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    Chapter 1

    FSUstringer commented on FSUstringer's story chapter in Chapter 1

    Thanks for the feedback!
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    Chapter 1

    FSUstringer commented on FSUstringer's story chapter in Chapter 1

    Thank you!
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    Chapter 1

    FSUstringer commented on advocatus diaboli's story chapter in Chapter 1

    Very fascinating chapter with some very dark humor in a few lines which I liked a lot. Interesting use of tone with the protagonist's conversation with the social worker. His words were at times very mechanical and it gave a sense of an emotionless or disconnected space he was in. Definite hint at a deeper trauma and portrays him as someone walking through life in safe mode.
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    Chapter 1

    FSUstringer commented on FSUstringer's story chapter in Chapter 1

    Thanks for the feedback! It's really appreciated. I have about 32,000 words on the continuing story ready to go. Just waiting to get matched with an editor. Hopefully we cam come up with a plan to improve the format some.
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    Chapter 1

    FSUstringer commented on FSUstringer's story chapter in Chapter 1

    Thanks for the review. Have about 34000 words done on continuation. Just waiting to get matched with an editor.
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    The problem for me at least is to be able to separate the two writing styles. Inverted pyramids (like many news stories with the kicker at the top) don't make good style for short stories. I have a tendency at times to be working on a short story and all of a sudden realize that damn this reads like a news story and will have given the punch of the plot away in the first few pages and continue on anticlimactically.
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    Chapter 1

    FSUstringer posted new chapter in Click

    By TOM STAIK The gentle glow of the television usually brings him solace from the racing of his mind. Tonight, though, is different. Alex methodically switches channels as he lay awake – his feet twitching nervously under the covers. Click. A new image. “One one-thousand. Two one-thousand.” Click. Blackness then faces materialize. “One one-thousand. Two one-thousand.” Click. New faces. “One on
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    Click

    FSUstringer posted a story in Fiction

    A young man faces the torment of imprisonment in his own mind.
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    Make Strunk and White's Elements of Style your new best friend.
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    What is not said can be, at times, more compelling than the most detailed of descriptions. Understatement is a tool that I like to utilize particularly in dialogue driven scenes where overwriting of background detail of scene setting can detract from the overall mood and tone.
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    Working full-time stringing words together to tell the story of government meetings, special hearings, tax hikes, and car wrecks is a double edged sword for me when it comes to approaching creative writing outside of work. At times my work drains any will to put pen to paper and at other times my journalism experience is a stamina boost to the creative process. I have found that the confines of journalistic style hamper the vision of certain events I encounter. When I am able to turn that into a positive, and use the restraints of work as inspiration for taking risks creatively in my off time, I have found the will to write overwhelming.
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    I try very hard to suffer through any book. I have found that I tend to learn more from writing styles and plot plagued yarns than I learn from many well written stories. The lesson in learning what I don't want to do -- couple with the experience of learning what works and what doesn't -- is enough reason for me to continue following any train all the way through the wreck.
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    My first editor at the very first newspaper I worked at broke me of double spacing after periods. I had always been taught through school to double space. At the same time I have seen editors who could care less if there was double spacing after a period. I have learned to adapt to the whims of who I am working for at the time. However, for the most part, I use a single space after periods.
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    I registered today for my account. I've been writing professionally as a print journalist since I was 18. I have a bachelor's in English from Florida State and a master's in journalism from UGA. I am looking to develop my creative fiction skills and have several stories in my bank that I'd love to post soon and begin to get some feedback. Hope to hear from you soon. -- Tom
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