Short Story

  • Writing Short Stories

    I think some of my limitations when it comes to writing short stories is that I think it’s “1,000-2,000” words and that’s it. That was the main range that I was given to write in for the majority of my… Continue reading

  • Photo Prompted Writing

    His stomping is stopped as he comes to the edge of a river. At first he thinks about just turning and storming along it, but the look of the calm surface halts him, soothes him, and beckons him forward. Shuffling… Continue reading

    Photo Prompted Writing
  • Prompted: Listen When Spoken To

    Her feet move along the dirt path, dragging with a grating rhythm as the road is remade with shuffled rock. The sky moves above, as gentle as a quiet ocean in the air, but with a depth of colour that… Continue reading

    Prompted: Listen When Spoken To
  • Mini Horror Story (⚆_⚆)

    She clicks her “welcome home” button, her little paw definitely swiping the plastic. But it doesn’t give me the staticky “welcome home”, instead I hear a raspy voice several octaves lower than my own come through: ‘I’m home.’ I’m currently… Continue reading

    Mini Horror Story (⚆_⚆)
  • KWB113 AT1 | Uni, Year 1

    | Task 4: A Scene With Tension | The hole is getting bigger. Even with the rain letting some of the dirt slide back in. A puddle was starting to form at the bottom and it caused a little splash… Continue reading

    KWB113 AT1 | Uni, Year 1
  • The Rejected Guardian of Hell P.1

    ‘Excuse me, Mister Snake, can I go home yet?‘ Aldin stopped, a chill going the length of his body, right to the tip of it. He almost shivered. The feeling was so unfamiliar that he wasn’t sure if he had… Continue reading

    The Rejected Guardian of Hell P.1
  • What My Notes Look Like (Setting Structure) – I’ve Started Writing Something New… Again

    A lot of the time I’ll start drafting systems/countries that will support one of the integral parts of a novel. In this case, I’ve started writing a story based on a dream I had that surrounds a magickal dictatorship. There… Continue reading

    What My Notes Look Like (Setting Structure) – I’ve Started Writing Something New… Again
  • pg. 57

    Every morning, as the sun rose, I wandered into the white-framed glass house of plants. The mornings were chilly but it was always warm in the little glass house that I learnt on my first visit was a greenhouse. There… Continue reading

    pg. 57
  • First Draft – Interview With a Serial Saviour

    My first draft can be found here: First Draft – Interview with a Serial Saviour I made it a page instead of a post because it is quite large and updated drafts will eventually join it to make a category.  … Continue reading

    First Draft – Interview With a Serial Saviour
  • My Writing Project for KWB306: My Elevator Pitch

    Last Tuesday I had to present an elevator pitch about what my writing project would be about in class. I found out through a peer that we had to do that on the day beforehand… I had not read the… Continue reading

    My Writing Project for KWB306: My Elevator Pitch