Tag: writing
group name: write-ade
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April 24, 2008 04:05 AM EDT --
"Scream at the top of your lungs until someone pays attention." That's great advice if you've fallen down a well or an elevator shaft. If you're a parent with young children, it's . . . more
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September 10, 2008 08:55 PM EDT --
Legend has it that one day in 1936 a 16-year-old girl named Julia Jean Mildred Francis Turner decided to skip typing class at Hollywood High School and went to the Top Hat Cafe on Sunset Boulevard for . . . more
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April 14, 2008 05:20 AM EDT --
(with apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge )
I was sitting at the bus stop,
Awaiting the number nine.
When an old man sat beside me,
And asked me for the time.
"It's 2:30," . . . more
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April 15, 2008 01:18 AM EDT --
The Crayola 64 pack of crayons turns 50 this year. Well, not my Crayola 64 pack, since it melted in the back window of my parent's 1981 Ford Granada. I had left them there after school one day and . . . more
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May 05, 2008 06:39 PM EDT --
For all intents and purposes, the following is a suicide note.
Okay, I'm not really killing myself (you can stop emailing the suicide hotline number), at least not my physical self. . . . more
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May 01, 2008 06:41 AM EDT --
With summer approaching and the threat of gas prices eclipsing four dollars a gallon weighing on our minds, most Americans have been taking prudent steps to lessen the effect the higher price will have . . . more
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June 05, 2008 07:45 AM EDT --
Taking your car in for repair is a lot like bathing a temperamental, still very much clawed cat. You avoid it at all possible costs. Or at least that was my plan when my car first started making a very . . . more
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June 12, 2008 09:38 AM EDT --
Let's face it, when it comes to Father's Day presents, not a lot of thought goes into the gift selecting process… or at least not as much as goes into selecting a Mother's Day gift (there, . . . more
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June 23, 2008 10:14 AM EDT --
We are gathered here today to pay respects to a dear old friend who is no longer with us. He's someone who I've spent a lot of time with over the past few years and has meant a lot to me. Over . . . more
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September 16, 2008 04:56 PM EDT --
NEW YORK, September 17, 2101. Bob Costas III, the grandson of sportscasting legend Bob Costas, died today at his home in Manhattan. He was 90, and the last living male to broadcast a sporting . . . more
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April 05, 2008 02:51 PM EDT --
The First Line Challenge Sentence for the 43rd competition is:
"Grab a chair and join us," Corey offered.
The required characters:
Corey – a firefighter
Mike . . . more
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June 14, 2008 08:24 PM EDT --
The 51st First Line Challenge Sentence is:
A cacophony of horns and curses filled the air.
The required characters:
Bill -- a taxi driver
Lindy -- a young woman
Here are the . . . more
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April 06, 2008 05:02 PM EDT --
Here we go, my friends - the results of the 42nd competition in Short Story First Line Challenge. You definitely make things interesting!
The entrants, in order of submission are:
"The Audacity . . . more
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