I started my writing last night and am happy that I got quite a bit completed, unfortunately staying up 'til 3 'o'clock in the morning has not made me a very agreeable person today. :P I've decided to keep my writing to hours that don't interfere with my sleep. I'm aiming for 10,000 words but this may increase depending on how much free time I have. So far I've written 1,240 words and I'm quite pleased. I'm hoping this isn't just a strong start and that I actually continue to write at a good pace. :D
Great work getting started, and it's great to see how well on your way you are to getting to your goal! :D Hoping to hear some snippets or clues as to the story soon. :)
Excellent, Meri. You are definatly well on your way, and ditto to what Fate said.
Wanderer Ward
12 years ago
Wanderer Ward
Dreamscape Artist
Good luck with your writing Meri! I hope you've been powering on since making such a strong start! :)
Thanks guys :). I haven't quite kept up my good start but I've done a bit more and will write tonight. I have written a total 1,420 words, which is only another 180 but at least it's something. Okay here's a snippet, this will probably be edited many times but I'm just going to concentrate on getting words out and worry about whether it makes sense later.
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A Beginning
I am going to die. If somebody says that you immediately think their dying. That some time in the next few days their life will be snuffed out; but it is a fact of life. We’re all going to die. One day. Someday. Any day. This day. Now... If you want sympathy you tell people how soon you’re going to die, and how sad and scared you are. You need to specify how much time you have left so that people will know how much time they have to pamper you. If people know you’re dying, their behaviour changes. Usually they’ll try to make your life “betterâ€, give you silly things so you live your last few days in outrageous comfort. They will do anything you ask because they feel bad that they’re living while you’re dying. Some people become angry at you for dying, like it’s your fault you contracted some rare blood disease or something. Others go into denial and refuse to believe that you’re not their perfect little daughter, or cousin, or mother. To them it’s just a big mistake and it’ll go away if they pretend it’s not there. This is why I don’t want to broadcast my death, even to the people I love most in this world. I want my last moments to be as crazy and unremarkable as all the other moments of my existance. I want to remain true to myself and I want everyone around me to be as true to me as they ever were. That’s why when Dr. Brown told me, I kept it to myself. I didn’t want anyone to know, I didn’t even want myself to know. For the first few weeks I came up with many reasons how the doctors could be wrong. I mean, I’m only nineteen, I shouldn’t have to worry about dying. I eat healthy foods, I drink water, I excersise regularly and there’s no history of anything in my family, unless you count red hair. There’s no way I could be dying. Right? Wrong, and after a while I came to terms with this, as much as I could, but I still didn’t tell anyone. And even now, after my latest visit to Dr. Brown, I still won’t tell anyone because I want to be free right up to the end. So I’m writing this to my family and friends, hoping they will understand and forgive me. This shall be an account of my life from now until my death. Unfortunately it won’t be a very long read and it will probably be incredibly boring, but it’s my way of coping and explaining myself so I hope it will benefit someone. This is a short story of me; expressing who I am and how much I love you all. Today I die.
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I haven't read this through since I wrote it up, so it's pretty much un-edited but I think it's alright. There's no paragraphs or things like that yet because I'm too lazy, though I will get around to it eventually :P. This is a diary written by a girl who knows she will die in the next 24 hours or so. I've got several different thought on the ending and why and how she dies and have yet to decide.
Wow, that's really confronting! You've gotten us right into your character's mind. Can't wait for more!
Ditto to what DargaFleas said. I'm intrigued as to how you will format/set up the rest of this story. Currently it has slight flow of consciousness feel to it while still holding onto a narrative.
Wow, it's really interesting Meri! I can't wait to read more! ^^;