#ScribesAndMakers Aug 13: Our next featured creator turned a short story into a novel. Have you ever done that, or the reverse?
I wrote a tryptich of flash fics, three points in the protagonist's life, and my writing buddy said, "Dude, THIS IS A NOVEL." I was like, what? And then I wrote 10,000 words in two weeks. She was right.
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