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In with a fresh Q3, one more to go.

I'm in with a fresh story for Q3.

So far, everyone has posted visual stories. Sight is only one sense we have. Rich stories employ all the senses. Hearing. Taste. Touch. Smell. To everyone I say: get more of the senses on the page. This shall be a forthcoming Super Secret. Thanks for sharing! Beastmaster Moon This has been an inval...

This is a pretty tale with some mysticism to it. Overall, it works. Some problems are understanding punctuation usage, especially around dialogue. If that's going on in your WotF entries, it's likely getting your stories rejected, so fix that. Another issue is sensory details. Even in a Flash, we n...

(And, Sutherland, your title is accurate, and foreshadows your story. That is good. But could you come up with one that would intrigue from the git go? That would be a better title. Think along the lines of "What Comes Down, Must Go Up." Something that will make us say, "Hmm. This so...

This one's for you Wulf, written and submitted within 24hrs. I tried not to edit it toooooooo much, that was one of your tips. Thanks again for gifting us so much of your time. Farewell, Scrag When Jada heard her boy sobbing, her aching limp vanished and she darted through the cabin to the front roo...

I'm guilty of submitting a story where my mc wakes. I sent another one in about a brain transplant which is another no-no. There is so much to learn to become successful. You're not alone. I just realized my Q2 story starts with an "alarm/wake-up" wotf002 . My intention was to open with a...

Landed another HM. Excited for my Q2.

Finally, after battling time between life, constant power outages, and getting my paintings done, my Q2 entry's edits are done and I just submitted. I'm in with a fresh one for Q2! Not only that, I also have art entered into Illustrators of the Future for Q2. I'm feeling very productive today. Writ...

Aaand I'm in with a fresh story. 2 down, 2 to go.

I'm about done editing my fresh Q2 story. Hope to make my final decision on the last paragraph and then submit it today.

I love printing out stories for editing porpoises.

I read this, saved it on my computer, and have reread it twice since then. The benefits? I just produced a story that is probably the cleanest copy I've ever managed. I could hear the polish on it when I, as Wulf and others have suggested, read it aloud. The downside? Well, every time I start to ty...

Great advice moon, doing my best to avoid info-dumps. I am also working to shorten the average length of my stories. I finished a 3K draft of a fresh story for Q2, so that's 2 out of 4 for me in this challenge. I will let the story stew for a while before doing final revisions, but I like it so far....

RSchibler wrote:Naw, see, now you have time to have TWO stories ready to submit. Or three! Or write that novel we all have in the back of our minds.

Haha, after I catch up on reading.

I have a 3K draft done for this quarter. Now I can sit on it 'til march.

Wulf Moon wrote:But if you want to see him tug your heart strings while telling a beautiful children's tale, read THE WEE FREE MEN. In the same vein is THE SHEPHERD'S CROWN.

~Moon~

I will check these out. Thanks.

Thanks Moon and Preston! I'll do my best to be concise. My Q2 story is looking short, somewhere between 3K and 6K The thing with Pratchett is, if you took out all the humour, it'd still be good. Not all humour writers do that, including a good many pretty successful ones. I think that's why it never...

Wulf Moon wrote:
Assume nothing, and you'll always be safe.

Haha, thanks.

Do you have an opinion on word count? Which word count pairs best with a rich title and robust intro? There's gotta be a word count range the judges have a bias towards. Here I go with assumptions again.

Just a thought on HMs. An HM means a story for sure had a good opening two pages, and most likely, a good ending page as well. If you've read slush, you know what I'm talking about. It doesn't necessarily mean it was read through and through. An editor (or judge) will only read until they get throw...

I'm in, and with a completely fresh story!

I'm in with a fresh story!

Oy! Put me down for the full challenge. Fresh stories all the way through. I started writing my Q1 story a couple days ago and I am working hard to finish it right now. I took a break to read the story of your winning sub Moon, and its beautiful. I hope I get to experience something like that one da...

Honestly, I think some of that just comes down to what works for each individual writer. I don't think I'll ever nail a first draft, although I'd love to prove myself wrong. wotf001 I'm starting to get better about figuring out what stories need, but outside critiques definitely help me. Critiques ...

There's no way I can nail a first draft yet, tried that twice this year and ended up R. Maybe in a few years. I need to get better at subtext. These are fun to read keep em coming Moon.

Just don't let this concept bog you down so much you don't get your first draft completed. If it's already done and you're ready to edit, go for it! Don't psyche yourself out, is what I'm trying to say. (Your writing methods may be different than mine, but I've learned the hard way that my first dr...

Thanks for sharing your insights with us Moon. I have achieved a few hooks in the past, and I think I have been able to string along a series of hooks towards the end of my stories to build the pace to decent finales. Still, I have yet to maintain a riveting series of hooks throughout my entire stor...

It's still worth a try! wotf024 Yes it is! VSutherland, are you in or out? Because it sounds like you're in. : ) And let me tell you, you can write a story in four hours before deadline and get an HM. If you've got a whole day, you can get second place. Ask me how I know... I'm in haha, but I don't...

Damn it. I can't resist. My Q1 is going to be an automatic bust. I'll have 2 weeks to pull it off.

Congratulations Wulf! Second place is amazing. I hope you have a good time in CA and tell us all about it come april.