Alex HiamJun 3, 20193 minMay I Interest You In A Deception?It happens like this: A well dressed man in an expensive car is talking on his cell phone as he pulls up to a stop sign. He doesn’t...
Alex HiamMay 31, 20194 minNorth Star Teens Pen Appalling OpenersIn Making Writing Exciting, we reviewed recent winners of the Bulwar Lytton Prize, which is awarded to the most atrocious first sentence...
Alex HiamMar 25, 20192 minPROMPT: Write About Weather as an Obstacle to Getting HomeThe weather looms large in the plots of many of the greatest stories. In War and Peace, the ice and snow challenge all the characters and...
Alex HiamFeb 11, 20193 minThe Journey: Plotting and Writing Your Short Story(Most writing prompts produce some paragraphs, but not a whole story. This one is designed to generate entire short stories. That’s why...
Alex HiamFeb 8, 20192 minEnter An Impostor“Are you so dazed by this man’s hocus-pocus, that all the world, save him, is out of focus?” asks Cléante, addressing Orgon in Moliere’s...
