2011 kicks off with two new stories, ‘Agent, I Stab at Thee‘, and ‘Too Posh for Porn?‘. Again, don’t go anywhere near them if you are easily offended.
They were actually written late last summer, but had to be unpublished until the competition they were written for was over, and I got a moment to fiddle around with the clunky wordpress editing tools.
The stories come from I have no idea where. Usually trains of thought, occasionally quite at random. I have an outline of the story, and know the feeling of the characters, and the general plot first, then I simply let them do and say whatever they will. It’s somehow a more exciting way to write, because you feel like as much like an outside observer as you possibly could. It seems to flow better when it’s left unanalysed. Character analysis seems less necessary when they are largely doing what it seems they naturally would – rather than being bent awkwardly to fit the plot. Coming up with these two core elements helps make all the other decisions, even the crazy ones, in terms of settings and supporting characters. This is because if you know the central characters and the story arc, incidental things can be accommodated, without seeming too outlandish. That’s my sense anyway. Maybe to readers it all seems like utter nonsense. Maybe that says something about my life and imagination. It’s been rather colourful, and I’ve gravitated towards unusual and fascinating people, and had the good fortune to visit some amazing locations of all kinds. The stories I write are just not that much of a leap for me, and seem plausible. Let me know what you make of them.
M
Bimbo Gumbo 