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Notes by Whalebones, in chronological orderNotes by Whalebones
The lie brazen
The truth abhorrent
As life conjoins
I got a short story i wrote published in a small publication!!!!! I can't Believe it
Editing a short story before, trying to get it published is very nerve-wracking!
I hope you are successful.
The year is at the end of its rope; its corpse bloated
the weight of its debts cling to us
a prayer, a hope that it will begun anew
but the cycle continues in perpetuity
Feeling very hopeful about my writing progress going into this week.
To clear my head I wrote a horror flash fiction, the idea of the past haunting you even at the end of life seemed like a fun little experiment for a short piece.
https://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/2309621-The-Wolf-You-Feed-A-horro...
What is a story, is it a piece of someone's thought of the day or is it the dreams of the sub-conscience of society as a whole dreaming up countless possibilities to ease an easily bored mind?
It is an escape from the mundane, worlds where the reader can rejoice with the hero and face the nemesis all in time for dinner.

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
"It's just a bunch of stuff that happened." ~Homer Simpson.

For a serious answer - at least for my stories - they're simply me trying to make a point by unleashing created characters into an artificial environment that simulates reality closely enough for my point to hold water in the real world.
Your daily it lurks below quote. I might attemp to write a blog on here just to have a record on how i'm plotting this insane thing.

"Memories reverberate through these ancient halls. A million decrees children's laughter.a mother's anguish, Death all of these things ringing through the air"
I feel like the chimp on the typewriter tonight! I now hate this whole chapter....

“She is a grieving widow, and you don’t even want to see her? “
“would you want to look upon this face and see the ghost of the past staring back at you? A reminder of their failure to raise someone who can lead the human race to the next evolutionary step.
Advice is park that where it is and move onto another part of the story, I often find that informs the early part you did not like so you can shape it better.
"one day when the wolves are at your door, what do you do?"

some stories are not linear, no matter what happens, the spiral will lead you to its center. exposing the true path that you have been on all along. you might have had a really bad first draft, or maybe the first year drawing. if you persevere you will finally finish what you set out to do!


All very true, contrary to what some around me may think I do not right in a linear nature. I write what is in my head that fits with the story... But I have a timeline so I am not a true pantser in that respect.
Today, is one of those days when I feel like i am just a bad writer, and why bother? but then I think to myself you got a page done today. This thing is going to be eventually written. Slow and steady wins the race. 350 words written is not a lot but we have a totally fun new way to explore in the week to come.
Every word is a good word. What is written now was not written yesterday. Speed is not the issue, is never the issue. Just writing, getting words down, that's all that matters. One word is better than no words.

And you're a step ahead of all those who say they're "gonna" write. You are writing.

Keep on going. Doibng well.
Working on a new intro for my book/universe. whatever this thing is.

Echos of our fathers runs deep here. The weight of their boots felt throughout the halls of house Atlas. The statue of lord atlas himself looking across from the courtyard guarding the homestead where only Crows and Ghosts remain. The god king himself Muria had suffered a great fate like we all do. Death had washed over him the night before. The corpse of house Atlas was rich for the picking. Crows were gathering on the belfry their feet gripping the edge like a vice not wanting to let go. Launched themselves into the sky searching for the next corpse to gorge themselves on the sweet remains of society. Let them indulge until their full belly pops.
Great to see you posting *Smile* I would suggest starting a blog as well to post thoughts and ideas. But above all great to see you engaging in the community. Lots of great support here.
It feels weird, putting myself out here. my writing like everyone else's on the internet. all the tiny voices calling out from the ether wanting to be read and consumed. you ask yourself why should you the reader care? Maybe you will see the start of someone's career or a very spectacular crash and burn. so watch this space. I hope you find something you like from my badly written stories. something something why do writers have such giant egos?
Welcome to the site and don't sweat it we all feel nervous about our writing *Smile*
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