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3 Reasons We Get Bored With Our Own Plot

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I am currently working on a short story collection for an upcoming book release.  I’ve cobbled together some short stories already published on Literary Juice and elsewhere as well as some brand spanking new short stories to send chills up my reader’s spine.

However, one short story has really been tough to write, and I realized the other day once I had a breakthrough with it that the reason I couldn’t get it right was because it bored the life out of me.

It all began when I was 12 years old.  I have a vivid memory of visiting a diorama display at a local mall where I saw a fantastic diorama of the inside of an Egyptian tomb.  The scene was fascinating because within the tomb I saw a small model of an archaeologist rappelling down the wall from a hole he had knocked through and sitting on the…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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