Discussion: Q3 Volume 36

[Dustin Adams]

April 1, 2019 - June 30, 2019

Three months to write the best story ever! (And win, of course).
See you in Hollywood!

[storysinger]

Write on.

[disgruntledpeony]

Doesn't this technically start in April?

[RSchibler]

And I think it closes end of June, right?

[disgruntledpeony]

And I think it closes end of June, right?

Aye.

[KD Julicher]

Yeah if I missed Q2 I'm gonna be angry...

[amoskalik]

My Q2 WIP will likely slip to Q3, but I have a flash piece I'm working on I can send in Q2. Write on, everyone, and see you in Thursdayember.

[Dustin Adams]

Sorry guys, I sniffed a tremendous amount of glue yesterday then posted.

I shall check the life-lesson box:
Never post something important whilst having a snootfull of glue vapors...

[disgruntledpeony]

Sorry guys, I sniffed a tremendous amount of glue yesterday then posted.

I shall check the life-lesson box:
Never post something important whilst having a snootfull of glue vapors...

It's all good, Dustin.

[RSchibler]

Hey- on the upside we have FOUR months to write the best story ever and go to Hollywood.

[Dragonchef]

Hey- on the upside we have FOUR months to write the best story ever and go to Hollywood.

Man, we are going to have one heck of a party next April.

Wulfy, any suggestions on what kinda trouble we can get into in LA next year?

[Wulf Moon]

Hey- on the upside we have FOUR months to write the best story ever and go to Hollywood.

Man, we are going to have one heck of a party next April.

Wulfy, any suggestions on what kinda trouble we can get into in LA next year?

It depends on if you're going to commandeer the stage like I am and lead the audience in singing Ed Sheeran's "I See Fire."

~Moon~

[chuckt]

Got a lot done today for my Q3 entry (for me). Got some research sorted, 1000 words written, and also worked out almost all the empty places in my outline. I'm jacked.

[DoctorJest]

Gahhh, you guys are leaving me in the dust! I'm still trying to finish my Q2, which is driving me crazy today because all I'm having is thoughts about what to do with my budding novel. This is objectively unhelpful.

On the up side, if you guys show up in Hollywood without me, you'll be close enough that I can hit you with a well aimed rock. On the down side, I throw like a girl, so it actually won't do me any good anyway.

[aidanka]

Do you plan to query your novel or indie-publishing? I'm going indie way on my first novel. So, that means I'm not out of WOTF contest until I've sold 5000 print copies? I'm purposefully delaying my novel launch to try my hand at the contest.

Gahhh, you guys are leaving me in the dust! I'm still trying to finish my Q2, which is driving me crazy today because all I'm having is thoughts about what to do with my budding novel. This is objectively unhelpful.

On the up side, if you guys show up in Hollywood without me, you'll be close enough that I can hit you with a well aimed rock. On the down side, I throw like a girl, so it actually won't do me any good anyway.

[DoctorJest]

Do you plan to query your novel or indie-publishing? I'm going indie way on my first novel. So, that means I'm not out of WOTF contest until I've sold 5000 print copies? I'm purposefully delaying my novel launch to try my hand at the contest.

My current plan is to query, but I'm still researching it, and finding out all I can. These days, the landscape for things can change pretty quickly, so until I'm actually ready to pull the trigger, I'll keep my decision up in the air.

[DoctorJest]

And, turns out my current Q2 is about to become my Q3. Twists and turns...

[aidanka]

. why so sure? maybe your Q2 is going to be finalist?

And, turns out my current Q2 is about to become my Q3. Twists and turns...

[DoctorJest]

wotf022 . why so sure? maybe your Q2 is going to be finalist?

Alas not, I had to put it aside due to sudden time constraints. I have a fall-back story that I'll be sending out for Q2 instead, and the story I had intended to be my Q2 entry will be pushed back, and then I'll finish the revisions on it so I can submit it for Q3.

