I recently joined Wattpad. An online community of readers and writing. I plan to publish my work here on a regular basis. In the meantime please have a look at a short story I recently published on the site.
I am excited by this medium and will use it to hone my storytelling powers. (At this point I am visualising these as a superhero power much like Ironman's Suit something to be constantly modified and improved.)
I am currently working more on short stories, I like the immediacy of the form and am learning more about how to craft a good story. Sometimes my writing has a tendency to ramble and become predictable. I hope that I can eliminate these tendencies while working on perfecting my craft.
My next story is inspired by how people cope when placed under extreme pressure. An idea came into my head while discussing Scott of the Antarctic at work. One member of the ill-fated expedition a man called Oates who's foot became badly frostbitten sacrificed himself by walking off into the wilds of Antarctica. Saying "I may be sometime," as he left.
This got me thinking how do we really know that this is what happened. After all we only have the word of the other men on the expedition that the choice was his. I will play with this idea more during the forthcoming week.
But for now I'm tired. I am fighting off a cold and have just finished a long shift at the day job. (Got to pay the bills somehow.)
If you'd like to connect with me on Wattpad my id is somemaid.
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| St Michaels Mount at dawn. |
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