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Mary.. Me?!

9 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Zuk

A normal school night didn’t seem so normal when it started raining cats and dogs. The heavy rain made the night foggy, dark, and more eerie than usual. My friends and I were staying late in school to do our assignments. I only had two friends with m...

Remarkable tales from the life of Fingy of the Jinch clan

17 Jul 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Greenchic

    Lore is what everyone demanded, and in this day with such creatures as the dear Jinch, all are good story tellers. So there sat a very dear creature of the Jinch species , very comfortable and lazy but jolly good he is no other than the famous F...

Walker's Path Chapter 10 Tough Morning

26 Jun 2021 30 minute read 0 comments KatherinesBrain

  Someone was being really loud but I couldn’t understand what they were saying. I buried my head under my pillow and hoped they would go away. Then something moved on my bed. I jumped up and scooted away from whatever was in bed with me. When I fel...

In the dark - A (very) short story of fear (ENG) / Nel buio – Una microstoria di paura(ITA)

20 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments lemming

In the dark (ENG) It was dark, black, absolutely obscure.I was groping, but I was absolutely not able to perceive what my hands were touching.One moment it was something soft, intangible, perhaps a cobweb. The next moment I felt something liquid, oil...

The cliff - A (very) short fiction story (ENG) / La scogliera – Una microstoria (ITA)

13 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments lemming

The cliff (ENG) The cliff was so high that the precipice that sank beneath his feet looked more like an infinite chasm than a cliff overlooking the sea.The coast rose so high above the waves breaking on the rocks that he could hardly hear the roar.A...

Walker's Path Intermission One

12 Jun 2021 5 minute read 0 comments KatherinesBrain

  Victor Hernandez slumped in the seat of his friend's station wagon. Steve, Rich, Johnny, and Nick were doing the same. Not because they were hiding but because they were dead tired. “Where the hell is he?” Johnny asked. He was getting impatient. V...

Mini story beats

10 Jun 2021 2 minute read 0 comments justdaw

Remember these are the parts of any story.   Set up Inciting Incident Reaction Goal Conflict Climax Resolution (Option 1) Epilogue (Option 2) Set up (Option 2) Inciting Incident   You can use these both for analysis and for structuring your own wri...

Narrative structures option b

9 Jun 2021 1 minute read 2 comments justdaw

These are the basic parts of any story:   Set up Conflict Resolution   These is how you can unravel those parts:   Set up Inciting Incident Reaction Goal Conflict Climax Resolution (Option 1) Epilogue (Option 2) Set up (Option 2) Inciting Incident...

Narrative structures 2 of 2

7 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments justdaw

Last time I went through the setup, the inciting Incident, the reaction, and the goal.  Now to continue let's go to:    The conflict: here's the moment or moments in which your characters will encounter opposition to their goals. This roadblock can a...

Narrative structures 1 of 2

6 Jun 2021 1 minute read 2 comments justdaw

The basic parts of the story are set up, conflict and resolution; of course a narrative structure can be broken down into more parts.    First, the setup. Atmosphere, world, early characterization, and so on will all go in here. Here you also have th...