Playing with a new short story format, which includes videoing my attempts to write. I have no idea where this story is going nor when it will end (though my gut thinks I’ll give up in about 5 weeks’ time or sooner. We shall see. In any case, enjoy this quick piece! 

This is, of course, a way to play with my keyboard. Of course, I hope that the you who is reading this, will understand that I did not mean to leave you. I never did. You were one of the (in)constants of my life, despite me never having to look for you.

Your companionship was something I did not hope for, though it was a nice surprise when it did come. I wonder if the colours here will blind you. My apologies and I beg your forgiveness. It would seem that the habits that brought me first to the boroughs of the Internet still yet lived.

But how rude I am.

I forgot to introduce myself. I am the Scribe Writus. It is a pompous name, I know, but it is all I have for now. Allow me to the privacy, if nothing else. This world has been confusing, but to be honest, it has also been much welcome.

You see me pressing the backspace a lot, do you not? It is a wonderful thing, this technology we now have. Words need only to be written, and they can be corrected or wiped away so very easily.

We humans are still creatures of stories of ideas and of narratives, but we are also creatures of imprecision. There are those of us, of course, who know exactly what to write and what to say…

But for the most part, imprecision rules, if only because it is the emotions and the ideas that we want to convey that matters, and precious little things.

Ah, you wonder where I am going with this. You have seen the video, have you not? The same place where I have been writing this, and you can see my efforts in real time. Fear not. In this first video, you will see all the mistakes, all the “typos” as you call them (I will never get used to that) and all my grammar gone wrong.

It will not be the last. I will not always record for you this way. I will not always write in this manner, so live that you can then catch up on your PC later. But you will always be able to find a record of this, and sooner rather than later.

I hope to see you again soon. Thank you for taking this 5 minutes to listen to me type, or perhaps it was the keyboard you were interested in. Then again, thank you for reading this story.

Shall we meet again, in about a week’s time, perhaps at 8.30pm GMT +8? I would very much like to see if this experiment can be repeated.