By Charlie McCann
Amelia liked the way the crisp sheets fit the bed.” As first sentences go, it wasn’t bad. It struck a note of quiet domesticity – an unlikely tone for a story about a third world war set in 2050. The other writers at the workshop had launched into their stories with more chutzpah. But as Morgan Mitchell summarised the plot of “Maid to Maverick” for her classmates, it became clear that she wanted to do things her own way.
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