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Writing Exercise #45: Write an opening using, “Don’t tell me you’re still bitter about what I did to you six years ago.”
Stephen looked at her with his famous I-don’t-care glare. “Oh, please, Angie,” he said, waving his sword in an exaggerated gesture. “Don’t tell me you’re still bitter about what I did to you six years ago.” At this, Angie’s skin felt flushed. She could feel heart from her anger inflaming…
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Writing Exercise #44: Write an opening using, “You’re crazy. You’re all crazy and none of this is real.”
“You’re crazy. You’re all crazy and none of this is real,” Katherine yelled. We understood her frustration…we at least I did. I remember the first time I was told about my alters. It didn’t make me feel good or excited. I realized there would be about 6,000 versions of me…
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Writing Exercise #43: Write an opening using a sofa
He threw a sofa at me. God, I do not get paid enough for this, I thought. I shot back at him with my laser gun. He grumbled and stumbled, but didn’t fall. I keep telling my commanders laser guns are useless on rabid cave trolls. Their skin is just…
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Writing Exercise #42: Write an opening using, “I’ve got it. I’m on a roll now. On a roll.”
“I’ve got it. I’m on a roll now. On a roll,” I said to Martine as she watched me pull switch after swift and push button after button. I always told my sister that being an aviator with a minor in math was going to come in handy one day.…
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Writing Exercise #41: “So, what do you write about?”
“So, what do you write about?” she asked him as she rummaged through his library. He looked at her; she didn’t notice. “What makes you think I write about anything?” “Oh, you know, the pen collection, the library, your silence; I don’t know. You just kind of seem like the…




