17 thoughts on “In the Throes of Creating a New Short Story”

1. Glad you’re being so creative but…thumbs???

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   • I thought it wd be easier to fiddle with one already done, but on the day I decided to learn to type with the two middle fingers – the only ones outside the casts – I got back some critiques, so this will not be a quick fix. Might take a week or so to cogitate before any changes happen.
     Maybe a week of physical rest …
     can you see me running down the road screaming like a madman with a shotgun loaded with saltpeter is on my case?
     How can a writer not write?
     Madness that way lies.

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     • Ugh. I know, I know but…long term vs short term? What about dictating instead? I know the software ain’t perfect but it might be easier to edit with 2 fingers than trying to type the whole thing without only 2. 😦

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     • I tried the dictation but it takes longer to fix than to type with 2 fingers.

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     • Aaah. Well. Make sure you keep your wrists straight – as if you’re playing the piano with a glass of water balanced on your wrist. Seriously, it does help avoid repetitive strain injuries. 😦

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     • And no more than ten minutes at a time, and no more than three sessions of ten minutes …
       is it ever frustrating, but at least I get a lot of time to consider the shape of the story/characters/archetypes/arcs …

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     • Sometimes having the time to mull over things is a really good thing. 🙂

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     • It is, but I’d like to know I could do something rather than just think something.

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     • Yeah, I know. 😦

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2. Have you ever thought of writing a story around the Hanging Rock Cage?

   I remember visiting that location back in 1974 when l was 11 – it was a remarkable place, and of course the mystery/story – fact or fiction and so on as it is interpreted today was a very different story / legend way back into my yesterday’s. I remember reading the novel by J. Lindsay 1967 before going to visit that year.

   Back then l was intrigued and a visit one Sunday captivated me completely – l wanted to believe … years later and whilst l now know the ‘true story’ was fictious, it still lingers in my memory.

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   • There are true stories about that location that no one will ever believe.
     I visited there at midnight on a full moon and climbed to the top (it wasn’t part of a group, I have to admit). That is one scary place, and the voices you hear coming from the gaps between the rocks are clear – but not the words they say.

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     • I can well believe that also. As l walked that day, l had drifted off from the group, l know my parents were concerned, but a walker brought me back and told me that this was NOT the place to simply wander off into alone. he said the rocks have a way about them.

       This too l could easily see, it was a spooky place at 3pm in the afternoon never mind you at midnight … alone.

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     • Ah, no. I wasn’t alone. I was there to scare the pants off others. The trespassers.

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     • Aha a prankster’s lot it was then!

       Did it work, have they since returned?

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     • I’m pretty sure they didn’t ever want to return. And it wasn’t actually me who scared them most … they started running down the path before I’d started.

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     • Hahaha – right ol’ chicken pants then 🙂 Heart of a lion that lot hahaha.

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3. Busy editing is an excellent reason for not preparing a post. And good for Itchy!

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