Nice meta-story! First use of excited should be excitedly. I think i prefer the smile that is on my face, but i don’t think its incorrect the way you have it. Keep writing! Great first piece. :)

And there are many many many fantastic ficly writers! Though I don’t know any that would admit to flawless grammar..
The buzz of success, that’s why we do it!
That and the comments…

yes, yes the comments! the comments!!!! Great to see a new writer. I do hope you stick around! =)

Hahaha Yeah you should catch a story before anyone comments and points out the grammar mistakes. Its pretty bad sometimes.
The comments are an addiction apparently….

Welcome to Ficly. INA is absolutely correct, my spelling, punctuation and grammar are usually somewhere between terrible and average when I first post a story, despite the precautions I take. As for the dreaded blank screen, feel free to peruse the challenges or older blog entries to look for inspiration, not to mention the other fine Ficly authors.

Welcome! I’m fairly new myself but my advice is, if you get stuck for inspiration, do a challenge. they’re a great way to get a starting point to expand on for the joy of writing.
Keep up the great writing!

My fingers glide into position on the keyboard. The words that were doing backflips to include themselves in my comment, just moments earlier, are now flaccid members of my uncollated conscienceness.
My impotent comment lingers while I read the other comments. Mark mentioned grammer, then Elsha, Abby, and INA talked about comments… Robert and Fox talked about inspiration. But I don’t want to just blindly repeat others comments. I MUST be original. “talk about breaking the 4th wall”, the thought stumbles to the front of my mind. “Nah, I’m not some pseudo-intellectual…”, I think to myself as I click on the pencils and hit submit.

“When it seems my hands are satisfied” captures the ficly writing experience so well. Welcome!