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Writing with the Bog Owl

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  1. Introduction
  2. Lesson 1: Setting and Originality
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  3. Lesson 2: Third-Person Close Narration
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  4. Lesson 3: Bayard, Objectivity, Subjectivity
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  5. Lesson 4: Where Did Feechiefolk Come From?
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  6. Lesson 5: The Wilderking Chant
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  7. Lesson 6: Writing In-Scene and Out-of-Scene
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  8. Lesson 7: Incongruity
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  9. Lesson 8: Into the Swamp
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  10. Lesson 9: Among the Feechies
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  11. Lesson 10: Moving Parts
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  12. Lesson 11: Fishing Trip, Feechie Feast
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  13. Lesson 12: Foreshadowing, Expectations
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  14. Lesson 13: Judgment, Motive
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  15. Lesson 14: Motivation
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  16. Lesson 15: The False Peak
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  17. Lesson 16: The Miner-Scouts
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  18. Lesson 17: Narrative Layers
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  19. Lesson 18: Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
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The opening scene of The Bark of the Bog Owl takes place at the edge of the forest—or, if you prefer, at the edge of a clearing. Edges and boundaries, the meeting of two worlds, are fertile ground for storytelling.

For this week’s exercise, write a scene that takes place at an edge or boundary—the edge of town, the edge of a forest, the boundary between two neighborhoods or two countries. Let’s see what kinds of things happen where two worlds overlap.