MY POINT OF VIEW

As I continue writing my short i would like to reiterate one thing: All stories I post on this blog are rough drafts and there will have several mistakes either grammatical or otherwise. I will have edited these posts but there is only much you can do editing your work. That is where you come in. Point out those mistakes and I will correct them.  All characters, events, places and/ or entities are all fictional. Any resemblance to people, places or entities in real life is purely coincidental.  Now I must get back writing. The second part of the story awaits to be written. Expect it to be posted by Friday.

DAY ONE CHAPTER 1 Fact 1: The most prevalent violent crimes in Kenya are violent robberies and carjackings. The most prevalent crimes against children in Kenya are: sexual violence and defilement; child labor and child exploitation.  Francis looked at the spreadsheets before him for the hundredth time in a span of half an hour since he sat down at his desk. Every time he tried to concentrate on the financial statements before him, his mind always returned to the envelope and its contents all of which were still on his breakfast. He looked at the leather black briefcase and recoiled as if it contained radioactive material. He concentrated his gaze on the worn corners of the case and reprimanded himself for not replacing it. He had promised his wife to buy a new one but hadn’t gotten around to do it. That was a month ago. Now his wife just looks at it like piece of trash- and she usually called it trash- and never said anything about it. Just a steel look that could melt ice....

     If there is something i have come to realize is that writing is something that requires resilience and dedication. Trying to write an 80,000- word manuscript is no small feat. It requires a strong will, sacrifices, patience  and determination. It is easy to give up along the way; only to start again then give up again. In the end you have spent an year writing only five thousands words.      I have come to appreciate what it takes for a book to be published. My experience can be described with two word: procrastination and laziness. Oftentimes i would sit down to write an idea down then a strong urge to continue reading the book i started the previous day or to watch the latest movie. And the thing with writing is that ideas come to you at odd times and need to be put down before they go as quick as they came in the first place. Writing also require people ready to do research in order to produce a product that will appeal to publishers; otherwis...

Human being is a complex creature. There is no single word that can fully describe him; a word that can encompass his personality, nature, beliefs, dreams and inspirations, actions, words or physique. But to some extent this complex creature tend to be predictable. Each individual is unique. But the response to some circumstances by these individuals is quasi-similar and almost uniform. This predictability stems from habits. Indeed it has been said that human beings is a habit creature. What you did today there is a high possibility almost to certainty that you will repeat the same thing tomorrow. For example, today i went to a grocery store known as Bei Poa General Store. I'm almost certain that tomorrow i will go there for my shopping though my neighborhood has many grocery stores with some within a short walking distance. Forget about good customer relations. And how can i conclude that the grocery store i visited has the best customer service or mode of payment than others a...