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I also want to add that @mynachang.bsky.social stands out in the writing community as incredibly supportive. You're amazing, Myna! Thank you for your kindness & generosity in all things writing. ❤️❤️❤️

Thrilled & deeply honored to take part in an interview with the AWESOME @mynachang.bsky.social, showcasing Intrepidus Ink's editors, brand & driving fire 🔥 THANK YOU. We do what we do for the love of the word--and all of you. ❤️ Thank you, WOW! You rock! 🙌

Saturday roll call: Bold writers. Brave drafts. Fearless storytelling.

Today's the day to tell perfection to take a hike.

Just write. Absolutely NO apologies.

Zero limits.

GO. 🔥

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The Art of Focus: Slice-of-Life V. Narrative Arc A focused examination of structure & the differentiating elements that transform your potential slice-of-life piece into a story.

Do you write:
✅Slices-of-life
✅Stories
OR
Are you:
Struggling to sort the differences?
(Look we get it)
@allisonwrites.bsky.social skillfully settles these questions & more through a lens of Matthew Goldberg's "On Auto." ♥️ Take a peek. #writingcommunity #amwriting
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They say you can judge a story by its drama. #writing #writingcommunity #writers

LOVE all of these awesome magazines & we're thrilled to be counted among them‼️ Thank you @mynachang.bsky.social ❤️ We adore @beardedbetts.bsky.social story--thank you for the shoutout ⚡

In case ya missed it, pts I & II of my midnight bazaar miniseries are up @intrepidusink.bsky.social

Somewhere in the Lunar Wilderness (pt. I)
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&

Counter Offer (pt. II)
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Hope ya dig em.

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What fun to get the Intrepid Award!

Held Up A pregnant woman on laundry detail grapples with more than slippery sheets in this tale of unexpected danger & emotion.

“Held Up” showcases our brand of alarmingly individual characters who pursue goals despite the danger. Their triumph inspires us to believe we can overcome. 🙌

Congratulations on winning the Intrepid Award @elizabethcollis.bsky.social ‼️❤️
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YES! Experience plus the compulsion to make flash fiction compressed, brief, and urgent. It works. LOVE! ❤️

@intrepidusink.bsky.social Well, I’ve given birth, and there’s nothing like that mix of pain, emotion, and instincts to concentrate the mind! I did draw on my own experience. Doing it in few words is largely due to repeated rewrites, I’m a compulsive culler of words.

@elizabethcollis.bsky.social you balance many elements in this piece: the narrator's emotions, her very real physical pain, and her goals of fight, flight, and survive.

How did you achieve so much in so few words?

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@intrepidusink.bsky.social I discover the tension, but initially I have placed a complex character in a challenging position, so the tautness is not hard to find. It’s a question of ushering the story along using careful pacing and those shift moments.

@elizabethcollis.bsky.social, @allisonwrites.bsky.social wrote an essay this week about shift moments using "Held Up" as an excellent example of tightening tension.

What is your process? Do you plan or discover tension as you write?

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We LOVE this story so much! It exemplifies struggle, emotion, and overcoming. Way to go! 🙌

@intrepidusink.bsky.social I’m so honored to receive the award!

@elizabethcollis.bsky.social would you share an excerpt from your excellent story & give followers a taste of what to expect when they click on “Held Up”? ♥️

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Correction: that's @timonse.bsky.social Thank you so much for being our Intrepid Award judge! Thank you as well to @allisonwrites.bsky.social @amandahurleynet.bsky.social & Calie ❤️

Held Up A pregnant woman on laundry detail grapples with more than slippery sheets in this tale of unexpected danger & emotion.

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT! ANNOUNCEMENT! ♥️

Drum roll, please:

CONGRATULATIONS to our 2025 Intrepid Award winner @elizabethcollis.bsky.social for her story “Held Up.”

Many thanks to Literary Judge & first award winner @esaiastimons.bksy.social!
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High praise coming from a masterful storyteller 🙌 Thank you for reading and sharing, Matthew. ❤️

Look, every time I read a piece by @beardedbetts.bsky.social , I am floored by the *voice*. Dude knows how to set the tone

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🙌 YES!!!!!

Thanks again for having me and showcasing these stories. This narrator has a lot of life left in him, I believe...stay tuned...

Readers will love your work. 🙌

A shoutout & hello to @suzjay11.bsky.social 📣‼️😍

Thank you so much for having not one, but two stories of mine! I had a lot of fun writing this character and hope to revisit him again… @intrepidusink.bsky.social

And thank you - I can't wait for these other stories to float through the ether and find some readers!