something has to happen

Something always has to happen. In the story. It has to be real and convincing, like the sun rising or a gust of wind that picks up down the street and drags dead stiff leaves and animates plastic liquor store [...]

MFA-like: (from the Citrak unabridged dictionary)

a MFA-like piece of writing can contain any one of the following:

  • unusual wordiness, usually in describing something not very important.
  • distinctive liberties in language with the express purpose of completely turning off any readership besides other MFA [...]

trajectory of ascension

ā€œI’m in a trajectory of ascension,ā€ he said, not looking me in the eyes as he slowly set down his glass.
I watched him, his shoulder, his nose, I saw a faint smile pulse through his lips as if he were really pleased about such a stupid sentence, or as if he had just farted.
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