Tuesday, February 26, 2008

A Shot In The Dark




I've entered a short story competition. It's No.42 on the list.

Basically one has to write no more than 250 words using a picture of a bare tree on a hillside as a form of 'inspiration'. I'm not at my best in those situations, but it's a good exercise. With some punctuation corrections, it'll pass muster though. I think I'll need to do better next time, there are some pretty good writers in there.

7 comments:

Cocktails said...

Nice. Did you intend for the main protagonist to be read as 'sociopathic' and 'almost psychopathic', as so many of comments seem to suggest he (or she!) is?

iLL Man said...

Did I intend him to be a sociopath? Yes........ It was very much my intention to make the guy very cold and detached. His priotities are, shall we say, 'different....'

Cocktails said...

I'm not casting aspersions on your writing. It's just me then...

iLL Man said...

"I'm not casting aspersions on your writing"

It's ok, I didn't think you were.....;)

I think I might have spooked a few people. Its as if everyone is politely inching their way around to asking "How much of you is in the main character?".

=D

SzélsőFa said...

Damn, IllMan, I did not recognize your name :)
Now, your mentioning How much of you is in the main character? makes asking it almost inevitable.
But I'm avoiding the trivial.

A great description of a wicked man - a very nice job there, again!

Billy said...

Excellent story, if somewhat psychotic.

iLL Man said...

Szelsofa - Thanks. People seem to have had quite strong and distinct reactions to the character, something I wasn't expecting oddly enough.

Billy - Cheers! Theres more over at http://fictiondepot.blogspot.com