Sunday, May 29, 2011

Story #17 - On the Run

Hi! This week's story is sort of a cross between a spy parody and an action story. There's not a lot of dialogue in it, which I didn't intend on but is kind of funny considering last week's story. Oh, and interesting writer's insight about this story - sometimes the writer chooses the point of view, but sometimes the point of view chooses the writer. In this instance, it was the latter. I was going to write this in first person, but in the very first paragraph I realized that it wasn't going to work out, so I switched to third person. ;) Another fun fact - the main character was called Sarah the whole time I wrote this, but then I decided that Bella sounded more Italian and fit her better so I changed her name.

Title: On the Run
Warnings: car chase, shooting, but not really detailed or graphic or anything
Summary: It's time for one spy to make her escape.
Length: 2,300 words
Notes: Third person point of view, past tense. Genre is action and parody.

Enjoy! :) And again, thank you for all the comments, and I'd love to know what you think about this story, too!

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Story #16 - Scar Stories

Hey everybody. This week, I tried my hand at a dialogue-only story, meaning that there's literally nothing but dialogue. Except for a few ellipses ("...") which signal a pause in the conversation of a passing of time. Let me know what you think about it, and especially if it's too confusing, because without description to back up the dialogue it could be easily to get lost. :)

Oh, and of course, thank you for the kind comments on my previous story!

Title: Scar Stories
Warnings: mentions of war and violence
Summary: It's storytime, and the grandchildren want to know about the scars.
Length: 2,460 words
Notes: This isn't really in any point of view, because it's only dialogue. It's also not really in any tense, because it's only dialogue. I'm not sure what the genre is, but since its defining feature is that it only has dialogue I am going to place it in the genre of "dialogue only". ;)


Sunday, May 15, 2011

Story #15 - True Love

Hello! This week's story is what in fanfiction we call fluff. Urban dictionary defines fluff as "a kind of fanfic which has a happy ending or generally happy content".

The premise of this story is that this woman is going to Britain to see the royal wedding to find true love.
As always, thanks for the comments on the previous story. (Mom, I'm glad you liked it. :))

Title: True Love (suggestions welcomed, fed, and given lots of love)
Warnings: one cuss word, kissing, fluff, muteness
Summary: A woman goes to Britian to watch the royal wedding and find true love.
Length: ~3,750 words
Notes: Third person point of view, past tense. The genre is romance.
Disclaimer: I don't own Lady Gaga's song "Born This Way."

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Story #14 - For My Mother

Hi everyone! Happy Mother's Day. This story is different from any of the other ones, because it's a "tribute story". It's for my mom, the best mom ever. It's not only Mother's Day today - it's also my mom's birthday. So this following story consists of a few of my most significant memories of our time together. Hopefully anyone who reads it will be able to find similar experiences!

Title: For My Mother
Warnings: None
Summary: A tribute to my mom. :)
Length: ~1,500 words
Notes: First person point of view, mostly past tense. I suppose this fits into the memoir genre, and inside that, it's a tribute. I don't know if tribute is a genre, but it should be!

Enjoy!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Story #13 - "The Bar Story" (Untitled)

Hello everybody! Before I talk about this story, I'd like to clear a few things up with last week's. Firstly, thank you so much to everyone who commented! I'm sorry if the angst of the memoir got anyone down. I want to assure you that I am well over "Beatrice", and that now I have the best friends that anyone could ask for and am very happy. Beatrice definitely taught me what kind of friends to avoid! So, yes, things did get better. Thank you again for the kind comments.

Now, about this story - wow! It really got away from me. It turned out to be over 4,000 words!! And it's really not very plotty! I went in with a vague idea of a bartender, misery, and a style of writing, and it really went crazy. I decided to write this in a nonlinear style - the events aren't chronological. In some ways, this was more freeing than linear writing, but in others, I found it more difficult. Sometimes I'd be like, "Wait, I can't put this scene next, that's too close to the actual order!" It was good fun, though. I'd love to know what you think of the end result. :) Oh, and I haven't edited this, so if you see typos, please let me know. Thanks!

Title: "The Bar Story" (suggestions, PLEASE!)
Warnings: I'd say overall this is a rating of about PG-13, so keep that in mind.
Summary: "Most men live lives of quiet despeartion." - Henry David Thoreau
Length: ~4,100 words!!
Notes: Third person point of view, present tense. I've no idea what the genre is. It's got a bit of everything, and the main relationship can be interpreted many different ways. I suppose I'll go with "drama" because that's pretty much all-encompassing.