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Big Congrats to ALL!!!!!!!

Congratulations everyone!!!



(I see Tim Pickl up there - been a long time since I've heard that name. Welcome back! )

Congrats one and all!!

Wow! Congratulations to ALL! I can't wait to read more stories!! I missed most of these.

Woo Hoo! Merry Christmas to us! (And to you. )

Wonderful job, everyone! Congrats to to all!

Congratulations, ALL!

Barb, the best advice I ever got here as a beginner was, after I finished my story, lop off the first paragraph and the last paragraph. Completely discard them.

It was scary, but I was amazed at the difference it made!

I think I'm getting better at writing endings. When I first started at FW, my endings ended nicely, topped with a pretty bow. :D I was counseled that I didn't always have to "end" everything, and now most of my stories are open-ended, but pointing the reader to the conclusion (I hope). Min...

I remember that ending well! It was so good, it made your story stick in my memory.

Congrats, Everyone!

As far as transitions, I almost think they go in the previous chapter, where you'll hint about what's to come. And if that doesn't work, there's no reason why the transition can't come in paragraph two or three of the new chapter, after you've given the reader a fun anecdote or a shocking story or ...

Oops, forgot to do part two of the homework!!

I didn't do any of the no-nos.

I think I hit

2 - Short sentence.

3 - introduce conflict (I hope)

4 - Yes, this happened.

9 - Conversation tone (I think)

Cat

I'm back (finally). I tweaked the opening of an old challenge entry for my homework. I still don't think it's very good. Love Cat I had the perfect plan. The crib would go in that corner and my 4 year-old daughter’s bed along this wall. Miranda would love sharing a room with her new sister or brothe...

Congrats!!! I read so many AWESOME entries this week that didn't make the highest rankings - - I dearly wish I had time to read all of these stories listed that that I haven't read yet. SUPER writing EVERYONE!