Tag: creative writing
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The Echo
They say there are two deaths for every person: the first, which happens when they take their last breath and leave this mortal coil. The second is when their name is breathed for the final time. But for many, this is not the only deaths; indeed, there is one more. The moment their mind is…
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The Sock Drawer Murder
When I rolled up to the property, I could already see the door was propped open, and several officers stood outside in a tight circle, one of them making exaggerated gestures with his hands before pausing and causing the others to erupt in a fit of laughter. I shifted my focus to the driveway, where…
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Writing Is a Roller Coaster
Perhaps one thing that I wasn’t prepared for when I started on my writing journey was the roller coaster of emotions that would come with the writing process. I knew it would be hard work, that it would take a long time, and part of me even knew there was a good chance that I…
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Write What Compels You
Once upon a time, there was an aspiring author that had a great idea for a novel. They wrote a storyboard, started working on character sketches, and slowly, the story started taking shape. Then one day, they told one of their friends they were in the early stages of writing a book. Their friend was…
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Want to keep your house clean? Write A Novel!
I recently embarked on a rather formidable journey, writing a novel. Having never written anything approaching a novel before, I did what most aspiring authors did, stretched my fingers, opened up Word, and started hammering away at the keyboard. Now, this went alright at first. I put down about 2 pages of writing before I…