Tag: sammiscribbles

• AFTER THE FIRST DATE

  How long before making the call? The next day – too desperate? Two days – too aloof? A week – too late? Always the same conundrum. Not this time. The following evening. Perfect. He dialled. ‘The number you have dialled has not been recognised.’ Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt, hosted by SammiScribbles. This week’s prompt…

  Iain Kelly

  20/02/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, weekend writing prompt

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• ADVERTISEMENT

  

  Only 11 words allowed this week, so not really a story! This week my story collection is free to possess from Amazon. Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt, hosted by SammiScribbles. This week’s prompt was: Possess. Click on the link to read more stories by other writers. Get ‘Collected Sketches’ for free for the next few days…

  Iain Kelly

  13/02/2021

  Books, sammiscribbles, weekend writing prompt, Writing

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• PICKING UP THE PIECES

  She stared at the wreckage. The clean-up task would be huge. Enormous. Gargantuan. Would she be able to do it? Did she have a choice? No one was going to help her. She would have to do it on her own. It was her responsibility, and she had no one else to blame. She stood…

  Iain Kelly

  06/02/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, sammiscribbles, Short Story

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• DOUBT

  The End. Sit back and feel that wave of satisfaction. Done it. Seventy-thousand words. A great ending. A strong start. Plenty of twists. Sags a bit in the middle. Needs a bit of work there. That character is a stereotype. That part is unbelievable. Is it really any good? It’s dire. Back to the start.…

  Iain Kelly

  28/11/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, sammiscribbles, Short Story

  advice, author, character, creative writing, dire, doubt, draft, editing, ending, Fiction, Flash Fiction, indie, indie author, life, literature, nanowrimo, non-fiction, novel, plot, rewrite, sammiscribbles, Short Story, start, stereotype, story, writer, Writing, writing process, writing prompt

• DEMOCRACY

  

  They wrangled back and forth. Neither would accept the result. We waited for violence to escalate. In the end, Saskia won and Scooby-Doo went on. Dad would have to watch the football later. Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt, hosted by SammiScribbles. This week’s prompt was: Wrangle. Click on the link to read more stories…

  Iain Kelly

  14/11/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, weekend writing prompt

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