7 Tina lays the icepick on the bar. She says, âRoxie, I never loved anybody like I love Nick. It … More
Tag: fiction
âď¸ Writersâ Wisdom ~ Dicken’s Opening Paragraph to A Tale of Two Cities
Opening Paragraph from Dicken’s, A Tale of Two Cities It was the best of times, it was the worst of … More
âď¸ Writersâ Wisdom ~ Hemingway’s Opening Paragraph in “A Farewell to Arms”
Opening Paragraph, A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway In the late summer of that year we lived in a … More
đ¤ The Lucky Canary ~ Nick’s Afraid He’s Going to Lose the Man He Used to Be
6 The Tuna walks into The Lucky Canary. He glances over to the corner table and gestures with his crocked … More
âď¸ Writersâ Wisdom ~ Graham Greene’s Opening Paragraph in “Brighton’s Rock”
Opening Paragraph from Graham Greene’s Brighton Rock Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant … More
đ¤ The Lucky Canary Will Return on Monday, January 18th
Tina Tells Nick to Move Out if He’s Backing Out. The Lucky Canary and It’s Cast of Characters Returns Monday, … More
âď¸ Writersâ Wisdom ~ Writing as a Creative Art Work
“I would like to carve my novel in a piece of wood.” ~ Georges Simenon
âď¸ Writersâ Wisdom ~ Become Sponge Like
“I’m a bit like a sponge. When I’m not writing I absorb life like water. When I write I squeeze … More
đ¤ The Lucky Canary ~ Officer Reilly is Jonesing a Donut – His Blood Sugar is Low LOL
4 Reilly and Flanagan, the two Irish cops, walk in, hands on the pistol in their holsters. The heads in … More
âď¸ Writersâ Wisdom ~ A Rule for Writing
“Don’t ever write anything you don’t like yourself and if you do like it, don’t take anyone’s advice about changing … More