[aidanka]

haha same story with me. My Q1 story submission was only a backup plan.

[disgruntledpeony]

I still have no idea what kind of story I'll be aiming for, this quarter. I'll get there eventually, I'm sure.

[Dragonchef]

I still have no idea what kind of story I'll be aiming for, this quarter. I'll get there eventually, I'm sure.

Yes, I seem to be having that same problem. I start something. Get 500+ words into it. And then...yuck. <Repeat>
<sigh>
I know it's not writer's block because I am writing. Must be my diet. Yeah, that's it.

[storysinger]

A story came to me and I almost want to make it my Q2 entry , except for the fact I haven't written it yet. So I'm certain it will give me something for the next quarter.

[disgruntledpeony]

Some ideas are slowly starting to form, although I still have a ways to go before I'm ready to put fingers to keyboard.

[TimE]

Well, after watching the awards ceremony, I feel I need to get thinking about Q3.

It's just that I've grown aware of so many who have previously had SHM, SF, F and even published finalist. T'ain't easy, is it? Or should I say - looks easier for some.

(And as fantastic as it all looks, I can't say I'd want to that speech bit! mmm... perhaps I'll retreat to my shell.)

[Dragonchef]

I am 4K+ into Q3 now. Though, when I started it was going one way, then I added a whole new beginning and now its taking a diverted but parallel path to the original. Excited to see how this one will turn out.

[Dragonchef]

It's just that I've grown aware of so many who have previously had SHM, SF, F and even published finalist. T'ain't easy, is it? Or should I say - looks easier for some.

(And as fantastic as it all looks, I can't say I'd want to that speech bit! mmm... perhaps I'll retreat to my shell.)

There ain't no shells for you to climb under on this beach, soldier! Pull your big boy pants up to your chest and crack those knuckles. You have 2 HMs under your belt already. You CAN do this and you WILL do this. Now drop and give me 500 (words, that is).

[TimE]

It's just that I've grown aware of so many who have previously had SHM, SF, F and even published finalist. T'ain't easy, is it? Or should I say - looks easier for some.

(And as fantastic as it all looks, I can't say I'd want to that speech bit! mmm... perhaps I'll retreat to my shell.)

There ain't no shells for you to climb under on this beach, soldier! Pull your big boy pants up to your chest and crack those knuckles. You have 2 HMs under your belt already. You CAN do this and you WILL do this. Now drop and give me 500 (words, that is).

Still pounding on the keys in a criminal fashion to get as much of my novel written, just in case I make the Crime Writers Awards shortlist in May.

I guess I could try multi-tasking - but I am only a bloke, you know.

[Dragonchef]

Still pounding on the keys in a criminal fashion to get as much of my novel written, just in case I make the Crime Writers Awards shortlist in May.

I guess I could try multi-tasking - but I am only a bloke, you know.

Ooo. Crime Writers Award. Nice. I would like to read your winning story for that one.
I was unaware you had another poker in the fire (I think that's how the saying goes). Do what you need to do . . . Tim Bloke.

[TimE]

Still pounding on the keys in a criminal fashion to get as much of my novel written, just in case I make the Crime Writers Awards shortlist in May.

Ooo. Crime Writers Award. Nice. I would like to read your winning story for that one.
I was unaware you had another poker in the fire (I think that's how the saying goes). Do what you need to do . . . Tim Bloke.

Haven't won anything yet! My shortlist was 5 years ago. Honestly hadn't got the foggiest what I was doing then and I never finished that novel. They used to judge on 1st chapter and short synopsis. Now they want a much longer synopsis so they can see if shortlisters have got a book's worth, and if you make the shortlist they may ask to see a later chapter.

My entry this time is a novel length version of the s/s I got HM for in Q4 of WotF. It was way too much to squeeze into a short. However, I've yet to see a scifi crime story make it in the CWA. Perhaps not many try and mine will stand out for being different?
We'll see.
I'll let you know it this one gets anywhere, but expect silence!