Tag: writing practice
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Cream Puffs
She says there’s a right way to crack an egg one-handed, and her demonstration is both confident and wrong. The shell crumbles. The yolk races across the counter like a toddler spotting freedom. She laughs without remorse as he catches it in cupped palms. He bows like a showman. Flour swirls in the air. Their…
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Cozy Wash
Mouthing along to Doechii’s “Catfish”, I smoothly shift gears as I pull in to the car wash to get the rental cleaned before returning it. My cheeks hurt from the wide smile that’s been fixed on my face for the past two hours. I drum along to the beat and glance at myself in the…
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Hunan and the temple beast
Todays writing practice is once again a very short pulpy story. Reading time ~9min. Hunan Jag’s footsteps sounded out loudly around him. Despite his best efforts, his impressive physique just was not suitable for quiet movement. It couldn’t be helped; it was just one of the costs one had to pay when one wanted to…
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20230112
A single fight sceneRead time: ~2-3 min Dira tightened her grip on her sword. Leather straps, discolored and worn thin from years of use of the blade by her master before her own time with it, bit into the palm of her hand. She felt it when her opponent decided to make its move. Behind…
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20230105
I’m going to attempt to write stuff every now and then. It’s going to be rough. Read at your own peril.Read time: ~3-4min Monastery So many lives were lost. What was left of their hope was little more than embers. After days, who knows how many, of unending pounding by this storm, they were the…