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Jasmine Hart

  • The Sweet Smell Of Success

    I’m not entirely sure why it is that people insist that success smells sweet. What I must rank as my greatest success did not smell sweet. It smelt of salted ...

    6 min read
  • Snow White (What actually happened)

    It is one of the more unjust facts of life that it is the child who automatically wins sympathy from outsiders in any dispute which may occur between them and ...

    10 min read
  • The Deadline

    Azila makes the very good point that my characters need to be more rounded. I'm not very good at developing my characters in short pieces like this, so if anyone ...

    8 min read
  • My Island- Induced Freedom

    *I know the plot is weak, any tips would be greatly appreciated. For the sake of three weeks, the island served as a haven, though I knew that I would ...

    7 min read
  • The Decoy Sandwich (Rated 12s)

    Seagulls are the real land rats. Pigeons are too gormless. There’s something pitiable in the way they constantly nod their heads-like they’re desperate to agree with everyone, desperate to please.

    7 min read
  • Birthday Phone-Calls (Rated 12s for violence)

    *I wrote this for a competition a while back and it had to be under eight-hundred words, which is why this is so short. Any tips on how to improve ...

    5 min read
  • The Lifespan Of A Butterfly

    I had to write a piece which did not exceed 500 words, so that's why this is so short! I have talked to science students, and still am not sure ...

    3 min read


When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
— Alexander Den Heijer