The Writer's Noose is a short story in weblog format. It was presented on the sly in the tradition of War of the Worlds. Some regular readers of Snooze Button Dreams were aware that it was a work of fiction but the majority of commenters on that site were honestly unaware. Of the authors and commenters there, Chuck, Burger Queen, Alan and Becky were my characters. All of the others were readers.

Start at the beginning and read on through. I hope you enjoy the story as much as I enjoyed writing it.

The original post that was in this spot has been saved in the extended entry.

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Are y'all ready for a glimpse of my brilliance? That's all you'll get as my brilliance is mighty fleeting. Anyway, here's what's happening with that short story.

With Pixy Misa's help I've set up a blog for the story. The story itself is all written and it's going to be presented in a blog format with the narrator as the blogger. One major change is that the foreshadowing has been removed. As he's writing as things happen he doesn't know what happens in part 3 when he's still in part 1 after all.

I'm trying for a "War of the Worlds" or "Blair Witch" feel, therefor the live storytelling setting. I want people to react with Chuck through the comments and I'll incorporate these things into the prepared storyline.

Here's the catch: I need y'all to know what's going on so you can play along but I don't want the blogosphere at large to know. I'm hoping to sucker some people keep people in suspense until the conclusion of the story. Maybe get some participants who don't know it's a construct. Know what I mean?

So what I need y'all to do is promote that site if you don't mind but keep the dirty details between us. Sound like a plan?