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Murder Is But A Memory

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We gave a repeat performance of the previous night's triumphant debut before I got up, dressed and headed out the door.

My car was still at the police station where I'd left it when Harrigan took me up to Desert Canyon Road. It was a lovely day, I was feeling good, so I decided to walk until I got tired, then I'd get a cab to take me the rest of the way to the precinct.

As I started down the sidewalk outside the inn I saw two guys in the alley across the street, and they looked like trouble.

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    Neville Hunt over 8 years ago

    Uh-oh! Just as well they gave the repeat performance when they did. The Drabble format really works well with this story and despite the word-economy of that format, the pace is good.

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    Christopher over 8 years ago

    Thanks, Neville. Yeah, I've really learned a lot about how to pace a story using this format. And how to be thrifty with descriptions. This is like writing for a half-hour television program as opoosed to a feature-length film. It will be interesting to see how I write in the future when I'm not hampered by a word count.

    Thanks again for staying with me, Neville.

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    Christopher over 8 years ago

    And I see I misspelled "opposed." It's a shame they don't let you edit your comments.

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