The job of a season premiere is to establish new story arcs for the season and pick up from where we were left off at the end of the previous season (if there was one). This premiere did a great job. I mentioned in my review of the season one finale that the possible story arcs for this season could
Read moreWrite a poem entitled ‘Choices’ or ‘Decisions’** Decisions Decision day, it’s time, Everyone is Counting on me. If I go one way, I’ll please a certain Someone or maybe everyone. If I go the other way, I’ll be truly happy, On top of the world, No-one holding me back, but that certain someone, or maybe everyone will be unhappy. Which
Read moreMy mum, the bushranger** A Bushranger’s Eulogy Mum would always take off like a rocket during a chase. She loved it when it was on foot, she’d smile and look back as her enemies shot at her and missed, whilst she’d open fire and hit at least one. She took joy from robbing fellow robbers and people that were almost
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – June 2023 short story competition was as follows: *** A Bushranger’s Eulogy Mum would always take off like a rocket during a chase. She loved it when it was on foot, she’d smile and look back as her enemies shot at her and missed, whilst she’d open fire and hit at least
Read moreWrite a poem in which each line is a lie** Lies Love has found me, I’m a millionaire, Everyone knows the ‘real me’, Socialising is my forte **Reference: Marsden J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Read moreWrite a poem about the end of the world** Apocalypse All of this started with a little Plague. It didn’t take long for it to spread all Over the world. Countries closed, Air was harder to breathe, Lives taken away, You never knew when it was your time. People who kept going didn’t survive for long, Strength was in numbers
Read moreWrite a ‘sick in bed’ poem, describing your feelings at being confined to bed by illness** Sick Stuck in bed Infected with the flu Coughing, sneezing, running hot Kind of sucks, wish it was over so I could be free **Reference: Marsden J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Read moreI was a victim of rock n’ roll** Deal or No Deal I’ve been sitting by my record player on one of my old, wooden dining table chairs listening to my old albums for hours, trying to self-reflect and decide whether to take the deal or not. Listening to my old albums reminded me of who I used to be,
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – March 2023 short story competition was as follows: *** Deal or No Deal I’ve been sitting by my record player on one of my old, wooden dining table chairs listening to my old albums for hours, trying to self-reflect and decide whether to take the deal or not. Listening to my old
Read more“I came from nowhere and made something out of my life, and you came from somewhere and are trying to make nothing out of yours.” (Line from a movie) Write a story about two people of whom this could be said** Cold Feet Why did he have to propose? I had an inkling that he was up to something, I
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