This new analysis series will explore the evolution of Australian singer-songwriter, Delta Goodrem, over the course of six of her studio albums: Innocent Eyes, Mistaken Identity, Delta, Child of the Universe, Wings of the Wild, and Bridge Over Troubled Dreams. Although she released the album, Only Santa Knows, in 2020, between Wings of the Wild and Bridge Over Troubled Dreams,
Read moreTake some words that sound interesting – slurp, muffin, avocado, gonorrhea, pooch – and use them in a story, but with new meanings that you’ve assigned to them.** For this prompt, I decided to apply it to the short story I wrote for Furious Fiction – June 2025, which was a story where I included all 26 words of the
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – June 2025 short story competition was as follows: ALPHA, BRAVO, CHARLIE, DELTA, ECHO, FOXTROT, GOLF, HOTEL, INDIA, JULIET, KILO, LIMA, MIKE, NOVEMBER, OSCAR, PAPA, QUEBEC, ROMEO, SIERRA, TANGO, UNIFORM, VICTOR, WHISK(E)Y, X-RAY, YANKEE, ZULU. *** Foxtrot, Tango, Victor Charlie foxtrotted with Juliet in Quebec and then Tangoed in India, after they made
Read moreWrite a letter to another member of the class** A Letter to my Former Uni Classmates To my creative and intellectual soulmates, It’s been over a decade since we all graduated. I miss you all and I hope you’re all doing well. Before I moved to Wollongong and started studying creative writing at UOW in 2010, I never knew or
Read moreThink of something you don’t want to write about, then start writing about it.** My car accident and new car I can’t talk about my nice “new to me” car without talking about why I had to get one. December 18, 2024, 7:35am. I was driving to work, worrying about another day of end-of-year stresses when I was approaching a
Read moreYou’ve got the right string baby, but the wrong yo-yo.** Caught on Camera It wasn’t the first time this had happened, but it was the first time that it went viral. Colleagues having affairs isn’t anything new. Think about it, if someone wants to have an affair, the office is the easiest place to start having one, as most people
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – December 2025 short story competition was as follows: *** Caught on Camera It wasn’t the first time this had happened, but it was the first time that it went viral. Colleagues having affairs isn’t anything new. Think about it, if someone wants to have an affair, the office is the easiest place
Read more‘Freeze’ a dramatic scene and describe it in words. Don’t worry about the prelude and sequel: just describe the scene itself.** The Final Reveal Today was finally the day where everything was revealed. Molly spent weeks working her way through her grand plan and the contestants, there was only two other contestants left, Ian and Jan. The three of them
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – November 2025 short story competition was as follows: *** The Final Reveal Today was finally the day where everything was revealed. Molly spent weeks working her way through her grand plan and the contestants, there was only two other contestants left, Ian and Jan. The three of them took the final quiz
Read moreDescribe a scene in which there is balance – movement balancing something that is still, perhaps.** The Every Day Adventure They say you only live once. I’ve chosen to live my life as a bus driver. I’ve chosen to live my life as a bus driver as every day is an adventure…even though I drive the same route every day.
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