Melodrama

<p>Mightly push your powerful writing to the top of the highest literary peaks! Or… work on your craft.</p> <p>CONSUME: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett or its sequel, World Without End. Or, for a less committal and free option, the BBC fiction podcast "Home Front"</p> <p>CREATE: Think about an obscure subject you know a great deal about. Now write a 200-600 word story that has the following plot: Person A, who is evil, kidnaps Person B, who is good. Person C, who is also good, rescues Person B, goodly, and in the process, Person A accidentally falls off a cliff because they are evil and that’s what happens to evil. Person B and Person C live happily ever after. You can play with the details but you get the point, a simple melodramatic story.</p> <p>Join the SWT Membership community to share your work, give feedback, and connect with other artists: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/startwiththis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/startwiththis</a></p> <p>Help spread the word about our show by wearing our logo: <a href="https://topatoco.com/collections/startwiththisFollow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://topatoco.com/collections/startwiththisFollow</a> us on Facebook and Twitter.</p> <p>Credits: Jeffrey Cranor (host) &amp; Joseph Fink (host), Jeffrey Cranor (producer), Grant Stewart (editor), Vincent Cacchione (mixer). Rob Wilson (logo).</p> <p>Theme written and performed by Joseph Fink. If you'd like your own cover of the theme song featured on this show, email us at <a href="mailto:startwiththis@nightvalepresents.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">startwiththis@nightvalepresents.com</a> or share it in our membership community.</p> <p>Produced by Night Vale Presents.</p> <p><a href="http://www.startwiththispodcast.comhttp://www.nightvalepresents.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.startwiththispodcast.comhttp://www.nightvalepresents.com</a></p>