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I wait every year for summer, and it is usually good, but it is never as good as that summer I am always waiting for.

�� Martha Gellhorn, Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn; in a letter to Hortense Flexner and Wyncie King

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no offense to me or anything but what the fuck am i actually doing

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Quotable – Cathy Hopkins

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One of the best ways to become a better short story writer is by practising. In this post, we discuss why you should do short story writing exercises.

In a previous post, we spoke about writing the book, Write the Crap Out of It, a book about the craft of short story writing. Then we discussed writing a book blurb for a short story collection.

In this post, we tell you why you should complete all of the short story writing exercises in the book.

Why You Should Do Short Story Writing Exercises

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some of my fav carrie quotes for a little carrie positivity that we need now ❤

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Prompt # 1

Her head turned wildly, keeping an eye on the road behind her. The man was still following her, only seconds away from catching up. Her lungs were burning and she was having a hard time catching her breath.

She could feel him now, as he was almost in an arm's reach. She pumped her arms, begging her legs to move faster but it wasn't enough. His arm stretched and yanked her back to him.

She lost her chance.

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And not a damn lie was told.

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Quotable – Iain Banks

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Writers Write is a resource for writers. In this post, we look at science-fiction author, Octavia E. Butler’s Writing Advice.

Octavia E. Butler was an American science fiction writer. She was born 22 June 1947, and died 24 February 2006.

Butler was one of the first women and one of the first African-Americans to succeed in the sci-fi genre. Her novels were about future societies and superhuman powers. ‘They are noteworthy for their unique synthesis of science fiction, mysticism, mythology, and African American spiritualism.’ (via)

She was a multiple-recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Her novels include the Patternist and Parable series. Her first novel, Patternmaster (1976), was the beginning of her five-volume Patternist series about a group of telepaths ruled by Doro, a 4,000-year-old immortal African. Other titles include Kindred and Lilith’s Brood.

In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship, nicknamed the Genius Grant. In 2000 she received a PEN Award for lifetime achievement.

This advice is taken from her short piece, “Furor Scribendi”.

Octavia E. Butler’s Writing Advice

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Instagram | @minna_so

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Les irl

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Stay safe. Wear a mask.

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I collected a bunch of "haha I don't have 2020 vision" "oh God not like that" posts

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It's real...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FAe5oZpDMgs

The Scooby-Doo Project (1999)

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Would also be really annoying if they wore heat resistant gloves to throw back the hot tear gas canisters and if this got shared to all those protesting…