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Friday Freewriting – August 27, 2021 – Megan

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We had some discussion about following the rules today. Neither of us has been great about keeping to the sentence limit that Mary Robinette Kowal recommends in her video. But we decided to wait until another day to pay attention to that aspect. It’s funny how it seems like you need more time to write less.

The prompt this week was

  • Character: Programmer
  • Object: Coat
  • Genre/Tone: Action

I feel like say this almost every week, but this is a genre that I’m not super familar with. I should look into composing a reading list that will help me fill in the gaps in my knowlege. If you have any favorite books in the action genre, let me know in the comments!

And, as always, let us know if you felt inspired to try out the prompt this week (or from any other week!). Happy reading, and happy writing!

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Friday Freewriting – August 27, 2021 – Robert

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For once, Megan and I wrote stories along very similar lines: we both came up with a heist scenario of sorts, though hers was a “plant something” heist and mine was a “steal something” heist. I suppose that’s not altogether unexpected, given our prompt:

  • Character: Programmer
  • Object: Coat
  • Genre/Tone: Action

Neither of us are fans of explosion-heavy shoot-em-ups, so it makes sense that “Action” would send us both to a heist story.

I also couldn’t resist tossing a little sci-fi element in there. I don’t know why, but I always enjoy a story with a touch of the wondrous in it.

Hope you enjoy our stories this week! Please let us know what works, and what might be improved. And if you wrote anything with this exercise yourself, please share it (or a link to it) in the comments!

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