Nu Fiction is the name of a new publication launching today on Paragraph, the purpose of which is to document my journey as a would-be author learning to write fiction in the public sphere.

I’m Nash Urban, and for the past two decades, the idea of becoming a published fiction author has been circling the drain of my life goals, never quite being pulled down into black, yet never quite rising above the whirlpool of wishful thinking.

You see, I’m not even quite sure that I like writing, more that I like having written. Writing is hard. It’s a hard thing to do. Perhaps, like many of you, I overly romanticize the idea itself rather than the act or occupation.

Well, it’s time to find out, for I finally find myself at a juncture with time in one hand and means in the other, leaving no hand free to hold my excuses with.

I have been told that one should show their best work. 'Best' is currently non-existent for me as I am quite literally starting at zero. I have no background, no training, and no education, both formal or informal, in creative writing and literature more specifically. Instead, I am electing to share my process and progress rather than waiting for the aforementioned best work to happen. Should be fun. Should.

One step back. Perhaps. As long as it’s a net forward.

This publication will start out being comprised of clearly labeled/tagged fictional entries with notes and supplemental material (i.e. writing prompts or thoughts among others) as needed, as well as personal updates and perhaps the occasional newsletter summarizing monthly or quarterly efforts. I am not quite sure how to categorize and organize things, but I’m confident that the problem will sort itself out once the wheels start turning. This is all TBD, so please bear with me. Even I don’t know who did it in this ‘whodunnit’ tale we are embarking on. The important thing is to write. Everything else is window dressing. Two more steps.

My modest goal as of this writing will be to finish and publish a novella. At the very least, I hope to produce a few short stories that I am proud of. Whether they (or anything published here for that matter) are good or not will be entirely up to the reader, but I am fully prepared for the failures to far outweigh the successes, and I am under no illusion that this will not require a tremendous amount of time and effort if it is even something I am capable of at all. Father Time will be sure to let me know. 

I am here to learn. I am here to grow. I am here to write Nu Fiction.

The date is May 1st, 2024. Remember it. I most certainly will.

And even if this whole experiment ends in a fiery car crash, at least it is my fiery car crash.

See you on the next page,

Nash Urban

Nu Fiction is the name of a new publication launching today on Paragraph, the purpose of which is to document my journey as a would-be author learning to write fiction in the public sphere.

I’m Nash Urban, and for the past two decades, the idea of becoming a published fiction author has been circling the drain of my life goals, never quite being pulled down into black, yet never quite rising above the whirlpool of wishful thinking.

You see, I’m not even quite sure that I like writing, more that I like having written. Writing is hard. It’s a hard thing to do. Perhaps, like many of you, I overly romanticize the idea itself rather than the act or occupation.

Well, it’s time to find out, for I finally find myself at a juncture with time in one hand and means in the other, leaving no hand free to hold my excuses with.

I have been told that one should show their best work. 'Best' is currently non-existent for me as I am quite literally starting at zero. I have no background, no training, and no education, both formal or informal, in creative writing and literature more specifically. Instead, I am electing to share my process and progress rather than waiting for the aforementioned best work to happen. Should be fun. Should.

One step back. Perhaps. As long as it’s a net forward.

This publication will start out being comprised of clearly labeled/tagged fictional entries with notes and supplemental material (i.e. writing prompts or thoughts among others) as needed, as well as personal updates and perhaps the occasional newsletter summarizing monthly or quarterly efforts. I am not quite sure how to categorize and organize things, but I’m confident that the problem will sort itself out once the wheels start turning. This is all TBD, so please bear with me. Even I don’t know who did it in this ‘whodunnit’ tale we are embarking on. The important thing is to write. Everything else is window dressing. Two more steps.

My modest goal as of this writing will be to finish and publish a novella. At the very least, I hope to produce a few short stories that I am proud of. Whether they (or anything published here for that matter) are good or not will be entirely up to the reader, but I am fully prepared for the failures to far outweigh the successes, and I am under no illusion that this will not require a tremendous amount of time and effort if it is even something I am capable of at all. Father Time will be sure to let me know. 

I am here to learn. I am here to grow. I am here to write Nu Fiction.

The date is May 1st, 2024. Remember it. I most certainly will.

And even if this whole experiment ends in a fiery car crash, at least it is my fiery car crash.

See you on the next page,

Nash Urban