United States • 22 y/o • MaleReviews Received
Yes Thomas, this happens to other people. I seldom write out a plan beforehand and I don't always know when inspiration will strike. My stories don't always work out as I thought they might.
Even full time writers can jot down notes, give up on them and come back years later with better ideas of how to develop the idea. Perhaps you'll be able to finish something in the future when you can't see how to now.
This is just.. Like, it's so weird, and when I first read it, I just kinda thought it was weird abstract stuff, and while I still kinda think that, it's also got a story that I didn't notice before. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that it makes me smile, but also furrow my brow in confusion.
You write a lot of stories and musings and whatnot that inspire a lot of curiosity in me. It's all vague enough to both be relatable and to make me wonder what things everyone has that make them think things like this.
You could cut 'by any stretch of the imagination' and still convey the essential point. Nonetheless its a good portrayal of a man too proud to ask for help. Our culture puts a lot of pressure on us to be perfect but few if any of us are.
The opening is poetic and the dialogue is plausible. Well done. Perhaps you could've spread the descriptions more evenly through the story but that's a minor quibble. Congratulations on your 50,000 hits.
Nice story, and congrats on the 50,000 words! Do you think you'll ever publish a novel?