1,000 words.(Brief article)

From: Writing! | Date: April 1, 2008 | Copyright information

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There is something mysterious about this picture. Is that really a man sitting on that tree stump? Could he be hiding from something or someone? Or is he--it--something else? What about the birds and the cage? What does it all mean?

As a writer, you can develop this man, if it is a man, into a character and then tell his story. You get to "see" this man's face. It's ...

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