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Debut author Sara Collins, whose new novel is The Confessions of Frannie Langton (Harper).
This week’s Write the Book Prompt was generously suggested by my guest, Sara Collins.
An older woman is angry that a pair of teenagers keeps collecting rocks and shells from the beach on which she lives. Write a scene in which she confronts them for the first time. She never tells them why it distresses her so much nor do the teenagers tell her why it's so important to them to collect the shells, though the reader comes to understand. Write the scene first from the perspective of the old woman and then one of the teenagers.
Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion.
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