Tag: start

• DOUBT

  The End. Sit back and feel that wave of satisfaction. Done it. Seventy-thousand words. A great ending. A strong start. Plenty of twists. Sags a bit in the middle. Needs a bit of work there. That character is a stereotype. That part is unbelievable. Is it really any good? It’s dire. Back to the start.…

  Iain Kelly

  28/11/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, sammiscribbles, Short Story

  advice, author, character, creative writing, dire, doubt, draft, editing, ending, Fiction, Flash Fiction, indie, indie author, life, literature, nanowrimo, non-fiction, novel, plot, rewrite, sammiscribbles, Short Story, start, stereotype, story, writer, Writing, writing process, writing prompt

• THE RACE

  

  Rain batters off the window. I lie in bed listening to it. It is my favourite sound, until I remember I have to get up and go out. I get up and pull on layers of clothing. Definitely a day for a hat and jacket and gloves. Then into the car, with just a piece…

  Iain Kelly

  17/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Non-fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, bed, covid-19, creative writing, event, exercise, exuberant, Fiction, fitness, Flash Fiction, great scottish run, jogging, literature, mass, miserable, non-fiction, normal, pandemic, participation, race, rain, running, scotland, Short Story, sport, start, story, warm-up, weather, Writing, writing prompt

• A NEW START

  

  He woke up and opened the curtains. The sunlight dazzled him, as another glorious day began. He opened the window and took in a breath of the fresh air, exhaling exaggeratedly. A new start lay ahead. He had slept well, the best rest he could remember for a long time. He thought his mind would…

  Iain Kelly

  14/02/2019

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  #writephoto, accident, beginning, climbing, creative writing, crime, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hill, killing, literature, marriage, mistress, mountain, murder, new, police, Short Story, start, story, sunrise, sunset, Thursday Photo Prompt, wife, Writing, writing prompt

• STREET HUSTLER

  

  This was her spot. Ideally quiet away from traffic at the end of the alley, yet near enough to the main roads of the city centre to guarantee custom. She had fought off challengers over the last few months. Not just other, older, more experienced girls who knew a prime sight when they saw one,…

  Iain Kelly

  07/10/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

  beginnings, busker, corner, creative writing, drugs, female, Fiction, Flash Fiction, guitar, hustle, illegal, literature, music, presumption, prostitute, sex, Short Story, skirt, start, story, street, Sunday Photo Fiction, town, traffic, worker, Writing, writing prompt