Short Stories: Reflection Time

Stories. What is the average favorite length? There are plenty to choose from: Novella, Novel, Series, Short Story, etc. Short story would not be my "flavor" or "poison", but it has to be done. Writing a short story is a very complex task. You would think it would be: write something choppy and to the point and ta-da, but it is not. It has to have a certain type of timeline and everything in order to be successful.

For me, the simplest part of writing a short story is creating the character that you will be portraying. It is simple and I can make it as complex and detailed as I please. The idea behind my characters is that I want them not to be perfect, but imperfect. I think they are more realistic if they have faults. I find perfection in imperfection. It really is the best way to describe beauty for me.

The most difficult part of creating a short story is that it has to be short. It can not be extensive or at least a little bit of a novella. It must be short. Max number: 1000 words. That is it! Gah! I can not take that hard fact of class projects. It is probably the most frustrating thing about anything I do. The problem about that is that I like to write. I like to write a lot. 

The main character of my "short story" is Miss. Kilah O'Donnell. She's a bit tiny, with a height of 5'4" and measurements of 30"26"32", she is a bit minuscule to many of her Scottish family members. Her luscious long hair is straight as newly printed paper dollars and as blue as the midnight sky. Often times, she wears it in two evenly spaced low pigtails down her back. She stands at a leaning angle to the left and stares at many people with her large almond shaped eyes. She does not speak. They all look at her oddly because of her eyes. One is a bright ocean blue, while the other is a  soft, pale purple. She watches everything, but speaks to hardly a soul. She is light on her feet and moves as if she were graced with the ability to float across the land. Kilah looks to others like a sort of ghost. Quiet and she comes and goes like the wind.

 

To conclude, the idea behind the writing of the story is very simple. Love is not always for the feint of heart. Some were meant to falll in love, but not to be together. The battle is not always won, but lost so often. It is an imperfect world. Not everything works out, not everything even gets the chance to start the bud of the blossoms of love.