The Block took me over a week to write, across multiple short sessions. My focus was on using character dialogue to describe the situation, rather than the narrator explaining everything. My initial reflections are: * Lots of dialogue. Mission accomplished! (I didn't say it had to be good dialogue.
Short Stories
Sydney parked her car in a lay-by off the quiet road in Devon, between a small lorry and a camper van. The sun was setting on the cold evening and she pulled on a coat before stepping out to stretch her legs. A woman and two men were sitting
Plans
I've previously mentioned Royal Road as a site that I'd like to post my longer form stories on, as I develop my writing skills beyond the short stories that I post on this blog. This would be coming full circle as it was my discovery of
I took some time today to register the @ostrabiworlds handle on the following sites (and just @ostrabi for TikTok as the worlds handle wasn't available). While I'm not planning to post on social media just yet, I figure it's best to have these accounts
Critiques
I wrote The Queue to show the build-up on Earth prior to the main storyline. As it's my first writing attempt I have left it mostly unedited. It serves as my baseline and as (hopefully) my writing and editing improves I'll be able to see
Short Stories
When the lights went out the flatmates responded in a practised way: Sadie carefully walked over to the dining table in the dark, found the camping light and switched it on. Bill picked up the bag of head torches by the side of the sofa and gave them out and
Plans
This site is a record of my progress towards creating a Sci-fi novel. I intend to log what I do, what I learn, and my practice pieces so that in the future I can look back and see the journey. I have no experience writing any fiction since GCSE