Just thinking about that song, and had a brainwave. Holidays are good for writing, and bad for homework, it seems.

Son, can you play me a memory,
I'm not really sure how it goes.
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete,
When I wore a younger man's clothes.
'Piano Man' by Billy Joel

Title: Play Me a Memory
Rating: G
Words: 213

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She smiles brightly to her friends, hiding the storm shifting inside her. She is the strong one, or so they think, always so sure of herself and her decisions. She never hesitates, and never second guesses herself. They ask her for help, because they know that she can handle it and that she has all the answers. They admire her assertiveness, that ( Read more... )

Just something I suddenly had to write, so really a spur of moment writing, but I have to say I'm definitely satisfied with it. Only drabble length, though.

Title: Whirlwind
Rating: G
Word Count: 214
Excerpt: She always wanted a romance that would blow her away with its intensity...

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More 50-word stories, in the hope that writing them will help me think of something better to write. Or help me finish what I've started. I looked through my documents, and saw just how much I haven't finished. Getting the idea is the easy bit. Developing it into an actual story is where the real difficulty lies.

( Read 'Forget' )

This is was originally intended to be a one shot, and as it is, it still stands on its own. However, it has been turned into something resembling a prologue, but would have to be re-written into a different style if I want to use it as such, since the style I normally use for one-shots doesn't agree with longer stories. The continuation of this is ( Read more... )

Because of various reasons, I sometimes find myself writing 50 word stories. These stories are exactly 50 words long. Just so you know.

( Read 'The Maelstrom )

At the moment, the original, longer story I'm working on is at a bit of a standstill, but I wrote this recently, which features the main characters, Evelyn and Alexander. It was written for school, but it was a broad prompt, so I pretty much had free rein. Before anyone gets confused, the italicised paragraph is a flashback. I prefer not to use ( Read more... )

This is a short story, drabble, really, that I wrote maybe one or two years ago.

Title: Ashes
Rating: PG (more themes not suitable to young children)
Word Count: 265

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