Tag: psychological thriller
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Prompt Friday: Employee Correction
This Friday’s Writing Prompt Challenge For this week’s challenge, write your twisted version of this prompt. Let your imagination run wild. A boss is secretly drugging and brainwashing underperforming employees to fix their work behavior. Write the moment the HR manager realizes she is the next target for “correction.” Thursday, June 25, 2026 – 1:00…
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Prompt Friday – We’re Watching
Prompt Prompt Friday: Write this scene. You return from lunch to find a flash drive on your desk with a note that says we’re watching. You must follow the directions on the flash drive, and you only have one hour to complete the tasks. My Response I entered my office after a disappointing lunch. Two…
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Before I Knew I Was Writing a Thriller | Expanding a Story Into a Novella
When a Story Won’t Let Go Stories are always rolling around in my head—until one starts screaming louder than the others. That’s exactly how I realized I was writing a thriller without even knowing it. Has that ever happened to you? Revisiting Old Work After finishing my poetry book and preparing it for publication, I…
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What Genre Are You Writing In? When Your Story Becomes Multiple Genres
Have you ever started writing a short story or novel in one genre, only to realize later that it turned into something completely different? This has happened to me more than once. I enjoy writing mysteries and police procedurals, but when I’m working on a story, I often find myself adding romantic elements along the…