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The girl on the train would be nice… we could toy with both ideas and see which one builds a better scene and adds more suspense. 😉

I’ve entered! Check The doc for more.

@j-a-penrose thanks!

Here’s mine, from The tenth chapter, third part of The Talisman:

“Speak.”

His voice wavered, his hesitancy evident as he peered out the window, the mahogany screening laced elegantly between the stone surface. “Your story cannot tell itself.”

Azade’s grip tightened around her hidden dagger. “That’s all you think I do, isn’t it? You think I…

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@cassie-hartfinh that’s pretty cool! I wish you good luck! 😉

@cassie-hartfinh it’s the first novel that I’ve actually become serious about pitching to publishers. I’m only 13, but I’ve already reworked the draft multiple times (I think I’ve been working on it since I was 11 or so) and it’s getting much, much better.

Congrats on the publication!

@cassie-hartfinh I’m currently working on Oath, my Historical Fiction/Literary Novel about Biblical times, more specifically Bathsheba. I’m past 20,000 words. 😊

@j-a-penrose ah, thanks. I’ll observe and look forward to next week’s snippet.

Agrees with you

Here’s The wiki link:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights

If you’ve heard of Aladdin, then that’s part of the collection.

@cassie-hartfinh it was my 1001 Nights retelling, The Talisman.

@cassie-hartfinh got a point there.

In other news, my “pantsing”, put-other-projects-on-hold-ing self got featured on Wattpad’s picks, so…

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I don’t think I’ll ever grow out of it.

@cassie-hartfinh sounds pretty cool! I would enter, but I’m a sucker at keeping track of my emotions with a plan, so….

Is that all we have to go and then write a snippet that corresponds to that? @j-a-penrose

@emma-starr I can’t exactly tell what period this is set in, but it’s a great start.

@sarah-inkdragon I’m definitely hooked. Someone’s about to fall in love…. 😏

Same here.