Write a monologue where someone starts off lying but gradually becomes honest.** This short story was partially written by the Australian Writers’ Centre. The first part was written by them for the First Friday Fix – November 2022 writing challenge, with that particular challenge focusing on writing the ending of a story. The black, bolded part is the ending I’ve
Read moreDescribe a scene in which there is only a moment of action: a very small activity.** This short story was partially written by the Australian Writers’ Centre. The first part was written by them for the First Friday Fix – November 2022 writing challenge, with that particular challenge focusing on writing the ending of a story. The black, bolded part
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre’s (AWC) First Friday Fix for November 2022 was writing the ending to three micro stories. ***
Read moreI made no progress on Day 26 of NaNoWriMo 2022, so my current NaNoWriMo word total still stands at 24,926 words.
Read moreI only made a little bit of progress on Day 25 of NaNoWriMo 2022. I started writing drafts of First Friday Fix – November 2022, John Marsden Writing Topic #291, and John Marsden Writing Topic #556. I only wrote 73 words on Day 25, bringing my current NaNoWriMo 2022 total to 24,926 words.
Read moreI was pretty happy with my progress on Day 24 of NaNoWriMo 2022. I wrote my review of Fisk – Season 2, Episode 5 (Judges Are Like Chimpanzees) and a short story to complete both Furious Fiction – June 2022 and John Marsden Writing Topic #194. I wrote 1,288 words on Day 24, bringing my current NaNoWriMo 2022 total to
Read moreWrite a story for children in which there’s ‘lots of food and lots of fighting’. (Norman Lindsay)** N.B. I chose to write a story about children instead of for them for this prompt. Rehearsal I hate running the school play. All the kids were together on stage, sitting at a dining table set with mostly fake but some real food.
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – June 2022 short story competition was as follows: *** Rehearsal I hate running the school play. All the kids were together on stage, sitting at a dining table set with mostly fake but some real food. They were getting restless as we’d been rehearsing all morning and it was nearly lunchtime, so
Read moreThis episode was a bit of a letdown in comparison to last week’s episode. The episode kicks off with Helen waking up in the granny flat to find Tony in there, hiding from Viktor as he has him on a tight schedule, right down to when he has a shower. Tony tells Helen that Viktor means well, but he needs
Read moreI made little progress on Day 23 of NaNoWriMo 2022. I started writing a short story for Furious Fiction – June 2022. I’m hoping to finish it today. I wrote 26 words on Day 23, bringing my current NaNoWriMo 2022 total to 23,565 words.
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Loveday Writing 