The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – September 2022 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first sentence must contain the word FIFTY. Your story must include a four-legged animal. Your story must include the words EMERGENCY, BRUSH, and BOARD. *** Left Behind For fifty days the bushfire raged on, burning away everything in its path. Once an
Read moreI made no progress on Day 9 of NaNoWriMo 2022, so my current NaNoWriMo word total still stands at 3,438 words.
Read moreI made no progress on Day 8 of NaNoWriMo 2022, so my current NaNoWriMo word total still stands at 3,438 words.
Read moreI continued my progress on Day 7 of NaNoWriMo 2022 by finishing and publishing my review of My Life Is Murder – Season 3 Premiere (It Takes Two). I wrote 746 words on Day 7, bringing my current NaNoWriMo total to 3,438 words.
Read moreThe job of a season premiere is to establish new story arcs for the season. As each episode of My Life Is Murder is generally self-contained and there aren’t any story arcs, this job didn’t apply to them, however the season got off to a great start with a compelling mystery and Reuben taking on a more active role. The
Read moreMr. Black premiered on 7 May 2019 on Network Ten. Mr. Black “follows the story of former sports journalist, Peter Black, who insists on being called Mr. Black. He is forced to move in with his daughter, Angela, and her boyfriend, Fin, due to his ill health. Mr. Black despises Fin and uses all means to achieve his last wish:
Read moreI managed to get a fair amount of writing done on Day 6 of NaNoWriMo 2022. I discovered last night that one of the Australian/New Zealand TV shows I review, My Life Is Murder, had their third season recently released on Acorn. I watched the premiere episode and started writing my review on it last night. My review is not
Read moreI made no progress on Day 5 of NaNoWriMo 2022, so my current NaNoWriMo word total still stands at 1,628 words.
Read moreI continued my writing streak on Day 4, although it wasn’t as good a day as yesterday. I wrote a short story to complete both First Friday Fix – May 2022 and John Marsden Writing Topic #537. I wrote 87 words on Day 4, bringing my current NaNoWriMo total to 1,628 words.
Read moreWrite a scene then rewrite it three times with three different emotions.** #I interpreted this topic as writing the same scene with three different emotions. I wrote this scene with three different POV styles as well as emotions. *** FIRST PERSON POV: “Careful, careful, I don’t want to be caught with my hand in it…yes I got the chocolate chip
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