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Since I finally have time, I want to try writing again. I've been musing on doing something involving a lady detective in San Francisco during the Late Victorian/Edwardian/Gilded Age period. I've basically fallen in love with steampunk, have always read primarily 19th c. literature, and am reading through the Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories for the first time. I have been doing some research regarding historical crime (I have a pretty good memory for remembering cases)and social history. Problem is that the only writing I have been doing since sophomore college English class is in RPs. I was a pretty good short story and poetry writer back in high school and I've never been good at keeping my attention span long enough to write anything longer than a one-shot fanfic when it comes to fandom. Anyone know some good exercises or prompts to help me warm up?