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Take Me Away, A Secret Place...
I have overcome my writer's block in this past week by writing a story for the thread in the Writing Contests subforum entitled "Ink - Make Me Paper Wings" (located here: http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/writing-contests/ink-make-me-paper-wings-open-20k-first-prize/t.59712993/).
I haven't finished my story yet, nor even given it a name, but I like the way it's going a lot, and the fact that I've written anything down is a lot more than I had written in the four years before this. The last time I wrote a story, I was fifteen. It was 20-25 pages long, written for The Neopian Times on Neopets. I think I've grown out of that sight since then, but who knows, maybe I'll open up to it sometime again.
This short story, so far, is 6 pages. I am trying to wrap it up, have been all night, wishing I could finish it before I go to bed. But, I should give myself some more time. Especially if it's an enjoyable process.
I just want to get to the end so I know that I will, and then go through with posting it, because I really want to start letting others see my work - they aren't as critical of me as I am myself, and it raises my self-esteem as well as helps me be realistic.
I'm wondering what the name of the final story will be. I've been calling it just 'Jalene' for now, which is the name of the main character. There are only three characters, really, besides the two minor characters in the beginning. So, it's definitely got the narrow scope of a short story.
It's about a girl who's mainly been homeless and alone during her life before she meets her husband, John, who loves her and she only agrees to marry him to have somewhere to live. It's a house, but never felt like home. He died, and Jalene had to leave the house - the mistress there wanted to kill her, always did. She runs and ends up somewhere that invisibly feels like home to her, and only she knows why. To anyone else, the appearance of that place would seem like a torture chamber; to her, it is finally the end of her years-long search.
I'm going to have to edit it to make it the best it could be, and I'm debating on whether or not I really will...I've never liked to edit things, but it's pretty much necessary for good stories. Spelling and grammatical errors are nothing, but seeing my content, I kind of feel...self-avoidance.
Anyway, I'm HUNGRY! I'm gonna go make Pasta Out of A Box.
...A Sweet Escape, Take Me Away
 Queen Thumbelina · Fri Apr 02, 2010 @ 11:43am · 0 Comments |
