Alex's Journal

I’ve finally finished editing my new story. It’s called Drilled and is the first sort of political kind of story I have ever written.

I have a new story on the way. It’s finished, but now I just have to proofread it. I will post it here after I’ve proofread it. It’s entirely unlike anything I’ve ever done before. Most of my stories are ghost stories or have a gothic nature, but this one is a futuristic story with a very grim view on the political future of the United States.

I won’t say anymore and spoil it for you. Just know it’s coming soon.

I’ve been working on another story now for the past couple of weeks and I really like the way it’s turning out. So far it’s shaping up to be the best story I have ever written I think (pardon my self-gloating).

My favorite part about writing stories is that, even as the author, most of the time you don’t really know which direction it’s going to take next. Of course I have a final goal and I have stages that the characters pass through to finally achieve that goal, but it’s how the characters go through those stages is what is most interesting and often times sporadic. The story can sometimes sidetrack from the main path to the goal only to take a different path to the same goal.

For me, it seems, that writing a story is generally about as good as reading one. While reading is of course much more passive than writing, the images that come flowing through my head as I’m writing are just as vivid and interesting as those I get when reading a story.

Anyway, the new story is called An Amalgamation of People and I guess could be considered to be a horror story, although I don’t really think it’s particularly scary. I will post it here when I finish. Check back then!