The Academy

03/29/22 • 11 min

Freely Written: Short Stories From a Simple Prompt

In today's story, The Academy a shimmering door leads students to their futures
Today's prompt was inspired by the Academy Awards. While I'm not one to watch award shows, they do dominate the news. Seeing the word over and over led to the realization that "The Academy" could be a great writing prompt.
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Susan Quilty mainly writes novels, including two standalone novels and her current YA series: The Psychic Traveler Society. Susan's short stories for Freely Written are created during quick writing breaks and shared as a way to practice her narration skills before she dives into recording audio versions of her novels.
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Bonus episode today! Instead of sharing a new story, Susan is sharing her thoughts on the stories she told in episodes 51 to 54.
Check back for new stories every other Tuesday. Every fifth episode (like this one) will offer bonus commentary on the previous 4 stories. To avoid spoilers, listen to those story episodes before this one!
Two references in today's episode:
The first novel in Jonny Lupsha's Fogworld series, Wandering City Blues
Behind the Name's Random Name Generator
More about Susan Quilty
Susan Quilty mainly writes novels, including two standalone novels and her current YA series: The Psychic Traveler Society. Susan's short stories for Freely Written are created during quick writing breaks and shared as a way to practice her narration skills before she dives into recording audio versions of her novels.
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Website: SusanQuilty.com
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In today's story, Forgiveness, a young women treks up a mountain in search of mystical answers
Today's prompt was inspired by a book I was reading that talked about forgiveness. That's always been a complicated topic for me... so I turned it into a writing prompt. I'm not sure how I feel about the story that came out, but it's something to think about.
More about Susan Quilty
Susan Quilty mainly writes novels, including two standalone novels and her current YA series: The Psychic Traveler Society. Susan's short stories for Freely Written are created during quick writing breaks and shared as a way to practice her narration skills before she dives into recording audio versions of her novels.
Website: SusanQuilty.com
Patreon: Patreon.com/SusanQuilty
Freely Written merch: Bitter Lily Books Shop

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Freely Written: Short Stories From a Simple Prompt - The Academy

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Below is the transcript for Season 1, Episode 56 of Freely Written, a podcast by author Susan Quilty:

Welcome to Freely Written where a simple prompt leads to a little unplanned fiction.

[Light piano music]

Hi, friends! I’m Susan Quilty and today’s prompt is The Academy

As a reminder, here’s how this podcast works: I write a bit of fiction from a simple prompt, with no planning and very little editing, and then I share the story with yo