Dashiell Hammett, born this date in 1894, turned his real-life relationship with Lillian Hellman into The Thin Man book, movies, and radio serial about Nick and Nora Charles.
Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protaganist imagines that s/he and and her/his partner engage in the wittiest and most sophisticated banter your protag can imagine … and then confronts the reality of the relationship.
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