I don't care much what people think of my work performance at my day job. That isn't to say I'm okay with being sloppy (I arrange deliveries for a clothing company, so attention to detail is ver...

Inspired by brave personal accounts from both meperson and sinnamin.

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A good deal of my work deals with people who are outsiders. By and large they are not happy stories...

This is something I'm not sure of how to write.

Whenever someone famous passes, especially someone who has achieved a lot in a short life (and never as much as they should have done)...

There's still time to get off the road you are on.

To turn around and walk back the way you came

and change everything.

Once upon-a-time, girls grew up hearing endless stories either about virtuous men saving the day (and winning the heart of the fair lady, of course) or about women dreaming of the day their prin...

Ugly, fugly, snaggle-tooth, butterface, bitchface, uggie.

When you are a woman, all that matters is the outside.

I've really loved all the contributions to the Dialogue Tales collab, but two recent ones really stood out to me because they both dealt with territory that hasn't been explored in the collab mu...

"Gathering" conjurs up so many different possibilities: a family event of some kind, people witnessing some major event, even a collection of items! This theme lends itself to many, many great s...

Very open to interpretation. A lot that could be done with this as a theme.

She closes her eyes.

FADE TO BLACK.

END.

#1. Celebrities are not real people. Therefore we do not have to treat them with the kind of consideration we would expect for ourselves. It is perfectly acceptable for us to have hugely unreali...

You were always there when I needed you, your distinctive voice so beautifully articulating the trials of love and of life. You discovered that universal key which eludes so many, because even t...

I wish people would just be honest. I've never seen the justification for two-facedness and petty sniping. It doesn't spare anyone's feelings, it just makes people paranoid.

"There's still time."

Dearest hitRECorders,

I'm afraid that I won't be around here in April as I'll be participating in Scriptfrenzy. So I wish you all good luck and hope to see you all again before the A...

I’ve been going to my local cinema since I was four-years old. One thing that has never changed in all that time is the NO SMOKING sign, located to the right of the big screen. It’s ...

Jealousy warps a person's perceptions so badly and creates such breathtaking hatred. It grows so many destructive emotions. Don't let it in.

Breakfast is a battle.

That must sound ridiculous to you. I know it that it would've to me before as well. What I mean is that I know I sound silly and that you are permitted to snic...

Indecision, now there's a crafty loop for you.

We will happily convince ourselves that a decision can wait, that all the 'umming' and 'aahing' isn't just because we don't want to tak...

They say that the rain eventually washes it all away. Rain and time. The memories, nightmares, feelings, whatever. But, as such words of comfort often are, this is partially a lie. Nothing can e...

We have many synonyms for people we consider outside the ordinary. There are much fewer for those that are considered "normal."

As a society, we reject ruthless and accept sparingly....

The hook is absolutely crucial to any story. 

It is the moment or remark or gesture that makes the reader (or viewer) want - demand! - to know more. The answer to that needs to ...

Love is someone who sees you as you truly are

and loves you anyway.