Improving one’s prose in minutes #2: Pleonasms – Issa A. Dioume

Short note on pleonasm, and easy exercise to check understanding.

#1 Short-story by Issa Dioume (THE CLICHED DETECTIVE-STORY)

Victor Verdun is fifty years old. He sits at his desk, thinking and despondent.

#1 Flash-Fiction by Issa Dioume

                                                               Candles The sun rose over a dismal scene. As he lies there, quiet and unbreathing, it struck me how my brother could even in …

#News.1: Accepted For Creative Writing Masters degree At Edinburgh University

Astounding news!! And many more developments to come.

Brother [Poem] by Issa Dioume

For my brother

Style Training With Ursula K. Le Guin, Exercise.2: Am I Saramago {2nd attempt}

My 2nd Attempt At this Challenging Stylistic Exercise. Please, do tell me how I did this time around!

The Fall [Short-Story] by Issa Dioume

Loyally, We All Must Fall. 💧 💫

Style Training With Ursula K. Leguin, Exercise.1; Part.2

Writing Training Following Ursula K. Le Guin’s Guidance 📖 📚

Style Training With Ursula K. Leguin, Exercise.1; Part.1

Writing Training Following Ursula K. Le Guin’s Guidance 📚 📖

The Healing, Part.1 [ Short-Story Series] by Issa Dioume

After a war. How can you ever get better? Will the pain ever go away? Can you... heal?