Hey, Remember When I Wrote That Thing?
And then I said I'd post it to my blog, piece by embarrassing piece? And I didn't?
Well, now I am. Nobody expects undergraduate creative writing thesis to be a masterpiece. While I enjoyed the process and I got a few good stories out of it, probably about half the prose that ended up filling the pages was serviceable and nothing more. I'm sure many people who wrote an analytical thesis had a similar experience.
I'd avoided posting stories from my thesis because I wanted to avoid posting the inevitable clunkers. But it's probably just as helpful for me to take a second look at the mediocre stories as it is to keep editing the better ones. Besides, it might give me the motivation to edit them.
So here's one of two scene-setting experimental vingettes from my thesis. It's called "Laika (Transmission)".
Well, now I am. Nobody expects undergraduate creative writing thesis to be a masterpiece. While I enjoyed the process and I got a few good stories out of it, probably about half the prose that ended up filling the pages was serviceable and nothing more. I'm sure many people who wrote an analytical thesis had a similar experience.
I'd avoided posting stories from my thesis because I wanted to avoid posting the inevitable clunkers. But it's probably just as helpful for me to take a second look at the mediocre stories as it is to keep editing the better ones. Besides, it might give me the motivation to edit them.
So here's one of two scene-setting experimental vingettes from my thesis. It's called "Laika (Transmission)".