Loved this story by @polyscribe70.bsky.social. Tender and moving. Really admired how the writing mirrored a previous story, while keeping the narrative voice distinct. Superb. #FictiveDream

Transcending the Fictive Dream with the Elements|Paperback Crickets and locusts are the squeaky wheels of summer. Guards are selling explosives to the patients. Stories are tricky, and so is the act of telling them.This isn't a rulebook. It's not some dusty t...

Your character is still trapped inside YOUR emotional armor?

Transcending the Fictive Dream means ripping your mask off first—
so they can breathe.

Want your reader to feel it?
You’ve got to bleed it.

#WritingWithTheElements #FictiveDream

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Transcending the Fictive Dream with the Elements|Paperback Crickets and locusts are the squeaky wheels of summer. Guards are selling explosives to the patients. Stories are tricky, and so is the act of telling them.This isn't a rulebook. It's not some dusty t...

earth ain't just a foundation
it's the slow hum beneath your doubt
build your world—then crack it
that's the story
#WritingWithTheElements #EarthElement #fictivedream

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I loved this piece by John Wheway. Very fine writing -poetic, vivid and inventive. #fictivedream #flashfictionfebruary

Fresh, vivid and inventive flash by @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social #fictivedream #flashfictionfebruary

Sharp and funny story by @jacqdoyle.bsky.social #fictivedream #flashfictionfebruary

Gem of understatement by Graham Mort #fictivedream #flashfictionfebruary

Poignant, beautifully written story by @david-bevan.bsky.social #fictivedream #flashfictionfebruary

Working on the Ward by Tim Pears IT WAS CALLED a mental hospital in those days. Why they put me on the children’s wing, I don’t know. I was still a child myself. Maybe that’s why. I was sick with education. I’d had en…

WORKING ON THE WARD by Tim Pears has been published by
@fictivedream.bsky.social available to read via the link below:

#TimPears #FictiveDream #shortstory
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