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How to Make a Killing Jar: Out and About!

Nov 3, 2023

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Ace Baker

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Ace Baker’s collection of 12+1 stories is published and is getting reviews! Find it on amazon.ca or amazon.com:
Opening paragraphs #002: Add a bit of mystery!

Jul 26, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, novels, short stories, writing technique

Let’s jump right into today’s opening paragraph by taking a look at the start of Allegra Goodman’s “La Vita Nuova”: The day her fiance left, Amanda went walking in the Colonial cemetery off Garden Street. The gravestones were so worn that she could hardly read them. They were melting away into the weedy grass.…
Writer’s Digest: I won! So what’s the problem?

Jul 25, 2013

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Ace Baker

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Ok, so here’s the problem. I won something in this competition (their big one, the one I’ve never placed in before). And then I got an e-mail that said something like, Again, congratulations on your winning entry. Here’s how you access your free subscription, free this, free that, and so on. Again? I DIDN’T…
Opening paragraphs #001: Strength AND vulnerability, at the same time!

Jul 25, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fiction, novels, power punch, short stories, writing technique

For today’s starting paragraph, I decided to go with one that packs quite a punch. First, read how Megan Mayhew Bergman begins “Housewifely Arts”: I am my own housewife, my own breadwinner. I make lunches and change light bulbs. I kiss bruises and kill copperheads from the backyard creek with a steel hoe. I change…

How to Make a Killing Jar: Out and About!

Opening paragraphs #002: Add a bit of mystery!

Writer’s Digest: I won! So what’s the problem?

Opening paragraphs #001: Strength AND vulnerability, at the same time!