Scribbles

I have always enjoyed writting and scribbled out little paragraphs of whatever I was feeling. I hated any form of construction and confinement in writing and imagine my annoyance at my mother's insistence that I write poetry. So to please her I took it up. This was a challenge for me as I found it hard to condense my thougts at first but now I love writing poetry. I began just expressing my thoughts but now I have transitioned into writing as a technical excerise. Recently I have been experimenting with different literary devices and how and to what extent they can be used to express something. I have kept writing however busy I am with school work. I also find it very relaxing actually. Looking back on my work I see how my writing skills have developed and I also see I am developing my own distinct style. Writing is my passion, vying for first place with drama, and I know I will continue to write and grow as a writer.

I began a blog for my work -  http://streamofscribbles.blogspot.com/

Now?

There are two competitions I'm writing for at the moment. The Commonwealth Essay Competition and a competition organised by the English Writer's Co-operative of Sri Lanka.

Future?
I also hope to write a novel to be entered for the Gratiaen Prize. The Gratiaen Prize is an annual literary prize for best work of literary writing in English by a resident Sri lankan founded by Michael Ondatjee.