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January 2014

The Grim Reaper Sticks Out His Tongue at Me

Leave a Comment / anxiety, colds, cough medication, ER, flu, hypochondria, panic attack, pseudo-ephedrine /

This violates all the rules of having a cold, I thought. I should at least be able to concentrate on a silly comic book. But the words on the page swam hazily before me as I sat in the recliner, drinking my coffee on a Saturday morning. I could accept being physically tired as long […]

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It Is Time to Start Breaking the Chekhov Rule of Story Writing

Leave a Comment / Anton Chekov, fiction writing, writing, writing rules /

“If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off.” – Anton Chekhov      This rule of story writing, often quoted, is considered elementary. When I learned it in college, it was a revelation. I had always

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