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		<title>Weekly Writing Assignment: Untitled by Ted (QuixoticJedi)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yo man, I’m totally down and out. Nothing is going right, and everybody keeps calling me a fag.]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Writing Finalist: Untitled by Megan Dingler</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t say that Shannon’s very smart, but she’s a decider. Once she’s on a course of action, nothing will stop her, and when she’s done, when she’s down and out, when I swoop in and rescue her yet again, I always say, “Shannon, you’re an uber pain in the ass. I’m tired of cleaning up your messes.” And she always replies, “Yeah, I know, I should’ve listened to you last week.”]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Writing Assignment #7: Random Words, Urban Dictionary Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Urban Dictionary is one of the most fun websites I have ever visited. This week, we're doing another random word challenge, but this time using words strictly taken from the Urban Dictionary. ]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Winner: Hammer by James Lombardi</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week's winner did a fantastic job of describing the situation the character is facing, without actually describing the scene. The piece took place entirely inside the character's head, and he (or she) is faced with a rather extreme decision of pulling the trigger on a gun. James Lombardi, the author, really used the space given to slow time down to a near crawl as the character tries to make the decision.]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Finalist: Hammer by James Lombardi</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The thing is slick with sweat running down the barrel.
I never realized a gun could sweat.

The drops moved along the grooves in the metal as they raced to the pavement.  Another drop fell off my brow to join the other drops on the ground.  A swift shake of the head cleared my thoughts.

A gun doesn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Finalist: Chocolate or Vanilla? by Emily Miner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not a choice most people agonize over. Most people have a
favorite. Most people just know which they prefer. They don&#8217;t have to
think when the cashier asks them. For them, the choice between
decadent and classic, rich and simple, dark and light&#8230; it&#8217;s easy.
Not me. I have two problems:
My first problem is that I love both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Winner #4: Wayne Ward by Rachel Cormier</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's often tempting to make a character sketch narrative. But a character sketch should really be more of a series of small, yet detailed, observations that when taken as a whole give the reader insights into the character. Think of it like a hill of sand. All the different grains of sand themselves are insignificant, but take a shape when put together. The most important thing is to make the character is three-dimensional, and in doing so bring them alive. ]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Finalist: Nina, the Newest Associate at Sterling Cooper by Elissa Strati</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was strolling down Park Avenue the other day when the revolving door at 857 caught my eye and drew me in. I found myself in the lobby of an office building, people hustling to and fro. Ding! The elevator doors were opening. A crowd rushed off and I got on. When we came to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Finalist: Mad Men Story by Brendan Wilhide</title>
		<link>http://weeklywritingassignment.com/2009/08/weekly-finalist-mad-men-story-by-brendan-wilhide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The young man smiles nervously as he waits in the reception area of  Sterling Cooper. He grips his hat firmly in his hands and taps it over  and over with his fingers. His tan overcoat spills across his wrists  and over his briefcase and glistens ever so slightly from the misty  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Finalist: Wayne Ward by Rachel Cormier</title>
		<link>http://weeklywritingassignment.com/2009/08/weekly-finalist-wayne-ward-by-rachel-cormier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wayne is a man in his mid-40&#8217;s, recently coming to light when he responded to an ad for a medically knowledgeable copy writer. He was from out of town, somewhere in the mid-West, where he grew up and married and then abandoned his high school sweet-heart.
He attended medical school in Texas but could not complete [...]]]></description>
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