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'The suspension of disbelief' versus 'the budget of believability'
Why some stories lose their readers.
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September 2024

Do you remember when... (#004-#006)
Tales of fear, plucked from your memories. Yes, *yours*.
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Do you remember when... (#001-#003)
Stories from your life you may have forgotten.
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Microfiction: The Vampire and the Wizard
An unexpected meeting, in less than 200 words.
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Writing exercise: create a short story in five sentences!
Tried and tested approach to fun storytelling.
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August 2024

Post-mortem: writing techniques in The Last Game in the Universe
Writing a tender apocalypse.
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Microfiction: The Last Game in the Universe
A tiny story about Time and Death, in less than 300 words.
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What can we learn from the foreshadowing in Jaws?
How all the pieces are put in place, but the ending still delights us.
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Post-mortem: Empty Influence
Yo, yo, yo! Don't forget to smash that subscribe button and ring that bell as we dive into the writing techniques used in last week's short story.
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Microfiction short story: Empty influence
A quiet 900 word horror story.
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July 2024

For over twenty years, I've been ‘busy’
Is it good to be busy all the time? For me, it might be.
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Writing exercise: take a story and flip it (or 'Is Trump a tool for Satan?*')
*of course Trump isn't. Satan isn't real.
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