Storem

I have not been blogging anything personal, and i will keep it that way. But I would like to introduce you to my storems. (i made that up)

Storem (s·toe·rim) -noun-

a mixture of a poem and a short story

If you read my blog, you will see these short stories, I want to tell you how i make them.

Here are the steps:

1. Think of emotions. Do you want your Storem to be sad, happy, mysterious, or etc.
2. Think of a moment that features this feeling.

Example,

Sad: death, leaving, break-up

3. Now make up your scenario, maybe you want to write about a great relationship coming to a halt because of death. (morbid i know)
4. Make your characters, think of their features. Maybe you would say… “a tear drips down her freckled cheek”
5. Put it all together in a mysterious way.

In my storems, sometimes you have no idea what’s happening. But that’s what I LOVE about them. You make your own story!

Here is my plotting so you can see how i plan these out:

I don’t write this stuff down, i just think it. I am going to use a storem i already have.

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I sit in the chair by the bed, staring at Cheyenne.

She sleeps.

I watch her breathing. It fluctuates like the wind.

High.

Low.

Fast.

Slow.

She gasps to life and smiles when she sees me. I smile back, but squeeze her hand tightly.

My best friend is dying.

"I guess now we can't do fashion shows in the bathroom," she wheezes as i laugh.

A tear drips down my cheek.

How will I survive?

She coughs.

Once.

Twice.

Harder.

Three times.

I scream for a doctor to come,

but it's too late.

When I do, i look back at Cheyenne.

Her eyes are closed, but her lips are still smiling.

I let go of her hand and cry for her to wake up.

I scream

"do something,"

But she is dead.

She is gone.

Feeling: Sad

Scenario: Relationship at end due to death

Characters: Cheyenne and Friend

REMEMBER TO MAKE THE READER FEEL WHAT THE CHARACTER IS FEELING

-xx Anonymous #1