 Short Stories: January 20, 2016 Issue [#7430] |
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This week: Short Stories Mean Freedom! Edited by: Annette  
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| Hello short story writers and readers. I am Annette , and I will be your guest editor for this newsletter. |
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Short Stories Mean Freedom!
Do you feel pressured by deadlines and word counts?
Short story writing to the rescue for your creativity.
Since being a member here and meeting writers in real life, I always hear the same thing. "I'm working on a novel, but I've got a lot to fix in it. I'm a long way from publishing."
Nothing wrong with working on a novel. For a year. For two years. For seven years. I'm fine if you take that long for your novel. I hope you're fine if I take that long for my novel. Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin forces us to be fine with it if it takes him three or more years for each of his novels. And three years is fast according to him. So, how are we mere mortals who don't have a publishing company, an editor, HBO, and a dire wolf breathe down our necks supposed to ever finish our novels?
We write short stories! Yes, take a time out. Write some short stories. You could give your characters little side-quests to go on. You could use a short story to explain the politics, geography, or faith in your novel. You could explain the magic or why the inciting incident in your novel was an open window.
You can use short stories to experience other genres, other styles, another language if you're so skilled. Write that short story. Just write it until it's finished. Shouldn't take you more than a day to have a decent first draft. Because short stories mean freedom to see your work go from blank page to finished in a few hours, not a few years.
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For my last Short Story newsletter "Try Everything At Least Once" , I got the following replies:
Elfin Dragon-finally published  wrote: I love your title for this newsletter.  My father taught it to me. He's always said that I should try everything at least once because I can't say I don't like it if I've never tried it. Mind you this mostly related to the food on my plate when I was younger but I've truly tried to apply it to my life in general. It's truly a mind-opening experience.
It is in so many things. Food, life experiences, in some cases even jumping of a cliff, and always in writing.
Mary Ann MCPhedran  wrote: This is the first time I have tried sending a file and I hope you receive it. I enjoyed reading your news letter. The contents have given me pleasure. The Itens within it have been very useful and enjoyable. Mary "{ OT MY FIRST HOLIDAY ABROAD}"
Thank you for reading and sending in one of your stories.
brom21 wrote: I just a started a story where I came up with my own prompt which was the title. It may seem nerdy and childish but I call it The Gate of Urns; that I plan to make a book. Pretty much all of my short stories are from prompts from a group I’m part of. I also have lots of Writer’s Cramp entrees. I suppose that it is easier to make sequels of short stories too. Thanks for the newsletter.
I think it's a prompt as good as any to start with the title. As a matter of fact, I should do the same. I always struggle with titles. Doing it the way you do it takes care of that from the get go. |
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