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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover — A Writing Event organized by Nora Fares

An event for those that like a little drama, a little humor, and a whole lot of fun! A handful of friends have come together to deliver you an event centered around the Paul Simon song, "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover". The writers were instructed to listen to the song and find their inspiration, whether it be set at a Paul Simon concert, or a lyric that stood out to them. Please enjoy their efforts!

1 50 Ways to Love Your Leaver by Matthew Black

She was leaving him, wasn't she?

2 50 Ways: Her Parents Helped Me Do It! by PostScriptor

Intended for the 50 Ways Writing Event - missed the deadline, SORRY! Paul Simon never thought of getting someone else to help make the break. But it could happen! But it is still not a pleasant thing. But some redemption comes of it.

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3 The Alternative by papatoad

Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover. Just get on the tug, Doug. A fun event story.

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4 The Empire Builder by D.T. Iverson

RichardGerald and I wrote this jointly for Bebop and Nora's "50 Ways to Leave your Lover" event. Since one of those options is a bus, we modeled our story on the classic Hollywood 'meet cute' film "It Happened One Night." Which means that we changed the characters, swapped the sexes, radically altered the plot, and wrote a whole new story. But we DID think about the film while we were trashing it. So as the pitchmen would say: It's exactly like the original except on a train and....

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5 Fifty-First Way by Barry James

Jake discovered his wife having an affair, and decided to head to his favorite bar to think. The events of that night turned his life around.

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6 Get Yourself Free by girlinthemoon7

Emily's stuck in a rut with her boyfriend and career. She meets Carmen, who helps to set her free.

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7 Gooseland by Todd_d172

Every relationship has problems, right?

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8 I'll Cry Instead by Harddaysknight

This story was written for a Paul Simon tribute event, mostly centered around 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, but I sprinkled in a few other references to the writing genius of Paul Simon. In this story a husband learns of his wife's plan to cheat and decides to follow her. She runs into trouble and he pulls her ass out of the fire.

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9 Just Slip Out the Back, Jack by SBrooks

He wants to get away from his cheating girlfriend.

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10 More Than 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Hooked1957

Husband pays the price for wife wanting to help out sister and her husband.

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11 A Star Is Born by DFWBeast

Tessa is a model/actress with dreams of international stardom. The cost of stardom is high and she's fought to balance her dreams and marriage for years. Has she already gone too far?

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12 What I Did on My Summer Holiday by SleeperyJim

This is part of the '50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER' event. I posted it well in time, but... it didn't appear. So I'll try again. This is a story about a summer holiday - sun, sea, sand and going on a cruise liner for a week. Nice? Perhaps for some. A duet for one.

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