Hello and welcome to the seventeenth edition of Fiction Monday. “Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver There is … More Fiction Monday – 17
Neha picked up the envelope which lay forgotten in her desk drawer for years. She wrote it for herself some twelve years ago. The plan was to open it ten years later. Who knew ten years later she would forget the existence of the letter itself. Life has sweet-talked her into forgetting the fondest memories … More Letter from the Past #FictionMonday
Hello and welcome to the fifteenth edition of Fiction Monday. “A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”–Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades I am going through a phase where I find it difficult to write. I won’t call it a writer’s block. I have stories and ideas spilling … More Fiction Monday 15
Hello and welcome to the fourteenth edition of Fiction Monday. “A writer is working when he’s staring out of the window.” ~ Burton Rascoe Stare, talk, walk, run, and do all that takes to write that story that’s brewing inside you. Stories From The Thirteenth Edition The Shadow by Esha M DuttaThe cat and the drawer by … More Fiction Monday 14
Hello and welcome to the thirteenth edition of Fiction Monday. “The best time to plan a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” ~ Agatha Christie I agree with Agatha. A ridiculous number of poems stroll across my peripheral vision while I am busy doing dishes or cooking. Sometimes I pause and note down the thoughts … More Fiction Monday – 13
Hello and welcome to the twelfth edition of Fiction Monday. “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” ~ Stephen King That’s the simple truth, isn’t it? Reading and writing are the two most essential tools to become a writer. Last week … More Fiction Monday – 12
Morning air had a peculiar softness in it as if it had realized that everything else in her life was rough. Niya felt pity on herself. Pity – lately that’s the one feeling she is in touch with. Anything good happens to her, she chooses to see it as a charity. As the morning sun … More Pity #FictionMonday
Hello and welcome to the eleventh edition of Fiction Monday. “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” — Louis L’Amour I couldn’t write for last week’s #FictionMonday. I tried. Even scribbled two sentences. But words didn’t flow. Eventually, I gave up. Does that happen to you? Those … More Fiction Monday – 11
Hello everyone! Welcome to the tenth edition of Fiction Monday. “Sometimes the ideas just come to me. Other times I have to sweat and almost bleed to make ideas come. It’s a mysterious process, but I hope I never find out exactly how it works. I like a mystery, as you may have noticed.” — J.K. Rowling … More Fiction Monday – 10
“Please let me out!” his voice echoed in the room. “I will not bother you. I promise. ” His scream filled with fear and desperation made her smile. He will never escape, such was her handiwork. Jailed inside the mirror all he could do was cry. © Vinitha 2020 This 45-word Flash Fiction is written … More Captured #FictionMonday
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