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Monthly Writing Prompt
For this month's writing prompt write a scene using the following sentence to start;

The streets were deserted. Where was everyone? Where had they all gone?

Writing Tip
Our monthly writing tips are written by our very own TerishD. You can read more in Terish's Blog located in "The Abstractions" area of the forum.

Look Back

When not able to write ahead, it helps to look back. In my case I had written a paragraph ahead of the story. What I needed to do was add a section of exposition (talking) presenting some facts. In going back, I realized that I could insert a section where a 'tour' of the surroundings could be done. This allowed for character interaction, story development, and other things that enabled me to present the facts in an entertaining manner.

One should not face a writer's block with the mentality of bursting through it. I have found in my own experience that a writer's block is usually due to my mind indicating that it has a problem in 'channeling' the story. One reason might be a re-imagining of certain story points. Another reason however is that there is a problem in where you are at in the story, so you need to look back and find out the problem with the 'journey' that prevents the tale from advancing.

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PostSubject: tell me a story   tell me a story Icon_minitimeJanuary 31st 2014, 4:41 am

Tell Me a Story
The man who asked me for money so he could take the train home,
a sad figure when asked he, didn´t knows where home was anymore.
And he told me a story how he lost his wife.
She was knifed when coming home from a girls’ night out, just outside
their house, he heard her cry ran she was on the pavement bleeding
from a wound in her chest and the assailant had fled.
He had no phone everyone else had been running away, it was just
her and him in the dark street; he picked her up and ran barefoot to
the nearest hospital and passing cars would not stop.
She dies in his arms, knew she was dead when he saw her souls, as
plasma, leaving her body and she became slack and heavy in his arms,
forgive me I have left you down he had whispered.
I was deeply moved by his story and gave him money to travel to his
nowhere home. I didn´t believe his story, had read the novel, but
thought he told it beautifully and had earned his keep.
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