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@FlashficCommunity I've a couple of poetry verses  from  my yet-to-be-published on Wattpad:
            "The brightest gems stand alone
            Scarred by people not made of stone, 
            A cacophony of hurts surround
            In a blazing fire refusing to drown."

@FlashficCommunity The opening line for Inside Man: "Paul Finn stepped over the man he had just killed and crouched down behind a broken wall."

@FlashficCommunity Forced proximity.

@FlashficCommunity The big twist in "The Hidden Crystal," which happens in chapter 25. The previous chapters are so light and fluffy, and then I flip the switch, and everything gets turned upside-down. I feel like a horrible person for saying this, given the content, but I love how it turned out. XD

@FlashficCommunity I have several, but I'm going to go with "Matilda." It was the gateway to my reading addiction. 

@FlashficCommunity All of the above and anything that makes you sound uncertain - which, I suppose, cuts into the trimming of words like 'really' and 'very'. For me, though, it's primarily deleting anything that doesn't advance the story, doesn't develop the characters, or isn't crucial to the plot. And, of course, the dreaded 'show, don't tell' - a trap that writers often fall prey to. Not always the easiest of fixes, mind, but worth the effort.

@FlashficCommunity First, dialogue tags. Especially when there are only two people in a conversation, it's unnecessary to identify the speaker every single time. Second, adverbs. Those can usually go (obviously, I don't care too much about them in casual writing like this). Third, filler words (just, only, really, very, etc.). Those add emphasis that may not be necessary, given the context, and it's shocking how much your word count can go down by cutting words like that.

@000anamika000 Sounds like a challenge to me. Go for it!

@katiegoesmew ok as you say mam

@FlashficCommunity are you challenging me?

@FlashficCommunity ending

@FlashficCommunity Ending. It took five drafts of "A Dove's Tale" before I was satisfied with the ending, and I'm not there yet with any of my other "completed" books... XD