ONE - Smile

(WINNER!!! ☺️☺️of the Wattpad Sci-fi Competition and Challenges August 2020: Smile)

A short story of a thousand words about a man who was obsessed with the stars.

This is my entry for the ScienceFiction contest here on Wattpad. It is the first time I'm writing a short story after so many months spent laboring over a book that still hasn't surfaced. I haven't written a lot of stuff, but I still like to think I can put a sentence or two together.

The story is science-fiction and arises from an image prompt of a galaxy cluster positioned in such a way that it looks like a face that's smiling (see the media attached to the story). It got my otaku mind thinking, and in a few minutes of thoughtful brooding, I came up with this idea. After fleshing it out, I started writing it.

It feels really good to actually write again, no matter how it came out. I've been in the throes of self-doubt for a long, long time; so long that I stopped critiquing stories (if I can't write them, who am I to criticize them?) and ultimately stopped reading. So I'm hoping that with this story, I might actually have broken through that wall. I might finally finish that book. (Though it's more like start)

So here you go. Welcome to my scribbles. Don't forget to tell me what you think, as you think. The inline comment feature was created for a reason. Let me know what part deserves praise and what parts require close attention. Let's grow our writing skills together. We are ONE.

[Wattpad Sci-fi Competition and Challenges entry - August 2020: Smile]