Siamese twins resigned to lifelong existence in each others company unexpectedly separate after a car accident.
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Winning Short Story: Held Up by Bree Katz
Don’t worry about how much your first draft is going to suck. Just get the words out there. Editing is a special hell all its own, but once you reach that stage, you’re partway through. If you obsess over making the story perfect before you even sit down to write it, you’ll never get started.
Winning Short Story: This Pond is too Crowded by Stacey R. Janik
My advice might sound cliche but write what you know and write from your heart and never let anyone tell you you can’t do something.
Winning Short Story: MR “NAUGHTY” BECOMES MR “NICE” by Laura Anne Ewald
This started as a children’s story about a “book nerd” kid—based on an experience I once had back in seventh grade when, yes, I made the mistake of reading Lad: A Dog on a Friday afternoon during reading hour in Mr. Swanson’s Social Studies class. The story is looking more and more like a romance the more I think about it, though. I may leave it in the children’s age group, but I think kids can learn a lot about human nature, nurturing, and love by watching the way grownups behave toward one another.
Winning Short Story: TEARS FOR MY BABY SISTER by Jody T. Morse
Watch the May 2016 Winning Short Story Reading. TEARS FOR MY BABY SISTER by Jody T. Morse Performed by actor Becky Shrimpton Get to know writer Jody T. Morse: 1. What is your 1pg Short Story about? When in our twenties, my sister and I led very different lives. For instance, while I resided in… Continue reading Winning Short Story: TEARS FOR MY BABY SISTER by Jody T. Morse
Winning Short Story: LOST LOVE by Catherine Hammer
My 1 page story is about life lessons whether they teach us, or someone else learns from our mistakes.
April 2016 Novel & Short Story Winners
1st CHAPTER and FULL NOVEL FESTIVAL: https://novelwritingfestival.com/ Watch the April 2016 Winning Novel & Short Story Performance Readings. All stories read and performed by professional actors: Novel Chapter 1 Reading – EXOTIQA April 2016 ReadingWritten by M. Black Novel Prologue Reading – IN THE WAKE OF WAR April 2016 ReadingWritten by Stephen L. Nowland Short Story Reading –… Continue reading April 2016 Novel & Short Story Winners
Short Story Reading: Massive Mastiff by Brian O’Flaherty
It is about a burglar, recounting how he avoided jail time.
Novel Transcript Reading: PANTERRA: The Machinist. by Gary L. Ward
Winning April 2016 Novel. Watch the Transcript Reading of PANTERRA: THE MACHINIST: Performed by actor Dan Cristofori Get to know writer Gary L. Ward: Matthew Toffolo: What is your novel about? Gary L. Ward: Arlington Moore is shipwrecked in a strange land. Separated from his crewmates he’s learned to adapt and has found a new… Continue reading Novel Transcript Reading: PANTERRA: The Machinist. by Gary L. Ward
Count William, Short Story Reading by Tegon Maus
Perceptions…. People already have their minds made up about almost everything. You can give them 3 words and they will jump ahead because they think they know where the story is going… I like to make sure they don’t !!