Writing Execise #1
October 9th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Here’s my first writing exercise. The prompt was “The prince has gone missing.”
Tendrin stumbled out of the brothel and into the frigid night. He cursed to himself as he pulled his long cloak tighter in a vain effort to keep out the harsh cold. It was the kind of bitter, stabbing cold that chilled a man’s very soul and removed all hope of ever being warm again. Being cold forever was a fear that tugged at the back of Tendrin’s mind often as of late. The nights were growing longer and the chill was getting colder. It wasn’t the topic of polite conversation, but people still whispered about it. In back rooms and around private bar tables rumors abounded that the time of The Long Night was finally at hand.
Beginnings. Kind of like endings, but from the other side.
October 8th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Alright, so it took me quite a long time to figure out what exactly I wanted to accomplish with this new blog. I’ll save you to introspective trip that I took to get here and just cut to the chase. I’ve decided to try to take my writing to the next level, possibly even a professional one. I’m pretty good at it, but I need to improve in a few things before I’ll be able to send anything real out without feeling ashamed of it. And here on this blog I’m going to chronicle that journey. I’ll be posting writing exercises, short stories, and sample chapters from the books that I hope to one day write.
But more than just the actual creative writing, I want to talk about what it’s like for me to work on my writing, the things that I am learning and how I’m getting from point A to point B. I may still include random musing about life and funny stories from my life in New York, but for the most part, this will now be a blog about writing.
There’s a long journey ahead of me, and I’d like y’all to be part of it.
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