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Thanks so much for sharing this! #3 is particularly interesting. Also makes me feel better about my HM - it really does mean something!

What does this tell you, and how does this relate to you, to this challenge? Discuss please. This is your current assignment. I think it's fairly simple. Work in, work out. Whether it's 1,000,000 words, or 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration, the fact remains that a lot of success comes down to gri...

1. What exactly is denoument, and why must a story have it? Denoument is defined as "the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear". It's why sitcoms always end with everything back to normal - because that stability is not only their brand, but their me...

I recommend the submission grinder - it takes word count into consideration when it gives you available markets!

First, an apology. I intended to do these faster, but y'all are prolific posters and I'm a very busy human. Feel free to ignore any and all of my comments as always. I'll try to do the next batch with more dispatch. wotf009 Hey, The Girl with the Glasses . I really enjoyed your siren's story. The ma...

I've got a solid first draft of a story long enough for Q1, and a shorter flash piece as well. I don't know if they'll be my submission, but if something goes nuts in my life, I have something to submit. Hope everyone is writing well!

I've been listening to them between audio books and I really enjoy them. I particularly enjoyed the Topanga Canyon story. As a writer who bombards the pro publications with my stories regularly it was so encouraging to hear how much value the personal rejections I get are. I wonder if their value ha...

I'm in. My first flash piece won't win any awards, but editing was good practice. Hopefully many others jump on the bandwagon! Looking forward to all growing together. Now back to longer-form writing, Ari First of all, this is a great take on magic. Well done. I was immediately drawn into the world...

I'm in. My 500, titled "Mother's Love" (499 by my computer's count) "I can't, mama." Sahmi slapped her four-year-old daughter, leaving a bright red mark. "Don't call me that." She beat sand from Dyah's cotton smock where she'd stumbled. "Try again. Cross the room.&...

There's that million words idea again. For the interested, I'm at 442,884 words. The flash I wrote Sunday, based on the Inktober prompt, just fell from my fingers. I wasn't thinking about writing a story, I was writing the story. Don't know how good it is, of course, but it's certainly a lot better ...

As far as revisions go, I'm a very haphazard reviser. I edit as I go, I poke at sections, I change big things and small things all the time. I don't know if there's a method out there that I'll someday discover and stick to, but I personally find it difficult to do a pass JUST for grammar or JUST fo...

Everything I learned about critiques I learned in kindergarten. No wait. Critters.org! That's where I learned it. (Although there's some overlap now that I think about it. Playing nicely, sharing, taking turns, using nice words...) I recommend going to their "Writing/Critiquing Resources" ...

Just got my story down to 246, after complaining to a writing buddy that it was impossible . Just keep looking for slices of your bigger tale that tell enough of the story to invite the reader to imagine the rest in their mind. Hopefully mine does that - we'll see when I post it. I tried a number of...

I've written a first draft of a story for this. It's currently at 933 words. It's even got 3 try fail cycles, because I focused on a very small scene, and two layers of the prompt. As tempting as it is to poke at it more today, I am going to let it rest and come back to it tomorrow or Sunday to cut ...

Yeah it’s important to let it rest. If you look back, you’ll see I really struggled with the 250 phase. My first submission at that length is watery porridge. But I knew it so I kept poking at it, and was able to find a slice of the story that fit the word count. It’s not about getting all of what y...

I haven't responded to the "What have you learned" question, because frankly I feel like I learned so much this last year I didn't know where to begin. I had already been dedicated to submitting a story every quarter, and Q1 of this year was the first time I submitted a previously rejected...

First, it’s recommended you delete any identifying information regarding your story from your post. The contest is anonymous. Second, you’re probably fine. Mentioning historically relevant details as milieu is isn’t the issue, it’s borrowing from them wholesale without attribution.

I’ll be doing it today.

Always. Send it :)

I received an HM. Congratulations and commiserations to all! This is the third time I’ve woken up to results. Also I’ve broken my alternating streak and got two HMs in a row, which is nice.

Submitted September 27 2019.

Silver Honorable Mention November 23, 2019.

4/4 for the second year in a row.

I'll be back with a few thoughts about what I've learned, but in the meantime, I'm in! I did 3 fresh, one canned story. Thanks for the challenge and the camaraderie! Best of luck to all!

I'm in. Best of luck to anyone squeezing in at the last minute! Congratulations to all who entered!

Y'all are killing me posting in the results only thread. Every time I see it go red I think results are coming out!

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I really waffled about whether or not to take this on. I love a challenge, and writing fresh stories this year not only improved my craft, but it's gotten easier to write fresh stories. I have a novel I need to finish, though, and so I had to really take a step back and look at my life to decide if ...

wotf019 Once I'm done breastfeeding, I'll be celebrating with a strawberry margarita, but it'll be January at least before I can join in on the fun. (Would absolutely love to take you up on a drink at some point, though.) That’s fair. And of course not all adults drink. *mixes up some virgin daiqui...