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SCFrankles

Published: Jul 15, 2014

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“I thought full stop didn’t feel like going because of her period,” whispered hyphen.

“Oh, no,” said semicolon, “that’s not full stop; that’s dot, one of the ellipsis sisters.”

Well, considered hyphen as he prepared to dash off, it had been a confusing story but now it seemed he’d be able to join the dots...

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Challenge #7: Threesome

As befits the third week of such a third-class writing event, there are THREE elements to today's challenge for triple the fun. That's right, 3 for the price of 1!

Element ONE: Your story must consist of three sentences. No more, no less. It can be any length, 55-1000 words, but it can only have 3 sentences. Polish up those semi-colons, kids.
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