Welcome to my nightmare.** Acrimonious (Part II) I had to kill her. Everyone thought she was perfect, including me, but during quarantine, I met the real Annette. Bossy, controlling, not the meek doormat I agreed to marry. Lifting a dumbbell off the stand in my home gym my first thought, hit her over the head with it? No, too obvious.
Read more‘What I didn’t do on my holidays.’** Road Trip I’m on the road, finally free, out of quarantine, going back home (if it’s even home anymore). I forgot how long highways and isolation can be, I’m finally free. **Reference: Marsden J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Read moreThe happy-ending machine.** The Happy Ending Machine Once upon a time there was a little girl named Stella. Stella was happy, bright, and loved making things. One Friday at school, her best friend, Gina, told her that her parents were getting divorced and was very sad. As Stella had a big heart, she decided that she was going to make
Read moreWould the last person to leave please turn off the lights?** The Next Chapter The house is finished. After six months of painting, shifting furniture, and fixing things, my house is finally complete. To celebrate and say thank you to all of the tradies who helped me, I invited them over for dinner. I made a toast to them for
Read moreWrite a piece where we become aware that the person’s crying – but you never tell us that.** Until Death Do Us Part I never thought I’d be doing this. Where are the tissues? I met Clancy fifteen years ago, it was totally romantic (and admittedly cliché). I was at an art gallery opening, talking to a friend of mine,
Read moreWrite a piece from the point of view of someone who is only half human.** Ally I have very few friends in the magical community, Zoey Martin is definitely one of them, Jesinta Wallis is not. I have very few friends for two reasons – I’m half-human (so I can’t entirely relate to the human experience or human emotions) and
Read more‘All beauty is transient.’ Write a story where the poignancy of this observation is illustrated.** Renovations: I’ve lived in this apartment complex for ten years. I moved here when I was 18, fresh out of school, new to an entry-level, minimum wage job, as well as adulthood. My initial goal was to save money to buy my own luxury house,
Read moreWrite a piece set in the future, incorporating one major change from today’s world (show us the change: don’t tell us what it is).** #This story is the sequel to my 2016 novelette, How We Got Here. How We Got Here is the story of Lorraine and her ten children (who are now adults). Lorraine is about to marry her
Read moreWrite a piece in a style quite different to the way you normally write.** Acrimonious It took me two days to break free. The rough, thick ropes delicately slipped off my limbs once I untied the weak knot. I sprinted out of the old shed, down the highway, with no plan. I eventually managed to find a man driving a
Read moreDescribe a scene in which there is close scrutiny of every detail.** Poison I’m at the home stretch and my plan so far is working. If I poison too many dishes it would be too obvious that someone is cheating, so I’ve had to be creative in this year’s Country Cooking Contest. Some dishes I spiked with MSG (which is
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