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My Saved Stories surprised me
By showing me how bad they were😆
I have been inspired to write this by my medium friend Trisha Fayewho has written about the impressive back log of writing projects she has. Trisha has been, in my eyes, a very prolific writer; something I never believed I was. I had convinced myself I had no unfinished stories or drafts gathering virtual dust in my files.
However, it appears I was wrong.
In an attempt to find something to write about I began looking at some old files and this search revealed a file with the title “Saved Stories.” This came as a surprise to me as I do not remember saving stories.
I was even more surprised when I opened the file and saw what was in them; some stories I had saved.😄
Now it would be wonderful If I could tell you I had stumbled upon a treasure trove of forgotten but glowing literary gems just waiting to be polished and published. Sadly, this was not the case.
Most of them were not very good; I don’t know why I bothered saving them. Some of them were unfinished and the ones that I had finished should have been left unfinished.
Most of them were short stories but one stretched to about 9000 words. I cannot remember how long it took me to write; but however long it took is time of my life I…
