Introduction

This blog is going to consist of a development of a short-story or novelette which I have decided to try and write in this format because I think it works well in the way my mind works - giving me the ability to lay out the chapters and storyline in order as different blogs and then write bits and pieces as it suits me, and then return and edit as necessary. It may make it quite confusing and slightly odd to anyone reading it in real time, with entire chunks of the story going missing and other bits reappearing - but there's no other way to do it. This way I get to write where ever I am, as long I have net access - which is almost everywhere. I wonder if there's actually software or a website where you can do this already? Anyway...

...It started with the concept of perhaps a graphic novel format for the story - but I can't draw, so I thought perhaps a screenplay. After reading about how to write a screenplay I thought it a little too technical and there's people out there who get paid to do that, so what I needed was the story itself first. So the idea of a basic short story/novel format struck me as being perfect - except that I am no 'author' - I know where my talents lie, and writing is just not one of them. So I read up on how to write a novel and I'm going to try to stick to a few of the 'rules' with regards to writing - the main tactic I'll employ I think is 'show don't tell' i.e I'm going to try and avoid telling you, the reader about what's going on. I'm going to try and make the characters actually do the stuff that will let you know what's going on and how they are feeling etc.

It'll be pretty basic language - I just want to get the story out there and then see what happens. I can't write like Michael Ondaajte (English Patient) or Ursula le Guinn, so I won't try to write 'literature' but I want to get this story out of my head and onto paper and so if I forget about what the 'critics' make of it then I can just get on with it. But it's tough, because I always think of what the critics make of stuff I do. Nevermind, better just get on with it.