Does anyone here write short stories?
By riicearonii
@riicearonii (53)
United States
May 3, 2009 8:09am CST
If so, what do yours tend to be about. Me, I'm all over. I like writing about personal experiences. Recently, I wrote a very short piece about the testimonial of a victim of a drunk driver. I'm waiting for reviews but I think it was quite interesting. I think reading stories and studying the plots also helps me write. One day I'd like to write a book, but for the current time, I'm building up my skills.
3 responses
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
3 May 09
I love to write children stories. Those are the stories that I love to read when young, in fact still love to read.
Those children stories are usually based on the Chinese legends. There are a lot of tales about animals changing into beautiful women and fell in love with scholars.
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
3 May 09
Hi Riice, my command of English is not that fantastic, even though I did graduate from university.
Speaking in simple English and using simple words are so easy. Especially when the story starts with "long, long ago" and ends with "happily forever".
It is good to write for a living, I think being a journalist is a good way to make a living, and ability to write news is a useful skill.
@riicearonii (53)
• United States
3 May 09
Lol, I guess when you put it that way (the long long ago way) it makes it a little more easier for one to understand. I like playing with words. To me, it's like a game. I've just recently joined MyLot and I'm really feeling it. It lets me have fun, meet people, and talk about things I very much enjoy talking about. So do you illustrate books also?
@riicearonii (53)
• United States
3 May 09
That's awesome. I don't have the skill to write children stories. I feel I would have to water down my writing (I'm a journalist/poet). I've written a few children's poems, but to write a whole story just for a young reader would be difficult for me.
@riicearonii (53)
• United States
3 May 09
really? I LOVE reading about the Holocaust. Not Hitler's crazy stupid schizo self but the people who had to live through such terror!! And the amazing people who lived through it all! Do your stories focus on the bad of the holocaust or the hopeful?
@Redhornet117 (1248)
• Philippines
3 May 09
Yeah, I write sad short stories. Basically about, life, love and friendship and how serious they can be in affecting one's feelings. I set it up by using unusual characters, like plants and flowers, etc. LOL.
@riicearonii (53)
• United States
3 May 09
I'm a published poet and write articles. When I send my poems to my older friends, they say that they're kind of sad and ask me if I'm okay. Lol, it's happened more than a few times. I just tell them that it's what I was moved to write at that point. Sometimes it's not particularly what I'm feeling, ya know?
@Redhornet117 (1248)
• Philippines
6 May 09
Hey, this means that you are a good writer. You were able to cast the feelings you wanted to your reader. Very good indeed. That's the main purpose of it. Kudos to you.
