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Craig S. Thompson
Mar 12, 20233 min read
Great First Line!?!
Your first line needs to entice, intrigue, surprise. And to get their attention & trust for long enough to allow your (wonderful and...
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Craig S. Thompson
Mar 12, 20233 min read
What ELSE Could Possibly Go Wrong?
A writing prompt from Alex Hiam, author of the Silent Lee series We all know that riding-for-a-fall feeling when someone says, “What...
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Craig S. Thompson
Mar 12, 20232 min read
May I Interest You In A Deception?
It happens like this: A well dressed man in an expensive car is talking on his cell phone as he pulls up to a stop sign. He doesn’t...
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Craig S. Thompson
Mar 12, 20234 min read
North Star Teens Pen Appalling Openers
In Making Writing Exciting, we reviewed recent winners of the Bulwar Lytton Prize, which is awarded to the most atrocious first sentence...
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Craig S. Thompson
Mar 12, 20232 min read
PROMPT: Write About Weather as an Obstacle to Getting Home
The weather looms large in the plots of many of the greatest stories. In War and Peace, the ice and snow challenge all the characters and...
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