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The writing group has officially started its monthly exercise contest up again. Work was slow today, so I whipped this one up this afternoon. It’s mostly exposition. Were I to develop this into a story I’d probably start with a more exciting action scene and gradually work all this information in. I like the idea of the setting, though I imagine the basic concept has probably been done quite a bit.

Writing exercise: Use this sentence somewhere in your story: After killing your first zombie minion, it is best to celebrate with a nice warm shower, because you will smell like death.

(And no, I didn’t come up with exercise. Just because I’ve been obsessing over zombies lately. World War Z rocks, by the way.) About 670 words. Continue reading

Haven’t gotten to do much this past week, but a return to my regular schedule should get my writing back on track a bit. I’m still working on my ghost town story. The hero has been evolving quite a bit in my mind, I just need to get it all down. I think it’ll turn into a pretty interesting tale.

So here’s another old bit of text I found lurking in the hard drive. I don’t even know how to describe this one. I remember coming up with the first couple lines, but have no clue where I intended to go from there. Most likely, I didn’t know back then, either. It’s pretty ridiculous. Maybe there’s a market out there for stories under a hundred words I can send it to, as is.

There’s a second paragraph, but it’s not nearly as fun as the first. Continue reading