I’ve been trying to write for over 20 years of my life with the result each time being horrible failure. The simple truth is that I just didn’t know how to write fiction. I write good prose; I have good ideas, and I understand the basics, but putting it altogether into a piece of fiction was always an exercise in frustration.
That changed in April of 2007, which is a story for another time. But the point is that in the process of writing blog entries and “scenes” I suddenly discovered how to write fiction, at least for me. Before then I struggled with everything–writing complete scenes, characters acting real, plotting, and even dialog. Attached to this entry is a file of a story I wrote a few years ago that is indicative of these problems.
I kind of like the story, but it isn’t very good. Anyway, I recently found it while going over some old file backups, and I thought I’d share it with you. You can download the word document by clicking on the link below.
The Magnificent Herbert, Finder Of Lost Things
