“What, am I just supposed to sit here all afternoon watching you suck on fruit,” my sister asked in that petulant way that little sisters do better than anyone else, “because that’s kind of twisted if you ask me!”
Writing Exercises
Opening Act (April 2019 FF)
FURIOUS FICTION At the beginning of last year, March 2019, I began entering stories into the Australian Writers' Centre Furious Fiction competition. It's a fun little monthly challenge whereby you have 55 hours to write a 500 word story that could ultimately net you $500. The only caveat is that each they provide you with … Continue reading Opening Act (April 2019 FF)
Tell Me What You See
A quick story I wrote in one of my journals as part of a keyword challenge an artist friend of mine and I used to have fun with. “I could stare at the sky for hours on end,” she said as her eyes worked overtime to capture the full splendour of the night sky. “What … Continue reading Tell Me What You See
Untitled (March 2019 FF)
FURIOUS FICTION At the beginning of the year, March 2019, I began entering stories into the Australian Writers' Centre Furious Fiction competition. It's a fun little monthly challenge whereby you have 55 hours to write a 500 word story that could ultimately net you $500. The only caveat is that each they provide you with … Continue reading Untitled (March 2019 FF)
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)
100 Word Story (9)
This is what the plot generator has given me: A mysterious 68 year-old man A lively 36 year-old woman A nightclub Fired from a job the effects of war And this is what I am giving you: Fuck it she had thought. I'm young and I've got energy to burn. What's one night out gonna hurt? She never … Continue reading 100 Word Story (9)
Dialogue
I used to believe that I had a bit of a gift for dialogue and to a certain extent I still believe that to be true. I have the ability to write interesting dialogue in a number of styles ranging from hard-boiled noir to geek teen speak and from wistful romance to pop-culture laden monologues. … Continue reading Dialogue
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
100 Word Story (7)
My random plot elements are: An idealistic 50 year-old man A cheerful 64 year-old man A cave A power cut adventure And here is the story: Rick Rutherford was used to this sort of thing, hell he lived for it. His slightly older companion didn't seem to mind either. "Oh well, always up for a … Continue reading 100 Word Story (7)
Small Tall Tales 