So what has that got to do with anything, you ask? Nothing really. I just thought I'd throw that one out there. Actually, it probably explains why a lot of my early writing was so horrible. I just wasn't experienced enough to write the way I was writing.
I also tend to write around personal experiences, which follows the golden fiction rule of "Write what you know." However I have a tendency to warp some of these experiences into out of this world situations. I guess my point here is that my stories are like windows into my soul. They tend to reflect my personal beliefs about people, the world we live in, and the world waiting for us when we finally slip out of the mortal coil.
I also do quite a bit of experimentation when I write fiction and poetry. I'm always trying new things with dialogue, narrative, allusion, rhythm, and theme. Every time I start writing a new story, I try to work out something that will make that story stand out and be unique. I am always working towards having a different feel with each new story. I want to paint a picture in the mind of the reader. I want each story to have it's own trip.
Those are just a few of the things that I tend to practice as a writer. Anyway, I suppose you came to this page to learn more about the stories on the main page, didn't you? Okay, okay, here we go...
The main character, Jack, is himself based on a kid I knew when I was about fourteen. He was almost like the little brother I never had. The kid had a pretty shitty home life (the events in the story are exaggerations but not by much) and he would stay either at my house or my cousins house for days at a time. When his family did come looking for him, he dreaded returning home.
When I wrote 'Jack', I wanted to give this kid a happy ending (which I'm not sure if he ever got in real life, I haven't seen or heard from him in almost four years). I also wanted him to have some degree of revenge on his family and home situation (the stepdad here represents the entire rotten crew, while I described his home exactly as I remember it).
I set out to write a story of no more than 1500 words (it was originally a creative writing assignment). However, after several drafts I realized I was going to have to go all out if I wanted the story to work.