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    Short Story: "Stage Fright"

    MAY 28, 2012 11:35AM

    By P. Orin Zack


    Topics: manipulation, disaster, investigation, power, singer/songwriter, performance, narrative, subversive

    • 4 Ratings
    • 241 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    How to Fight Writer's Block and Keep Your Writing Warm

    APRIL 30, 2012 9:08AM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: writing, creativity, writer's block, fiction, homer simpson, point of view, nonfiction, editing, reading, rituals for writing, descriptive writing, narrative, plot, story, story board

    • 0 Ratings
    • 161 Views
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    Getting There

    NOVEMBER 24, 2011 10:21PM

    By Brian Westbye


    Topics: open call, family, brooklyn, new york, nostalgia, road trip, narrative, short story, brian westbye

    • 0 Ratings
    • 358 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Goodbye Composition Book, Hello Me

    NOVEMBER 22, 2011 3:53PM

    By Brian Westbye


    Topics: thanksgiving, narrative, fiction, short story, brian westbye

    • 0 Ratings
    • 143 Views
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    Composition Book: The Road Ahead

    NOVEMBER 13, 2011 8:41PM

    By Brian Westbye


    Topics: gift, dreams, couple, driving, road trip, the west, montana, narrative, short story, fiction, composition book, brian westbye

    • 0 Ratings
    • 199 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Composition Book: Puzzle Pieces

    NOVEMBER 9, 2011 10:14PM

    By Brian Westbye


    Topics: connection, dating, loneliness, isolation, rain, narrative, fiction, short story, composition book, brian westbye

    • 5 Ratings
    • 586 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    The Book of Job: Getting Fired and Starting Again

    NOVEMBER 8, 2011 7:06PM

    By Colony of Losers


    Topics: sex costumes, narrative, non fiction, second careers, open call, second career, fired, comedy, thinking of having sex with my attractive roommate, the problem with samantha, sex and midgets, life, depression, quarter life, pigs fuck, space sodomy, life, love, torment, depression, mental breakdown, colony of losers

    • 0 Ratings
    • 176 Views
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    Composition Book: After the Snow

    NOVEMBER 7, 2011 4:08PM

    By Brian Westbye


    Topics: brian westbye, composition book, fiction, short story, narrative

    • 1 Ratings
    • 137 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Composition Book: The Tudor

    NOVEMBER 3, 2011 6:49AM

    By Brian Westbye


    Topics: narrative, short story, fiction, composition book, brian westbye

    • 17 Ratings
    • 1223 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    What’s Your Story?

    AUGUST 11, 2011 8:28AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: collective narrative, political process, tea party, analysis of conservative view of government, simple stories win, the power of facts in discourse, bootstraps, metaphors, guns & ammo, regulated capitalism, michele bachmann, alan milner, the power of story, new york times, drew westin, frank rich, robert reich, frank bruni, story trumps fact, facts, narrative, stories, libertarianism, magical thinking, economic meltdown, economy, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 516 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    My closest and dearest of strangers...

    JUNE 28, 2011 1:03AM

    By Little Forrest in the Big City


    Topics: employment, fatigue, transportation, advertising, subway, new york city, new york, narrative, satire, open+call

    • 1 Ratings
    • 313 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Dear J.J. Abrams

    JUNE 15, 2011 5:27PM

    By Michelle Motoyoshi


    Topics: j.j. abrams, super 8, lost, alias, narrative, movies, tv, literary, letter, cg, cgi, story lines, plot, character development

    • 0 Ratings
    • 5320 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Announcing the "Catchies": Most Popular Media Catch Phrases

    FEBRUARY 26, 2011 2:57PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: catchies, catchword, open+call, politics, matthew effect, content provider, network, viral, jump shark, brand, wait for it, one-off, dogwhistle, hair on fire, pushback, game changer, regift, reset, repurpose, remix, reimagine, reinvent, reboot, mash-up, narrative, frame, run-up, level field, values voters, disconnect, boots on ground, into ditch, off cliff, double-dip, jump-start, kick down road, to the curb, under the bus, going forward, end of the day, seat at table, bring to table, discourse, adult conversation, satire, humor, cliche, catchphrase of the year, catchword, catch phrases, catchphrase, daniel rigney, danagram, iconic, news, media

    • 13 Ratings
    • 580 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Celebrating the Hardy Boys

    DECEMBER 29, 2010 9:41AM

    By Jerry DeNuccio


    Topics: narrative, reading, hardy boys mysteries, hardy boys

    • 0 Ratings
    • 280 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Archaeology of Self

    SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 1:08PM

    By Fred Pirone


    Topics: story, narrative, archaeologist, identity, society, culture, art, self, materialism, material, objects, photo, photography, archaeology

    • 16 Ratings
    • 1003 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    The Primal Potency of Political Combat Rhetoric

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 6:44PM

    By Rw005g


    Topics: construct, narrative, co-opt, leftist, left, populism, conservative, liberal, persuasion, propaganda, rhetoric, populism

    • 27 Ratings
    • 1309 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Cure#4: Bullshit answers and almonds for the insane

    JULY 23, 2010 6:51PM

    By Colony of Losers


    Topics: colony of losers, comedy, lindsay lohan, unemployed, anxiety, family, relationships, non fiction, narrative, natural remedies, self help guides

    • 32 Ratings
    • 1417 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    He Never Said I Love You

    JULY 23, 2010 12:07PM

    By lemonpulp


    Topics: narrative, fiction, open call, regrets, love, loss

    • 20 Ratings
    • 859 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    The Cure#3: The Insanity of the Mental Health Epidemic

    JULY 22, 2010 12:46PM

    By Colony of Losers


    Topics: narrative, non fiction, relationships, family, mourning for the life you thought you were going to lead, love story, unemployed, mental health, comedy, colony of losers

    • 8 Ratings
    • 1664 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Literary Conflict Narratives in American Political Discourse

    JULY 5, 2010 2:47PM

    By Rw005g


    Topics: literature, conflict, narrative, rhetoric, politics, communication, psychology, liberal, conservative

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