The writing blog of a random explorer, aspiring writer, reader, photographer and general awkward thief of spoons.
So we were tasked with writing a short piece of prose which was George Orwell themed. I chose Animal Farm as my theme and tried to make a story as unapologetically political as Orwell was in his lifetime. So without further ado… here it is. September had arrived with dusky evenings, veils of dampness and […]
A reply to “I won’t say I love you” which is a song from the musical When/If. It’s a very beautiful song and I wanted to use the same song structure to form a reply to the character who was singing the original. Hope you enjoy it! I won’t say I love you, Even though […]
So we had to write an epistolary piece and I chose to write it from the perspective of my “sweary Scottish guy”. So warnings for swearing and general poor life choices. Well, I’ve pure f**ked up. You ken it well enough when your wee brother is greeting on your shoulder, half-eaten cheeseburger in his hand. […]
We were asked to write brief character introductions for a couple of characters. I posted Henry Macken last week, a character from St Anne’s Square. This week I’m posting Hugh Wallace, my “sweary Scottish guy”. I’ve got another few pieces from him that I may post in coming weeks. I hope you enjoy him! Hugh […]
So here are a couple of descriptions of one of the characters in St Anne’s Square which I’ve not introduced yet. The first one would be his opening introduction, the second is another character (Sheamus Laighléis) point of view. I plan to write more of this script at some point, so hopefully you enjoy this […]
It took him less than an hour to forge his rope launcher, which consisted of a length of washing line, the base of an office chair which he convinced himself would provide a counter-weight and the aforementioned coat hanger. Google had suggested several interesting knots, in the end though he settled for the knot he’d […]
On this particular day Scott had been barraged by a number of menial administration tasks; everything from emails to making sure the printer was loaded with fresh A4 paper. There was a mystery which burned into his very sense of purpose. A mystery which pervades most offices. Why, with a bin no more than 10 […]
Just a little one-shot. Complete fluff and randomness. A look at how friendship online sometimes can become more. I don’t plan on writing more of this but I thought it was cute enough to post. It had started innocently enough. Aleksi had always been a small, he was not particularly loud and he didn’t draw […]
So we were given the task of writing a short story about the sinking of the Titanic. As this is a very dark topic and this piece is very bleak in its tone. Warnings for serious topics, character peril, character death and all of that good stuff. The photograph I’ve used is from the dry […]
In honour of Valentine’s Day, this is the second poem I wrote for the work competition but this one I chose not to enter. Droplets of sky once formed your eyes. Heart unclouded, you soar as high. As elation, upon your smile. Bright laughter eclipses the stars. I found you. Brought down to the earth […]