Stories tagged with "details"
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Further Hints for Beginning Writers

FOCUS
Take one tiny thing in your story and zoom in on it. Make your reader really familiar with it.
If it’s an object, tel…
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Just Great

Dad came home, slamming the garage door so hard that the entire house shook.
“Harvey, in the kitchen. Now.”
“Shit.” I trudg…
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Whodunnit? [Golden Silence Challenge]

Pacing in front of the people involved always helps.
First, I walk by the cook. A rotund lady, well into her fifties. Her br…
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Losing Him
We sat close on his bed. I could smell his colonge and it was takng all my strengeth not to just lean over and kiss him. I wa…
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The Adjective Challenge!
I passed up the opportunity for a challenge at my last milestone, issuing a writing prompt instead. (see profile)
But I have…
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Une impression sur ma peau

I could write down all the details of that night, how his kisses burned an imprint on my skin that I can still feel to this d…
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Marina (5)

Finally it was the concern in her face that unhinged him. That unfettered the rage and pent-up emotions he carried inside. Al…