Writing a short work of non fiction is nothing to scoff about as I’m sure all of the Invictus writers and contributors know. It takes a well disciplined mentality and a strong sense of determination to finish your story to completion. It is an endeavor that taxes your mind and morals to the limit,...
Monthly Archives: February 2012
The satisfaction felt after destroying something that you’ve created
I’ve thrown out ten-thousand words of work on my essay for the Invictus project. The story was convoluted and had lost most of its meaning. I was trying to cram too much into it and the writing was beginning to be disorienting. I was pitting myself up against too many conflicts. I was frustrated...
The Author and the Character
For the past three weeks or so I’ve been using the excuse of waiting on a critique to not work on my Invictus writing. It’s a terrible excuse, but I kept lying to myself anyway. I’ve finally come to the sobering realization that I have come to the personal part of my story, the...
Getting Through
I wish I could say I’ve made monumental progress on my Invictus piece. I won’t lie though; I’m only a few thousand words in and far from satisfied with any of it. The language is sloppy, the order is wrong, and I don’t think I’m doing justice to anyone in my story right now....
Am Blogging, Am Writing
So I’ve been aware of the Invictus project since it’s beginning stages, last year while abroad I attempted to get involved but got caught up in what I was doing. Coming into this year I knew I wanted to be involved and here I am. Probably a few months too late (classic me) and...
A craft without masters
I remember one of my earliest experiences with storytelling in elementary school, when my second grade class was instructed to write, illustrate and physically construct a book. My story, about a kid that gets sucked into a video game, drew praise from the teacher. Her notes in red at the end of the book...
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