Updates: Failure & Ignominy
Regarding my December 9 post: I did not, in fact, win fame, glory, or a meeting with prominent publishers in the Writer’s Digest short-short story contest. ‘Nuf said.
Regarding my February 12 post: the high-powered book agent finally did send commentary on my 500 words. Her six comments were somewhat repetitive, instilling these ideas into my hard head: show, don’t tell; good use of tension-building hooks; start a book with action (rather than by discussing a character’s name, which is “a huge cliche”); and remember, show, don’t tell. I was aware that I was “telling” about earlier occurrences that might have been shown in other ways (e.g., flashbacks); this was a first draft, and I was mainly trying to create a whole story line, with the idea of fleshing it out later. Oh well. Not the worst input I could have received, but hardly encouraging either.
Lately I’ve seen notices about a couple of meetings of local writers’ groups. I should probably try attending one of them. Should. Don’t know whether I will. (Tune in next time to find out ….)
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