Well I've finally written a story. I did not get it fully edited as it was a spur of the moment decision to write a story for the Christmas competition. Life gets in the way of writing, so I didn't fully explore the story idea that came to me out of the blue. It was always meant to be just a short humourous story. It is an amazing experience writing your first story. Many thanks to the editors who helped me beat it into a more grammatically and punctually correct and succinct story. They did not get to finish editing due to my lack of time to fix it before the cutoff date for the competition.
I've used it to gain some skills in the art of writing as I've had an idea for a sci-fi story for some time. I think I can now do it justice. Knowing that there are excellent editors out there willing to help budding authors is inspiring.