Hey, I haven't been on my blog for a while now. I have just entered "The Woven Story" which I completed earlier this year in the Somerset National Novella Writing Competition.
I am aiming to get at least shortlisted. About 3 people from NSW/ACT will be shortlisted, and the state winner from there will be up against the other state winners from Australia. I imagine I am up against some heavy competition, but I believe I have a fair chance of being shortlisted as only about 80 people compete, my friend tells me. But she might not be right... not sure.
Anyway, it would be so very awesome and life-changing if I actually won this........ ahem.
I started this story about a month ago that i thought would be a brilliant idea, but now im already sick of it after one chapter, but I hate ditching stories. I hate it. I have another idea for a story, which is awesome in my head, but the more awesome these things are in my head, the worse they are on paper. So i don't know if i wanna write it... anyway, I've been feeling a little agitated recently that I haven't had enough experience to really be writing stories at all. What I am basing almost all my material on is other books and movies, which is very unreliable for real life.
That's my main strong point in my Novella in the competition, I think though. It's one of the first things I have written about with more content based on what I have experienced, than fantasy stuff ripped off from other works. There is some fantasy at the end, but a lot of it sounds just like what I am like, which can be a little embarassing when people read my stuff, cause it's like this large insite into my brain. I never really thought about how much a book is the author's inner thoughts until I have been writing for myself now...
