I think somewhere below I made a promise, if a story that got send to 365 tomorrows didn't get published, I would post it to Everything2 so you could read it there.
'Silently into the night' didn't get published on 365 tomorrows...
I just did a slight rewrite of the story (the 600 words limit was gone, that tends to give more freedom) and posted it on E2 under the title 'Silently into the night'.
I guess this now also allows you to figure out my E2 nick, there's a few more posts on there from me, not fiction, but you might be interested in reading them anyway if your curious ;)
A mirror for me to talk to, to record my own progress as a person. Hopefully, in a few years, it will contain a record of various written story's, life events and general developments.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The killer Queens of Morugon submitted
Writing might have been more than an impulse idea after all, this morning while showering a new story idea popped into my head and I've been typing it up during the last few hours.
I first had a slightly jarring story of just about 600 words that read like a boring documentary without really making it clear that it was a documentary...
So, new document and a rewrite later, it got moved to a classroom area discussing the implications of that piece of 'history' and it seems to fit allot better... so good even that after a few rereads, spellchecks and their/there/they're checks, I've just submitted it to 365 tomorrows.
Now just to wait a month or two (as their 4-6 weeks estimate seems a bit underestimated) and you might be able to read it.
This is probably the fastest I've ever gone from having an idea to turning it into a publishable story and it's energising to say the least.
On a related note, a few days back I had another idea like this and I wrote down several keynotes for it, but I haven't gone back to flesh it out yet, guess I might do that soon. Currently titled 'Questions eternal'.
And to finish on a slightly sadder note, 'Silently into the night' got denied on 31 dec. 08, an interesting way to end the year to say the least...
They brought up some decent points in the mail though, so I can't really blame them.
The text after the standard mail part: 'I'm afraid this plot line has already been used in too many stories. Keep an eye on your use of there and their, as they've been interchanged in a few places in the story, however otherwise the writing is good. I'd encourage you to try something a little more unusual in terms of a plot, and write another story for submission; we'd be happy to review it.' Hopefully killer Queens of Morugon are unusual enough for them. :)
I first had a slightly jarring story of just about 600 words that read like a boring documentary without really making it clear that it was a documentary...
So, new document and a rewrite later, it got moved to a classroom area discussing the implications of that piece of 'history' and it seems to fit allot better... so good even that after a few rereads, spellchecks and their/there/they're checks, I've just submitted it to 365 tomorrows.
Now just to wait a month or two (as their 4-6 weeks estimate seems a bit underestimated) and you might be able to read it.
This is probably the fastest I've ever gone from having an idea to turning it into a publishable story and it's energising to say the least.
On a related note, a few days back I had another idea like this and I wrote down several keynotes for it, but I haven't gone back to flesh it out yet, guess I might do that soon. Currently titled 'Questions eternal'.
And to finish on a slightly sadder note, 'Silently into the night' got denied on 31 dec. 08, an interesting way to end the year to say the least...
They brought up some decent points in the mail though, so I can't really blame them.
The text after the standard mail part: 'I'm afraid this plot line has already been used in too many stories. Keep an eye on your use of there and their, as they've been interchanged in a few places in the story, however otherwise the writing is good. I'd encourage you to try something a little more unusual in terms of a plot, and write another story for submission; we'd be happy to review it.' Hopefully killer Queens of Morugon are unusual enough for them. :)
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