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Hi Cody! Wow, I applaud your efforts. And hope all goes well with your book.

I’m sure it’s always great to practice doing whatever it is you want to excel at, so writing short stories and the like is a great idea.

However, the authors that I’ve spoken with say if you’re writing a book…your first duty is TO FINISH IT! :)
I would suggest focusing on the one work until it’s done.

Keep me up to date! Can you tell us what it’s about?

Id say if your gunna work on other things be **** careful about it cus if they sweep you away its going to be real hard to get back to your main project, i learn that the hard way time and time again.

then by all means! write, write, write!!

any chance of me getting to read a Cody original?

HI Cody, I hope your well? Although I don’t know anything about writing a book or short stories,I have attempted it in a sense and I recently started writing short articles(my recent positive posts.)I certainly don’t think it could hurt.and that may be where you find your niche or better.What I’ve learned from success stories is we have to start somewhere and later we see the pieces of the puzzle fitting together.I could be wrong butI really don’t think ‘pros and cons’ fit into this situation.Maybe just ‘is it beneficial or not’ is more like it.Good LUck my friend :D

Making short storys will help you to get better at writing right? So then write! Its a good thing, and you gotta post them so we can read them okay? I would like very much to read your storys Cody. Good Luck! :D

Whacha think of a story?

I know what you mean. I never payed attention there, I always drew or read. The teachers didnt mind much, because that ment I wasnt asleep and snoring. XD

I think that short stories are far more difficult to write than long ones, i´m sure that any experienced writer will tell you just the same. The fact of the matter is that any writing will help develop skills so keep on keeping on!!

I am also dabbeling at writing short stories. I have found that a good way to get feed back is to read them out to an audience at an “Open Mike”.

mike = microphone

try sitting down then :)

…go to like some beatnik coffee shop where they do “readings”

and if you wear sunglasses they can’t see you.

poor cody. you’ll just have to get published!

written any good short stories lately?

The first few times I tryed public speaking, I screwed up big time. However at an open mike or similar venue, many of the people there are also reading their work. This type of audience understands and they will be speaking also. Try it again.
I’ve writen and performed standup comedy and history lectures.
Try this: Just before you speak think this “If nobody gets up and speaks this would be a very silly event. Just a bunch of people sitting in a room, all facing the same direction.” or you can think of all the times you have attended lectures or shows and then think “Now it’s my turn.”

Ask a teacher at your school about organizing such an event at the school. You can have it in the evening and invite in people and other writers from outside the school.