You know what's really weird?

kennyc · 02-20-2010, 02:20 PM

Going back and re-reading short stories and articles that you wrote 20 years ago!

It is so weird. Not the writing, even, though it is really not that horrible -- I probably deleted the really bad stuff, but to read it almost as though it was written by someone else -- which in a way it was. I look at the date and know it was just a year before the divorce, with three kids ages 1,3,5 -- the changes that I've been through in the last twenty years, the stories I was writing, and also thinking what if I'd kept pushing myself to write and publish as hard as I was pushing then. Where would I be now, what would be different.

Like I said weird, really weird....

Chriskander · 02-26-2010, 03:24 PM

More than weird, I expect. I have the sealed pages of a historical novel manuscript that I peddled around about 35 years ago. It was a 150,000 word tome that garnered some pleasant rejection slips.

Could I open and read it? I wouldn't dare. Funnily enough it was weird --the title was "Wyrd's Harvest".

Christopher Hoare
The Iskander series – Arrival, Deadly Enterprise, The Wildcat’s Victory, The Wildcat's Burden
see links to all at –
http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/...topher%20Hoare
http://www.freewebs.com/chriskander/
http://thewildcatsvictory.wordpress.com

kennyc · 02-27-2010, 06:40 AM

You should take a peek Christopher.

ASparrow · 02-27-2010, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

You should take a peek Christopher.

I've got to say, it's worth peeking. The novel that I had locked away for years had lots of embarrassing dialogue and over-exposition, but underneath all that fat was a really imaginative story with a nice structure worth resurrecting. It was 185K originally. I've cut it down to 166K and I'll probably cut another 50K.

kennyc · 02-27-2010, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ASparrow

I've got to say, it's worth peeking. The novel that I had locked away for years had lots of embarrassing dialogue and over-exposition, but underneath all that fat was a really imaginative story with a nice structure worth resurrecting. It was 185K originally. I've cut it down to 166K and I'll probably cut another 50K.

jaxx6166 · 03-01-2010, 09:22 PM

While cleaning out my closet yesterday, I found some fun surprises. Original short stories I wrote ten years ago. Awesomely bad. But I loved every minute of it.

And then to top things off, I opened up some more boxes and found a present my parents left me....

My first ever complete work. A storybook illustrated and written by yours truly. Seriously, I was 12. And it was bad. =)

kennyc · 03-01-2010, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaxx6166

While cleaning out my closet yesterday, I found some fun surprises. Original short stories I wrote ten years ago. Awesomely bad. But I loved every minute of it.

And then to top things off, I opened up some more boxes and found a present my parents left me....

My first ever complete work. A storybook illustrated and written by yours truly. Seriously, I was 12. And it was bad. =)

jaxx6166 · 03-01-2010, 09:57 PM

You know what I think would be fun..a bad writing bowl

Post your worst.

kennyc · 03-02-2010, 05:15 AM

Oh, no.

ASparrow · 03-02-2010, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Oh, no.

Horrors!!!

My first post-high school short story qualifies. It's about a vernal pond spirit whose pond dries up. It's quite wretched and thankfully survives only on a sheath of onion skin paper.

David.Niall.Wils · 03-02-2010, 06:55 AM

I tend to erase my worst...but ...

J. Dean · 03-02-2010, 09:39 AM

I had started a Star Trek novel in which the Borg end up smashing through the Federation, but looking back on it, the writing wasn't that good-at all!

TC Beacham · 03-02-2010, 02:08 PM

How funny - I recently read some old short stories I hadn't seen in years. It was almost as if someone else wrote them, and yet I was pleased that they still worked. Thought about reworking a couple and posting them somewhere but they were actually typed on a typewriter (after first being written in long hand), so editing would involve putting them into my computer.

Kemp · 03-02-2010, 04:55 PM

I saw a short story that I wrote in 9th grade... It was for English class, and it took place as a supplemental story to Homer's Odyssey. While sailing on the ship, the crew encounters a dragon...

Pretty sure I admitted, even back then, that it was a silly concept

lmpreston · 03-04-2010, 09:57 AM

I still have my notebook of short stories and poetry...definately a good laugh.

02-20-2010, 02:20 PM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	You know what's really weird? Going back and re-reading short stories and articles that you wrote 20 years ago! It is so weird. Not the writing, even, though it is really not that horrible -- I probably deleted the really bad stuff, but to read it almost as though it was written by someone else -- which in a way it was. I look at the date and know it was just a year before the divorce, with three kids ages 1,3,5 -- the changes that I've been through in the last twenty years, the stories I was writing, and also thinking what if I'd kept pushing myself to write and publish as hard as I was pushing then. Where would I be now, what would be different. Like I said weird, really weird....

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Chriskander writer Posts: 15 Karma: 46 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: ebookwise 1150	More than weird, I expect. I have the sealed pages of a historical novel manuscript that I peddled around about 35 years ago. It was a 150,000 word tome that garnered some pleasant rejection slips. Could I open and read it? I wouldn't dare. Funnily enough it was weird --the title was "Wyrd's Harvest". Christopher Hoare The Iskander series – Arrival, Deadly Enterprise, The Wildcat’s Victory, The Wildcat's Burden see links to all at – http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/...topher%20Hoare http://www.freewebs.com/chriskander/ http://thewildcatsvictory.wordpress.com

02-27-2010, 06:40 AM	#3
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	You should take a peek Christopher.

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jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	While cleaning out my closet yesterday, I found some fun surprises. Original short stories I wrote ten years ago. Awesomely bad. But I loved every minute of it. And then to top things off, I opened up some more boxes and found a present my parents left me.... My first ever complete work. A storybook illustrated and written by yours truly. Seriously, I was 12. And it was bad. =)

03-01-2010, 09:57 PM	#8
jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	You know what I think would be fun..a bad writing bowl Post your worst.

03-02-2010, 05:15 AM	#9
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Oh, no.

03-02-2010, 06:55 AM	#11
David.Niall.Wils Author & Digital Publishe Posts: 90 Karma: 534770 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hertford, NC Device: Kindle	I tend to erase my worst...but ...

03-02-2010, 09:39 AM	#12
J. Dean Author: Clade Josso Posts: 80 Karma: 500474 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Michigan Device: none	I had started a Star Trek novel in which the Borg end up smashing through the Federation, but looking back on it, the writing wasn't that good-at all!

03-02-2010, 02:08 PM	#13
TC Beacham Great Beach Reads! Posts: 202 Karma: 300000 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle 2	How funny - I recently read some old short stories I hadn't seen in years. It was almost as if someone else wrote them, and yet I was pleased that they still worked. Thought about reworking a couple and posting them somewhere but they were actually typed on a typewriter (after first being written in long hand), so editing would involve putting them into my computer.

03-02-2010, 04:55 PM	#14
Kemp Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 271834 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Minnesota Device: none	I saw a short story that I wrote in 9th grade... It was for English class, and it took place as a supplemental story to Homer's Odyssey. While sailing on the ship, the crew encounters a dragon... Pretty sure I admitted, even back then, that it was a silly concept

03-04-2010, 09:57 AM	#15
lmpreston YA Author Posts: 46 Karma: 501408 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	I still have my notebook of short stories and poetry...definately a good laugh.