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Update - Joni says she hasn't sent out all the confirmations yet. Phew. Fingers crossed I get one soon haha

I didn't get a confirmation... oh dear. That's never happened before. Should I email Joni? Or... just submit it in the next quarter....

I'm in! Thanks to everyone who helped me with this one. And good luck all! Please have a Happy New Year! (please please please...)

Do share the title if you find the book you just read! This is a weakness I'm struggling with too! I am also working on how much to explain and how much to let the reader infer... it can be difficult to balance with keeping short stories short. Thanks I will check your suggestions out. That part yo...

Hi everyone, Does anyone have a particular book on writing that they swear by? I'm currently interested in improving my scene transitions and filling things in, so if anyone has one that covers that (or just a blog post they can recommend) I would be grateful. It seems to be a difficult subject to f...

If I may be permitted, here's the re-write of my dialogue. Critiques welcome. Eager, the characters aren't just upset with each other. They hate each other. There's a story why Trolls and Elves hate each other, but that's for another time. The rookie Warden stormed into the office, slamming the doo...

I'll give it another go, this time writing twelve lines rather than the twelve sentences I wrote before- an important distinction. I'll get to the second part of the assignment later. For now, it's time to sleep. Got work tomorrow. -------------------------------------------------------------------...

Thanks for the feedback, Reuben! So. Much. To. Learn. This exercise example is fun, fast, and furious, Pezel. You've gotten good constructive comments from EagerInk and Reuben (great meeting you at Fyrecon and in my master class, EagerInk!). Once you tag in your first line through a speaker attribu...

Writing dialogue without tags is sooo scary! Here’s my attempt: Sameer looked at his friend with disbelief. “Jon, what do you mean you think you left the car keys at the campsite?” “I, uh, thought I put them in my pocket, but I can’t feel them now.” “We’ve been hiking through the woods for two hour...

Interesting exercise. Good and useful critiques in this thread. I'll give it a go. A bit of dialogue from a short story I'm working on- “I lost my beautiful egg,” Thom moaned, brushing at the yoke running down his birthday coat. “Who are you and why, of all things, did you crack an egg over my head...

P.S.: You may not know this but Writers of the Future is very much aware of the good work you are doing in here. As they see your results climb, they take note of your name and truly are rooting for you to win. They know when you are getting close because they closely watch the results. They know t...

This topic has been silent for a while. Just wanted to mention a solid podcast that encapsulates Wulf's recent post, plus adds some really interesting stuff about the Hollywood formula: https://writingexcuses.com/2011/10/02/writing-excuses-6-18-hollywood-formula/ Thanks, I'll check it out. And I wo...

Just look at all of these Silver HMs this Q! I count thirteen! This is normally top 50ish in the world. This quarter had so many great stories, it will probably mean top 100 in the world, and it is absolutely FANTASTIC to see so many in one group. Here's the ones I counted: Eagerink I was just a re...

Disgruntledpeony, I see that you have a website link in your bio. That's a good idea too. And totally understand both of you on the FB thing, I try to avoid it as well, but I've heard it's the best place to advertise so that's why I started there. As an added note I keep things very positive in case...

Hello Everyone, It has come to my attention recently that having a visibly strong online following is a positive sign for publishers and may help one to be published. Since I have virtually no following, I thought I would start a place were we could share our social media handles, websites, amazon p...

omg this is great! Why am I just now seeing this.

The more I chew on this the more I get myself worked up. I figured this first entry to be a quick and easy R, I've never submitted anything anywhere before. Getting a Silver out of it makes me wonder if I would be better served to polish it up and try again for maybe Q2 or 3 of v38. I don't relish ...

I got an HM! Surprised at this since I finished this story ten minutes before the deadline (literally, didn't even have time to proofread it). I took a peek at it yesterday and there are several typos, including one on the first page... yikes. But happy to get an HM for it! Now to polish it up a lit...

A peep? On Election Day? On the day my daughter is to be married? Congrats to your daughter! I already have a pillow fort set up to hide from the election... Today's quite a day, but if that' a peep then that is making it a better day. It's also my birthday... wotf002 Thank you but I don’t have a d...

cduzett wrote:Wishes

2. COVID-19 goes away

Seriously!.... Forget the contest lol.

Never thought I'd use that smiley for such a thing....
(And good luck kn your other goals, they sound great!)

sorte001 wrote:A peep?

On Election Day?

On the day my daughter is to be married?

Congrats to your daughter!

I already have a pillow fort set up to hide from the election... Today's quite a day, but if that' a peep then that is making it a better day. It's also my birthday...

I'm going to credit him for sure, but do you know if it would violate any laws to not credit him? (just out of curiosity.) It might in some places, but I've hit one of the edges of my brief legal training. Some art-related laws grant "moral rights" to artists, and those usually include th...

Thanks Moon and GibWizard!

I have one question:

GlibWizard wrote:You're also correct that copyright law doesn't fully encompass ethics, but you're crediting Eugene Field.

I'm going to credit him for sure, but do you know if it would violate any laws to not credit him? (just out of curiosity.)

I have a short story that I would like to sell to a magazine, as a lot of you are--and I was wondering if there was anyone on here who could answer a question I have about this particular story. You see, it's a story about Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, and not only that, but it has the entire text of th...

Dustin Adams wrote:The blog post is up.

https://www.writersofthefuture.com/cate ... y-winners/

Winners:
First Place – Trent Walters from Missouri
Second Place – Luke Wildman from Indiana
Third Place – Erik Lynd from Washington

Congrats to the winners, wherever you are! And to our finalists :)

Yeah it's like having a kid go off to college or something... not that I would know what that's like XD
You miss it and you're proud of it.

Yes, I feel that too. I don't like it, it makes me feel like I can't come up with a good idea. But then I do....

Hello, all. I am new here, though I have been knocking around for a time, looking about. I first submitted to the contest...long, long ago...way back in 1997. I received a very nice rejection in the form of a letter from Algis Budrys. For whatever reason, I didn’t submit again until the fourth quar...

Just scrolled the first 15 pages. They are full of winners that didn't know fate would shine on their careers. That's my favorite thing about this thread! As a new(er) forumite, I keep seeing this thread and wondering... why is it still alive? But having looked at it, I see why. It's a tradition! I...

You know when you have an idea for a story, you're churning out words at a decent clip, then you wonder if the idea is stupid? When is it a bad idea and when is it self doubt? This is what I have to say about ideas: perhaps there is such a thing as a bad idea. But, every single bad idea can be made...