Tag: outtakes
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Simone and Dean: A Tale of Friendship and Romance
Part one: Simone and Dean: a complex teen romance unfolds Simone dropped her binder on the table opposite of Preston and Dean and slouched with a sigh when she sat. She pulled out her bento box of crackers, cheese, and fruit scowling. “Everything okay, sis?” Preston asked, plopping a pepperoni from his pizza into his…
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The Struggle for Survival: Andre’s Journey Through Poverty
Author’s note: This was the original opening, but my editor, Caprice Hokstad, recommended a rewrite. The published chapter one is much stronger, but this was a good chapter (just not the best) and thought I’d share it with you. Chapter 1 Eighteen-year-old Andre Collinger ripped open the thick plastic bag and jerked it open, ignoring…
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Rax quits the team
OUTTAKES I realized as I developed characters, I literally had hundreds of scenes written just to get to know them. These scenes would never be used in any published work, but it seems wasteful just to have them saved in a file unread, except by me. So, I plan to publish them here on my…