Short stories are fun
You know, I’ve never really even tried to write short stories — as in, fiction — until recently. I always thought whatever fiction I’d write would just be books. I’m not sure why I thought that. Maybe I thought it was too much work to make up a bunch of stuff if it wasn’t going to be a book-length piece of literary heaven. Because, you know, I am the best writer in the history of writing.
But I’ve had a few ideas for fiction lately and just started writing them out and you know, it’s fun. It’s almost like a release, kind of like how you feel after a good workout. And it’s easier to work towards their completion because you know it’s not going to be this year-long project. You get it written, maybe over a week or two, then revise, revise, revise until it’s amazing.
Of course, I have like, three or four half-finished right now. I don’t know if I’ll pursue getting them published anywhere or anything, but at the worst I’ll just throw them up here and maybe put them up for sale on Amazon. Can you even do that? I dunno. But it could be fun.
Alright, that’s all.
Hey there! My name is Brandon Sneed, and you've found my web site and blog. Nice work. 
Good for you. But now comes the hard part. Editing and re-editing. Work those stories, dude and submit them someplace!!!!
Writing short pieces is the best practice for writing long pieces.
But it’s most important just to write, and to write, and to write some more. And then edit. And then write.
It’s also important to read, and to read, and to read some more, too. Even if you are sticking strictly to prose, I highly recommend reading poetry. A good starting place is: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
Did I already mention the writing part?
Thanks Donna. I do actually write some poetry, but don’t tell anybody — it’s just not very manly, you know?
You do realize poetry was male-dominated for centuries, don’t you?