A Feast for the Wolf

It's been a while since I posted anything — there aren't any of you there reading, I don't think, to care too much, so that's a good thing there.

Anyway, every Halloween I usually post a story with a theme relating to the holiday: my first one was a clown (which turned out to be kinda a copy of Stephen King's It, the more I think about it — but I read that book after I wrote that particular story, so I feel as though I can excuse myself); and then the next year it was ghosts. Both were quite predictable, but I was more or less happy with them both (more so the second one, I'd say).

Alas, I missed this year, but I did have a story prepared. I just found myself not getting round to posting it, and — bam — before you know it, it may as well have been another year since Halloween.

It's just my college, I feel like I don't have any time to write anymore, considering I'm now doing chemistry and double maths. And, while double maths is great, it is certainly absorbing much of my time, and sadly my writing is yielding spectacularly.

However, I did prepare you whoever readers a story, and while it is very short, I'm very happy with it. I present, a most excellent tail of woe and wonder:

A Feast for the Wolf.

Thankfully Writing

So, thankfully, as the post title would suggest, I have been writing.

The plot for my story has been completed, and now I have entered the best stage: waffling onto a page of paper.

Looking back at it, the first two chapters are shoddy — but apart from that, I think I have only one word to describe it with: AMAZING. (Which is a word, I'd like to point out, I know how to say in sign language. Yes, I know, I know, it's impressive).

I know, I know. How vain. Well, that's just the way you* gotta be in this industry. It's tough stuff.

So far, I've written about 20,000 words, which is an amazing TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT of how much I hope to write. You* see what that is in action right there? That's my maths A-Level.

Now, of course, I'm probably NOT going to write 80,000 words for this story — but that doesn't matter. What matters is that the story is as long as it needs to be. Adding filler to that will just make it boring. And I don't want to write a BORING book, dammit.

As for the title, of which I know all of you* are very excited about, I have yet remained undecided. I DO have one for the story at the moment, but I don't know if that's the one I want to end up with. It's a pretty cool title, but it's only one word long, and I read somewhere that that might be a little pretentious.

This is concerning.

But that's not the main reason I've non-titled it — I'm wondering whether or not I want a super-interesting title or not? You* know, something ... something ENGAGING, or perhaps even — might I say — charming?

Anyway, I think it's probably time I started talking about more interesting stuff on this blog than just my endless musings into trying to write a book.

That'll be the next post.

For now, you'll* just have to read this one.

goodbye.

* my many many readers 

Absolute Progress

Don't believe the title. It's lying to you.

There's been little progress this week on the fabled story I'm trying to write this year. While — yes — I've written out most of the plot by now, I've decided to rewrite that up so that I can make it smoother, less messy. There were WAY too many POV characters going on in a story I want to write simple.

So yes, I want to write a nice, simple, 80,000 word long story this year (I've been saying that for a year now, so so far 100% of my attempts have failed) because I feel like I need to START with something simple. Something I SHOULD be proud of.

Because, that's how I feel: I feel like I can't write a story that I'm not proud of; if I'm not enjoying the plot of what I'm writing, why would anyone enjoying reading it? They WON'T. So that's what I've got to fix — a nice, simple, plot, that's gripping, and has a nice little twist near the end, and then the most INCREDIBLE ending in the world that you'll demand all of the books from me that I'll have no choice by to keep writing, to keep you all asking what's going to happen next.

You see? That's what I want. I want to be able to entice you into a story, love my characters, and desperately ask me what's going to happen. I want you to not be able to wait for the next instalment to a series that I might be writing — to be gutted when there's a cliffhanger ending — to come up with your own theories to what's going on in this world I've created!

And there's so quick way to getting to this. I just need to keep writing little things, and building up to the big things. Simple stories now, brilliantly MAD stories later. Patience, patience ...

The only sad thing about all this is that these days I feel like I don't have enough time to write anything; these A-Level things are rather time consuming. A factor I need to work on.

Somehow, I need to juggle revision and work with some of my own time and writing. And then a load of reading on the side.

To the many viewers of this blog, I wish you a good day! I'll be back whenever.