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Baitball Blogger

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10. The exact opposite happened to me.

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sun Jul 8, 2012, 01:28 PM

Jul 2012

As I was watching t.v. and writing a draft the things I saw on the t.v. I thought I could do better.

Look for the twist. If you liked the story, go back and look for the twist.

Also, sometimes when you're writing the details as the action would happen, the story goes in a completely different direction than the one you started out with.

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Has this ever happened to you? [View all] Tobin S. Dec 2011 OP

More proof that watching TV is bad for you. n/t Scuba Dec 2011 #1

The twighlight series onlyadream Jan 2012 #2

More than once. Chan790 Jan 2012 #3

Not that, but whenever I write a story SheilaT Jan 2012 #4

Too bad it was going good instead of well. Things may have turned out differently. Just teasing. valerief Jan 2012 #5

I wrote "The Thing" when I was 15 theAntiRand Jan 2012 #6

Musician. It's happened many times. WriteWrong Jun 2012 #7

Yes it has. Fearless Jun 2012 #8

Very common. It's something "in the ether" mainer Jun 2012 #9

The exact opposite happened to me. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #10