"Make us see life in a new way!"
Oh, no pressure. I'm unsure that anyone would want to see life the way I had in mind with this one story I was plotting out today.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Zenkitty - Sep 23, 2015 11:11:53 am PDT #6376 of 6686
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Connie Neil - Sep 23, 2015 11:16:38 am PDT #6377 of 6686
brillig
An author friend once complained "I can't think of anything new!" I told her the only ones who had a good shot of thinking up something new were the cavefolk.
Zenkitty - Sep 23, 2015 11:33:54 am PDT #6378 of 6686
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
This story is bleak to the point of sickening. I don't know if I should give it a hopeful ending, or just stick with Life Is Unrelenting Horror and Misery. How Russian Novel can I go and still get published in an American market. Maybe go with ambiguously ominous and let the Reader decide if the happy couple survives.
Watching my friends become published authors isn't inspiring me to action like it should be.
Connie Neil - Sep 23, 2015 11:39:10 am PDT #6379 of 6686
brillig
Watching my friends become published authors isn't inspiring me to action like it should be.
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erikaj - Sep 23, 2015 11:59:12 am PDT #6380 of 6686
Always Anti-fascist!
Ok, maybe they don't quite say that, although I swear I read one that did, once, but they are all kinds of glittering generalities that don't really tell me what they are looking for, except preferred length, and, possibly"limited violence" or the ultimate "No, duh!" "No fanfic." I mean, I know they are trying to leave room to be blown away by something unanticipated, but I have no idea where to go next.
Yes, I read a lot of short stories, but they aren't great *guides" to markets. Like, if I notice a lot of divorced women in a mag, does it help or hurt to give my character a divorce? Should I write a single man by way of contrast?(Not to sound like a story generator...I do write about stuff I care about, but if I could make it more widely appealing, I certainly would.)
I thought I'd have a breakthrough and this would get easier, but even EQ didn't really open doors like I expected.
-t - Sep 23, 2015 3:17:16 pm PDT #6381 of 6686
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Would it help at all to take a break from submitting for a little while and just write something you love that you don't care if there's an editor who is looking for it? As a sort of vacation.
erikaj - Sep 23, 2015 5:04:59 pm PDT #6382 of 6686
Always Anti-fascist!
I do that, too, but I thought if I stopped I'd never really get back to it, and I keep hoping to toughen up about rejection(I mean, if I were trying to skate, or ride a bike, I wouldn't quit if I fell, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.)OTOH, once you get out of college, there really aren't writing training wheels, either.
-t - Sep 23, 2015 5:40:16 pm PDT #6383 of 6686
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That totally makes sense.
Strix - Sep 24, 2015 8:23:37 am PDT #6384 of 6686
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
P-C!!! Woooooo! The same edition as James Gunn, whose brother I hung out with all night at a jazz club at PlanetComiCon in Kansas City without knowing that Sean Gunn was in Guardians of the Galaxy and Gilmore Girls and that he is James guns brother. That was my geek highlight so far. Congratulations! I am so proud of you.
Polter-Cow - Sep 24, 2015 1:40:57 pm PDT #6385 of 6686
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The same edition as James Gunn
Different James Gunn, alas.