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TPG Week 179: Don’t Bore The Reader Into Submission

| May 30, 2014
TPG Week 179: Don’t Bore The Reader Into Submission

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Micah Bryant. I’m by myself this week, as Sam is taking care of some personal stuff. So, it’s just Micah and myself. Insert tones of doom here. Let’s get started!   Related Posts:TPG Week 218: Writing Challenge […]

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TPG Week 178: You Have To Let Dialogue Do Its Job

| May 23, 2014
TPG Week 178: You Have To Let Dialogue Do Its Job

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a Brave One in James Sarandis. We’ve also got Yannick Morin in the wordy green, in spartan in red, and let’s see what James does with his   Related Posts:TPG Week 190: Artist Turned…Writer? (Only the Shadow Knows!)TPG Week 188: Nothing Good […]

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TPG Week 170: Comedy Needs To Be Paced (And Funny)

| March 29, 2014
TPG Week 170: Comedy Needs To Be Paced (And Funny)

Hello, and welcome once again to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in the personage of Dan Dayton. We have Steve Colle in the cooling blue, I’m in the slap ’em around some more red, and let’s see how Dan answers the question   Related Posts:TPG Week 230: What Happens […]

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TPG Week 166: Padding Is Not Your Friend

| March 1, 2014
TPG Week 166: Padding Is Not Your Friend

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Michael Hasset. We have Steve Colle back in the calming blue, I’m firing off in red, and we’re going to see what Michael does with Mind Expanding Adventures of Sparky and His  Homies  #2 Related Posts:TPG Week […]

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TPG Week 161: Don’t Keep Writing When The Story Is Senseless

| January 24, 2014
TPG Week 161: Don’t Keep Writing When The Story Is Senseless

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in John Heidt. As always, we have Sam LeBas in Prince purple, I’m in the Hall and Oates red (I’m a Man Eater), and we see what John does with Related Posts:TPG Week 72: Starting Late Will Annoy […]

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TPG Week 159: When Exposition Goes Missing

| January 11, 2014
TPG Week 159: When Exposition Goes Missing

Not only is it a new year, but it’s also my birthday today! Now, as a present, I’m going to try not to add too much red to this script. I don’t think that’s going to happen, but you never know. Anyway, we have Nyisha Haynes as our new Brave One! We also have Sam […]

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TPG Week 154: Writing Challenge Submission

| December 6, 2013
TPG Week 154: Writing Challenge Submission

Welcome again to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have Paul LaPorte, with a last name that sounds like he’s from a Louisiana bayou somewhere… Just saying. Anyway, we have Steve Colle back in the calming blue, I’m forever in the fiery red, and let’s see how well Paul handles a writing […]

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TPG Week 153: A Pretty Good Story

| November 30, 2013
TPG Week 153: A Pretty Good Story

Hello, one and all! Welcome back to another installment of The Proving Grounds! Hopefully, you’ve all had a great Thanksgiving. Me? I was at work. But that’s neither here nor there. We have Brave One Frank Martin for this week’s entry. While I know you were looking for Sam LeBas this week, but unfortunately, it’s […]

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TPG 149: Being Vague Is Not Your Friend

| November 1, 2013
TPG 149: Being Vague Is Not Your Friend

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Austin James, son of our own Cesar Feliciano, who’s the artist on The Red Ten. With Samantha LeBas in purple and myself and red, we’re going to put Austin through his paces with Related Posts:TPG Week 190: […]

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TPG Week 148: Silent Opening Pages

| October 25, 2013
TPG Week 148: Silent Opening Pages

Hello, one and all, and welcome to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Fred Duran. Fred hails from the east coast (somewhere around NY if I’m not mistaken), and has been waiting with bated breath for today. We have Steve Colle in blue, I’m forever in red, and let’s […]

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TPG Week 146: Keeping Reader Interest

| October 11, 2013
TPG Week 146: Keeping Reader Interest

Welcome once more to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Sonja Smith! (And, on a completely unrelated note, I’m very happy to see that we have more women writing and submitting. I can probably count the number of female participants on one hand. I wish there were more. Anyway…) […]

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TPG Week 145: Too Much Stuff In The Bag

| October 4, 2013
TPG Week 145: Too Much Stuff In The Bag

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a returning Brave One in Jourdan MacLain. We also have Samantha LeBas in purple, I’m in red, and we see if Jourdan can make us all feel Dirty Related Posts:TPG Week 83: Use Your Powers For Good Instead Of…TPG Week 78: Readers […]

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