Friday 27 July 2012

Ink

by Steve Green


The idea for the story came to me in a dream.

Today I would give it life.

Several hours later and the words are still gushing forth, the story is like an irresistible force, compelling.

The computer had frazzled out after only a few hundred words, so I continued with a ballpoint pen and notebook.

When the ballpoint dried out I reached for my trusty old fountain pen.

When the ink ran dry I had to find another writing source. This story simply had to be written.

I only hope I can complete it before I run out of blood.




Author bio: Genre-hopping flash fiction writer who blogs at The Twisted Quill.
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20 comments:

  1. Sulci Collective27 July 2012 at 08:41

    and when you run out of your own blood, time to restock on somebody else's. That damn story has to get out

    marc nash

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    1. Steve Green30 July 2012 at 21:40

      heheh! Good idea Marc.

      Hang on a mo... if I used someone else's blood, would it count as some form of plagiarism?

      Or even plasmagiarism. :)

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  2. Peter Newman27 July 2012 at 09:07

    I bet he's dreading the edits coming back!

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    1. Steve Green30 July 2012 at 21:41

      Haha, yeah, if he's still around that is. :-)

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  3. Helen A. Howell27 July 2012 at 11:39

    When a story has to be written, you just have to do what it takes!

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    1. Steve Green30 July 2012 at 21:45

      You are so right Helen, the suffering we writers have to go through... :-)

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  4. Deanna Schrayer27 July 2012 at 13:05

    Oh! And all this time I've been going backwards. :)
    Seriously Steve, this is an excellent Full story in so few words, and I know the majority of us can relate.

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    1. Steve Green30 July 2012 at 21:46

      Thanks Deanna, as usual I just had to go to the extreme. :-)

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  5. mazzz_in_Leeds27 July 2012 at 13:57

    Short and to the (now blunt) point!

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    1. Steve Green30 July 2012 at 21:50

      Thanks Maria, that fountain pen nib will probably be suffering from metal fatigue before he's finished. :-)

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  6. Larry Kollar28 July 2012 at 00:34

    Oh, nicely done! Makes me wonder what kind of story wears out the writing tools so quickly.

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    1. Steve Green30 July 2012 at 21:52

      Thanks Larry, I think maybe he was just a bit unlucky with his stuff. :-)

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  7. Tim VanSant Writes28 July 2012 at 00:47

    So that's what it means when they say we have ink in our veins. Nicely done.

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    1. Steve Green30 July 2012 at 21:53

      Thanks Tim, this ink definitely makes it a red letter day though. :-)

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  8. Cindy Vaskova28 July 2012 at 12:00

    Aw, this is amazing Steve! Brilliantly written and a great vision of the writer in need to finish his story, no matter the cost!

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    1. Steve Green30 July 2012 at 21:56

      Thank you so much for the very kind words Cindy. :-)

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  9. tom gillespie28 July 2012 at 12:15

    A ha.. The Red Shoes for writers.. Great idea Steve and so much packed into such a tiny space!!

    (apologies for not commenting more often..I am reading though!!)

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    1. Steve Green30 July 2012 at 22:18

      Hiya Tom, and thanks, heheh, yeah, red shoes and red nibs too. :-)

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  10. Katherine Hajer30 July 2012 at 01:22

    If you've ever seen the film Quills, you'll know there is something that comes after blood...

    I liked the irony of a 101-word story about writing a long story.

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    1. Steve Green30 July 2012 at 22:22

      Hi Katherine, I haven't seen the film, but I'll try to catch it some time in the future, my mind's boggling a bit at what it may be that comes after the blood. :-)

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