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Hi all. A quick question for off of you that have been published in the WOTF annual books. How different was your original story from the final published version? Did you find your stories required a lot of polishing/revision/editing? Or were there only minimal polishing edits??? (I'm gaging the st...

I am at 2/4 unfortunately. But if I can get 3/4 I will tie my record. Here's to getting up early!

I'm working on revising a story I'd started on, the front 450 of which I bounced off Dustin a while back. Got swept up in other things, but kept thinking about his feedback, and the resulting revision (killing a transition) restaged the story and made the whole premise a lot more interesting... So ...

Preston! Preston! Preston!

I shall write my best story for Q4, and let the chips fall where they may.

Silver here.

I'm afraid I win't reach finalist again until I close in on 2k posts...

Galen wrote:Some advice a friend of mine once told me:

Trying to write with small kids is extremely difficult. You should almost always try a pen instead.

Quarter 4, 2018 - Volume 35

July 1, 2018 - September 30, 2018


This is our last chance to write an epic, winning story and hang out with Preston in LA!

Alecia,
You are awesome.

If no one else wants in, I will get started with Amos for Magic in the 4th!

Almost swept the top 3!
(There's always next quarter.)

Link:

https://www.writersofthefuture.com/writ ... 8-winners/

amoskalik wrote:

preston wrote: RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHRRRHRRHRHHHRRHHRHRRRHHRRRHRRRRF/winner!

I imagine this is the sound you made after your phone call with Joni.

You've read every story ever printed.
Soon, you shall read your own.

"He stood on a small knoll, breeze blowing in, and west where the sun was setting in hues of red and orange."

That's about equal to the error I found in my Q2. Ugh!

Cool.
Want to send me a PM with your e-mail address?

I can't change my avatar. Is the system out?

Love me some Jean Claude, but he's been screaming for like two years now.

The new one, for sure.

I'll swap SHM's with you if you can wait around 2 weeks for a reply.

Glenn,
Yes, sometimes Joni can't reach someone or a phone # has changed... In my previous quarter, M.T. Chambers didn't know he was a finalist until after the list came out. He was backpacking in Asia!

However, I do strongly believe that the 8 finalists are picked. When we see one, Joni has them all.

Opened my story this morning to check a certain line and found a typo. I know one typo isn't a deal breaker, but damn, it was right there waiting for me. Oh well, less twitching is good, right?

Very cool list! I started out OK, but faded in the latter half of the (sci-fi) list. I think I will go get Neuromancer. Seems time. Interesting about The Shining. I wonder why. I've been discussing "character" again with a writer friend, and it seems that might fall under that category? An...

This article makes me want to submit again.
I take rejections pretty hard, (read: personally) which I know six ways from Sunday that I'm not supposed to do, but I do anyway.
But reading this helps.

If I start the thread, I post the dates in big letters/numbers.
Check the first post in the quarterly threads.

It is confusing at first, but you'll get used to it.
Or maybe you wont have to.

Counted!
I don't have an idea yet either, but I'm hoping to workshop idea ideas.

Magic is definitely out of my comfort zone. I literally don't think I have one magic story.
A flash, maybe, but nothing over 1k.

Moon,
Thanks for typing that all out. Very inspiring!

Critiques are for semi-finalists - ONLY.
So, eight (8) stories per quarter.

Since Stephanie isn't feeling well, I'll take over the list for this quarter. Hopefully she's back on her feet in no time! Annaliese reigheena - January 27 History Neverwas - March 6 AlmostWritten - Mar 14 Becky Schibler - Mar 14 Wulf Moon - Mar 21 KD Julicher - Mar 26 PC Mccollum - Mar 26 Mennalynn...

Loglines are fluid. They are pitches in Hollywood, I suppose, but for me, they help focus a story in a way unique unto themselves. If you're in doubt, create a logline. Watch what happens. :)

I got it!!

This thread is to create a writer's group of five (5) people who want to work together on their individual 4th quarter entries - and are willing to create something (new or edit) with one specific criteria... Magic. I'm the first member, and if you'd like to join, please post below. We will be in a ...