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A 2020 Short Story: the Year that Changed Me

January 29, 2021 by Tahlia Newland

A 2020 Short Story: the Year that Changed Me

In my last post, I shared a video suggesting that you write a 2020 short story. But if you liked the idea, you may have got stuck at the question of how to best approach the task. I decided to give it a try myself, and I began by focusing on what had the most impact for me. I've published that part of it below - it happens to be the beginning of my full 2020 short story. I found that writing the story of my experience of 2020 gave me a greater perspective and some psychological distance from things I'd found upsetting. So even if you don't want to share your story with anyone, you might like to write it, just for yourself. You could try just writing one scene, the moment you found most powerful, or the thing you remember most about the year. Enjoy ... Fire Fire. To the north. To the south. And to the west. Heat. Inescapable. Searing winds. Shatter my peace of mind. So hot it’s hard to breathe. Hard to move. Fireworks? New Year celebrations? None of that. Just a creeping … [Read more...]

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