This is from a book called The Writer's Block: 786 Ideas to Jump-Start Your Imagination by Jason Rekulak. "Since 1987 the New Times in San Luis Obispo, California has sponsored an annual contest for 'Fifty-Five Fiction.' These are short stories which must be- I kid you not- fifty-five words or less. Sounds impossible, right? That's what … Continue reading A Captivating Story in Fifty Three Words
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“After she fled he became his own wife, ironing in his underwear, dusting the shelves, moving the figurines to the dining room table then replacing them carefully when he’d finished waxing the cabinet. Wearing her apron, he often made casseroles. Sometimes he’d sit on her closet floor and move his face through her dresses, like … Continue reading 420 Characters
Writing Quote of the Day
"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader- not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon." - EL Doctorow
