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John Marsden Writing Topic #556

Describe 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

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John Marsden Writing Topic #537

Write 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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John Marsden Writing Topic #553

Write about a scene that most people wouldn’t consider worthy of attention (and so it is virtually invisible to them).** The Next Clue I’m standing in a queue behind people I’ll never know in a beige office building, following the orders of The Madman. I’m sick of this psychopath screwing us around, but now the stakes are too high and

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