Hey! So, after a significantly prolonged 'sojourn' from any serious writing I was encouraged by someone to start what has, for a long time now, been a cool little project idea sitting somewhere in the back of my brain. What I have been wanting to do is to, very basically, utilise Twitter to tell a … Continue reading Untitled Victor Forrest Project – Chapter 1
Story Fragments
100 Word Story (10)
This will be the last 100 word story exercise I post for a little while. The exercises have been stimulating and mostly enjoyable but I feel I have enough motivation at present as well as tons of ideas and projects to eep me going. No doubt I will return to these the next time I … Continue reading 100 Word Story (10)
What If?
What if the devil were real? What if he or she were here, living on Earth and had been for the last God knows how many years only, what if he or she didn't know they were the devil? What if they weren't aware that they had been living amongst human being for far longer … Continue reading What If?
Billy
This is the 1st half of the 1st draft of a story about a girl who falls in love with a stripper named Billy. Actually, it is two different versions of that story, one told from a 3rd person perspective, the other from the 1st person. This is another story that I plan on including … Continue reading Billy
100 Word Story (8)
My intriguing random plot elements:A brilliant 33 year-old man A stubborn 75 year-old woman An aeroplane Someone telling the truth isn't believed secrecyMy story:The old lady sitting next to him was having none of it. The problem with being genius so to speak was that people very rarely understood where you were coming from. In this instance though he … Continue reading 100 Word Story (8)
Homework (2)
Here are a few more examples of relatively succinct stories I wrote as exercises in my PWE class. Once again, they are of the use all of these words in a 2-3 paragraph story variety. Homework 06-04-11 Homework 10-05-11 Homework 14-04-11
Homework (1)
Back in 2011 when I was studying Creative Industries and a subject called Professional Writing & Editing we were given homework tasks to complete every week. For one of these tasks we were given 10 words that we had to use as part of a 2 paragraph story. Here is the first of these tasks: … Continue reading Homework (1)
Electric Bloom
Last month i caught up with a friend of mine who also fancies himself a writer (and with good reason). We caught up to discuss various projects that we'd like to get off the ground and such as well as to record a pilot podcast where we discuss movies for 90 minute or so. On … Continue reading Electric Bloom
Pieces
As the title suggests, this is not a whole. What we have here are some small sections from a somewhat ambitious story I'm working on. I've actually already posted a part of this story online; the working title is Victor Forrest. I don't know if this is the best way to write a novel but … Continue reading Pieces
Victor Forrest
This is something I started last year as part of a writing exercise. It is the beginning of what will hopefully be a long story about an emotionally unstable man who finds himself in a land with no concept of time. I've just copied the following from my notebook onto the computer with the aim … Continue reading Victor Forrest
Small Tall Tales 