How do you feel about your submission this year?

Fellow writers, step into the confession booth.  Here we can praise or air our misgivings about the stories we just created.


I'll go first:

Since submitting my story, I haven't reread it.  It was a total rush job--2480 in two days, both of which I spent at work--and I'm dreading finding something truly cringe-worthy in the copy.  Usually it takes me some time to make the switch and evaluate a story from the reader's perspective.  Perhaps, once that happens, it will take the sting out.


Anyone else?

ha, i like this topic. I am similar - I started my story the afternoon it was due (strange how that keeps happening), and well, let's just say I am sure it could have used a few more edits....I have read it once since submitting and did indeed find things I would definitely change or add, but I guess what can you do - I am happy there were at least no spelling mistakes!

Oh well, c'est la vie, all the best when you do decide to read it :-)

I started mine about three ~ four days before it was due, and hated it as I wrote - felt it was far, far too cliché. Turned out okay, though, and everyone who read it said they liked it. I felt the ending was rather weak, but in general, I'm fairly confident. All the more so because I have not seen anyone else in my heat post on the forums, and I am secretly hoping they all forgot about the competition altogether. :p

Seriously though, I don't have to beat everyone else, I just have to be in the top five of my heat. And I think I can do that.

I knew I was facing a very stressful week, so started my first draft over the first weekend.  There was no time to reconsider it or have another in reserve.  Friday was an all time stressful day, so waking up on Saturday to write a story that traumatised me even more was a crazy thing to have done.  Only my beta angel managed to motivate me enough to complete it. 

I haven't re-read it yet - I daren't, but one thing is for sure - the trauma of writing it took my mind of the rest of the week........ is that why I write, I wonder?

I'm surprised though - I thought it would be a 'fun' thing to do - I'm amazed at the emotion a piece of writing, even for a contest, can evoke!



Edited by maiaco - 30 Jan 2012 at 4:56pm

After all these years of quaking in my boots at the thought of political satire, I have to say I really enjoyed writing this story, and I'm happy with what I wrote. Whether or not it is exactly political satire I'm not sure, but I like it, whatever it is.