The Chase

I wrote a short story tonight for the first time in years.

Actually, it's more of a writing exercise than a story; I just wanted to see if I could still do it. It's shorter than most, but it'll do.

A few things:

You will probably be able to guess who the two people are in the story. It is a true story (to the best of my recollection) up until the end of the concert passage. Everything after that is a figment of my imagination.

This was written in one shot. There was no editing on my part.

I felt no immense sense of pride upon finishing. (In other words, I know it's not very good.) In fact, I think it reads like the person who wrote it doesn't really write... but then again I've thought that about pretty much everything I've ever written, so whatever.

The title doesn't make a whole lot of sense. But you'll figure that out after you read it.

That said, knock yourselves out.

A New Beginning?

I was never one for New Years' resolutions. Not because I'm perfect and don't need to change, but because I know I don't have the ambition to follow through with them. So why waste my time?

I'll try my hand at one that revolves around writing, though.

I'm going to try as hard as I can to write every day. It doesn't have to be polished 1,000-word posts on here, or short stories, or whatever. It just has to be something.

Make no mistake, I don't feel any renewed passion for writing. I just have a lot of ideas stewing in my head and I think if I start writing my thoughts down on a daily basis -- however inconsequential or irrelevant they may be -- it will help me get those ideas out and on the page.

This probably isn't the start of something special, but stay tuned anyways...