the next Fiction Writing Exercises – Ideas for Writing Fiction #9:
9. Events and situations:
Here is a sample list of events and situations: a job interview; a pop [...]

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In the search for ideas to prevent the dreaded writer’s ‘blank page syndrome’, here are more fiction writing exercises – ideas for writing fiction #8:
So far we’ve used dictionaries to jump-start some new ideas, playing with words we might never have ever thought of using. Then we tweaked with other people’s stories to [...]

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It’s that time of year again when the search for creative Halloween costumes kicks into high gear with only a couple weeks to go before the big day. But who has time to run all over town to find just the perfect one, especially if you’re going to a period-themed party, the type that’s [...]

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