As you know Bob, show don't tell: Srsly (7 shows, no tells!)
**As you know Bob, show don't tell: Srsly (7 shows, no tells!)** You will hear this time and time again and it is very important you understand this; show, don't tell. If you tell you are clearly... **7. Leaning on the narrator, the worst...
Migratory Species
The phone rang, and Troy hated himself. He licked the back of his hand, trying to get the acid out of his mouth. Spat into the days old coffee cup on his desk and pulled the wet part of his nightshirt away from his body. He'd rinsed it clean of vomit...
Gaid 2 riting gud: Srsly (episod 1)
**Gaid 2 riting gud: Srsly (episod 1)** Duz u want 2 rite gud? Laik teh bestest evar? al u hav 2 du is fOllOw dis gaid! Srsly! **1. iF u ever tink dat riting laik diz iz akkseptable u r fail** I could tell you all about how 'I'...
Red Roses mean love, White Doves peace: Srsly (6 Icons!)
**Red Roses mean love, White Doves peace: Srsly (6 Icons!)** Adding that elusive meaning and symbolism to your work is simple. All you have to do is... **6. Discover that white is a universally recognised colour for the goddamn blank...
Other people are there for you: Srsly (Get 5 Beta Readers!)
**Other people are there for you: Srsly (Get 5 Beta Readers!)** When you start writing, be aware there's a large and well established community to help you out. **5. Because everybody is clearly there for your own personal use.** Have...
Philadelphia's Confession
When I was nine years old, I knew without doubt that I was going to die. It was there for all to see on the schedule board; Philadelphia: Prep-Work, September Through February, Stress-Testing, March Through Indefinite. I wasn't the only one. Lagos...
You Can Never Go Home
It was a long way home. Evran had thought that, thousands and thousands of miles away, back in Tajikistan, before things had hit the wall. Home was nearer for Evran now, though. San Iadras was a big city, but not as big as a country. It was a long walk...
Off Label Use
Troy moved the gnawed-off tip of the kebab skewer over to the salt shaker. "And that's the electron jump, which happens all over as the plasma heats up." Jennifer blinked over the candle on their table. "Right," she said softly, picking up the...
Blind Date
Gracie had been really nervous all day. Blind date. It was funny, she guessed. She was twenty-eight, now, had been going on blind dates for as long as she could remember. In school her friends had set her up on blind dates, afterwards when she started...
Jack, Schuyler's Giant Killer
Jack, Schuyler's Giant Killer by Malcolm 'foozzzball' Cross (8000 words) "The sky is iron." Gaylord gravely set down his stick, staring at the rising sun with light-fearing eyes. "The heart of the world, the chains that bind the...
Dangerous Jade: First Chapter Preview
**Dangerous Jade** by Malcolm Cross [www.sinisbeautiful.com](http://www.sinisbeautiful.com) (First Chapter Sneak Preview) \*\*\* **1. - What Was Your Name?, or, The Olive Thing** There it was, that electric thing. That eyes meeting across...
Simple Things
The world didn't have to be more complicated than a white rectangle of sheeting, six and a half feet by five, folded down tenderly over the mattress. The problems Troy was having with the reactor's fuel mix, proton shedding in the fusion chambers,...