Short Stories
It seems that I have original ideas, at least occasionally
Remember a few weeks ago I wrote another short story for a Writers Weekly 24-hour contest? Well, results are still not in yet, but what I read on the Writers Weekly site today still cheered me up somewhat.
Angela Hoy of Writers Weekly wrote a post this week about the common themes that she found in [...]
Another 24-hour short story is finished
When I got up this morning, I knew the topic for this season’s Writers Weekly 24-hour short story contest would be waiting in my email inbox. In previous contests I’ve been excited to get to it straight away, but somehow today my enthusiasm had waned. I read all my other email first and checked Bloglines [...]
Am I ignoring short stories?
Observant readers will know that I have a category tag especially designated for short stories, yet I rarely mention them. Surely short stories are an important part of becoming a fiction writer? So what’s going wrong?
For a start, I haven’t read a short story for ages. I do go through phases where I rather enjoy [...]
Short story progress and the Writers Weekly contest
Incredibly, three months has come and gone since I entered my first Writers Weekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest, which makes it time for another one. Today, I wrote a short story for the Spring 2008 contest, and I’m happier with it than the story I produced the last time round.
I love the idea of this [...]
My first short story contest for 2008
So far, so good, I say: it’s still only January and I’ve kicked off my fiction writing year, starting out on point 3 of my resolutions. That’s a whole lot earlier than last year.
This weekend I’ve been participating in the Writers Weekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest for the first time. The concept is quite neat: [...]
Starting a short story
Week 1 of the big new plan to become a fiction writer is over. Where have I got? Well, at least the idea of writing fiction has been budged a bit further to the front of my brain. Fingers to keyboard time was about 3 hours on Monday, all with the idea of writing a [...]
Learning about writing
When I moved back to Perth recently, I had the joy of unpacking boxes of books I hadn’t seen in six years. I also had the displeasure of deciding which of these I’d have to live without for another year or two, while I stay in a flat that just can’t accommodate the library of [...]