What a fabulous tale! Firstly, I’m awed by how descriptive yet spare your writing style is--it’s what I aspire to so I very much look forward to reading more and using your work as a guide. Secondly, I feel such a kinship with this ‘invisible’ character--as if I could step into his life so easily. I have grown to really appreciate this flash style of writing, thanks to Tanya Shadrick and my participation in her story project surrounding The Cure For Sleep. It’s really not an easy thing to do, to say something in such a short space--to have a destination and be allowed so few steps to get there. Wonderful!
Gosh, what generosity, Amy. I am so touched that my words and the way they end up stringing together strike a chord. I am weirdly unfettered by the 'constraint' of a limited word count. It feels freeing in a way. The storylines seem to jump up and draw me in. I keep some notes of potential 'prompts' and pick them up when the mood strikes. I too started to get more confident by sharing pieces with Tanya, who is such a positive mentor for we aspiring writers. Just getting words down and offering them to folk has been very empowering for me. I even took the step to enter a couple for writing competitions, reinforcing in my mind that I too can declare that "I write therefore I am a writer". I mentioned to JoJo that I might pop this one in as a second entry for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Awards. Thank you so much for the encouragement. It really means a lot.
Beautifully written, you write with such wonderful fluidity - I love that you have used the word ‘Onomatopoeia’, how deliciously that rolls from the tongue but how very tricky to use...
Excellent ... and who knows? There may be some truth in your story ....😉
Never letting the truth get in the way of a good story ;)
What a fabulous tale! Firstly, I’m awed by how descriptive yet spare your writing style is--it’s what I aspire to so I very much look forward to reading more and using your work as a guide. Secondly, I feel such a kinship with this ‘invisible’ character--as if I could step into his life so easily. I have grown to really appreciate this flash style of writing, thanks to Tanya Shadrick and my participation in her story project surrounding The Cure For Sleep. It’s really not an easy thing to do, to say something in such a short space--to have a destination and be allowed so few steps to get there. Wonderful!
Gosh, what generosity, Amy. I am so touched that my words and the way they end up stringing together strike a chord. I am weirdly unfettered by the 'constraint' of a limited word count. It feels freeing in a way. The storylines seem to jump up and draw me in. I keep some notes of potential 'prompts' and pick them up when the mood strikes. I too started to get more confident by sharing pieces with Tanya, who is such a positive mentor for we aspiring writers. Just getting words down and offering them to folk has been very empowering for me. I even took the step to enter a couple for writing competitions, reinforcing in my mind that I too can declare that "I write therefore I am a writer". I mentioned to JoJo that I might pop this one in as a second entry for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Awards. Thank you so much for the encouragement. It really means a lot.
Beautifully written, you write with such wonderful fluidity - I love that you have used the word ‘Onomatopoeia’, how deliciously that rolls from the tongue but how very tricky to use...
Thank you so much, Susie. Wow, how to make an aspirant writer’s day. Super encouraging. I’ve always loved the word ... some things stuck from school!
I love the pictures drawn by your words. They take me to the centre of the spaces you describe as the story unfolds 💜
Lovely to see you here, Mum x
That dude is totally a serial killer as well as an art thief. Or maybe I'm just too morbid. LOL
Always watch out for the quiet ones!!