Kirk Petersen

I tried a novel writing month last year and didn’t have much luck: LoNoWriMo 2005. I thought the text of the story was lost but just found it when I logged into an abandoned shell account. Only 4984 words. Here is a sample:

There was a lull in the conversation and she smiled. He smiled back. She reached across the table and grabbed his hands and held them.

The problem, M- thought, is that he’d never think of doing that. He wanted to do that, but hadn’t even thought of it. He didn’t just have a confidence problem, he had a creativity problem.

That’s the best part. The rest is even more lifeless. There is no story, just random incidents with no setup. The insights are spelled out immediately after they are hinted at.

I remember March 2005 as a good time but this story makes it sound like I was suicidal. My NaNoWriMo 2006 novel isn’t great but it is better than this.