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Jacqueline Bourland

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A Great Grandfather's Encouragement From The Grave

Weekly Contest #267

Prompt #267 OVERCOMING OBSTACALS Your character wants something very badly. . . . will they get it? A GREAT GRANDFATHER’S ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE GRAVE Her dad had been a writer; but, a writer of fact-based, instructional materials; writings that could not, justifiably, be classified as “creative”. She, herself, had been a writer, of sorts; but, as with her dad, her writing too consisted of fact-based, persuasive materials. Nothing creative. Having grown up hearing her dad clicking away on his old Olympia manual typewriter down in the base...

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Chicago Surprise

Weekly Contest #265

Prompt: #265 Bon Voyage “Write about someone who’s traveling to a place they’ve never been to meet someone they’ve never met.” Chicago Surprise Submitted by: Jacqueline A. Bourland  Emily’s heart was beating so hard she felt everyone on the train station platform that early morning could surely hear it pounding. Emotionally she wondered if her trip to Chicago was a good idea; leaving the comfort of the known [her life in Normal, Illinois] and venturing out into the unknown [the big city of Chicago]. Intellectually she knew she had no cho...

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