Big up's to the short story writer

At the moment I'm reading Ihimaera's 'Māori Stories' and Sargeson's 'Stories of Frank Sargeson'. I'm enjoying both books enormously; I think I had forgotten how much I love a good short story, they're a quick read but they're pretty damn clever.
The fact that I'm getting into my short stories this week is not totally random. At the moment we're learning about the process of short story writing in class, and the other day I even had write my own short story. Now that was an interesting exercise if I've ever done one. If I delve back into the dark recesses of my high school memories, I think I used to be pretty good at the creative writing caper. That was certainly a while ago though, and I've become pretty rusty after years of enforced essay writing. I've found it's actually quite hard to remember how to be creative after so long focusing solely on correct grammatical structure and the precise transmission of information.
But do you know what I realised when I attempted some writing, I really enjoy it. It's hard work but it's fun. Big up's to all those short story writer's, in the past I didn't really think about it, but now I realise that the shorter a story is the harder it is to write.
I do think, however, that it's going to take a while for me to produce some quality work that people actually want to read…but you know what, that’s another story. I'll keep you posted.