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  • 'Wool' fan fiction

    Linda Crisalli, contributing writer|Sep 16, 2023

    Years ago we used prompts in our writing group, a single word, an interesting sentence, a unique or even rather regular object, and our pens would fly as our imaginations created a story around the challenge. Fan fiction is like a gigantic prompt. The set up and characters are already developed and in place. The writer can just jump right in and put their own spin into the original story, adding a new angle or event. When reading "Wool" by Hugh Howie, I couldn't help but wonder about all the...

  • From the Rear Window

    Linda Crisalli, Short Stories|Feb 29, 2020

    I miss being in a writing group. It is fun to write and share with others, be creative, think out of the box. But even if you have no writing group to join, you can entertain yourself and hone your writing skills by writing just for the fun of it. Below is a writing prompt. The prompt is to think of a favorite book or movie and write a short twist to the original theme in that story. Here is mine… A crime was committed. A brutal murder. First they were dancing. Then the candlestick came down. O...