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March 9, 2017 Scribble

By Michael Shawn Sommermeyer | March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 by Michael Shawn Sommermeyer

This post consists of thoughts and fragments as I attempt to free write 750 words every day. Some of this may end up in a Story or a Conversation. Anyway, this is how one learn and shapes up The Craft. I’m writing another short story about a little girl found next to jewelry tools and a safe missing its jewelry. That’s how I spent my 750-words today. With these words, explaining why my Scribble lacks from…

On Writing

The False Ending

By Michael Shawn Sommermeyer | January 20, 2015January 20, 2015 by Michael Shawn Sommermeyer

I have mentioned that many stories fail to gain traction in the second act. This is where the viewpoint character forgets why they are in the story. Of course, it is the writer who has forgotten; either by writing by their pants or failing to plot in enough conflict to keep the story moving forward. Stories thrive on conflict and bad things must happen to the hero before it all ends up as good and…