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Originally posted by timmytimtimothy timmytimtimothy wrote:

Originally posted by KelsNotChels KelsNotChels wrote:

I only now have a freaking first draft. This weekend has been so weird, and I only got started mid morning. Now I’m at the mercy of the beta spreadsheet to see if anyone can do a late-stage read for me! AHHHHHH. This is NOT what I wanted this round to be like! 😩

Oh no! How are you getting on with it now?

I'm just working through my draft. Hoping to submit in an hour and then BED!

I had one hero read for me so far, and it's given me at least a little bit of grounding! 

About 100 words to cut, and hoping for more feedback, but I think I'll have something to submit which is all I can hope for at this point! HA!
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Oh man  - I'm glad I'm not the only one.  Working all day and finally with a submittable but not great draft.

Taking a break for the moment.  If anyone wants a beta read, I'm open - please PM.
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Originally posted by north_north_west north_north_west wrote:

Oh man  - I'm glad I'm not the only one.  Working all day and finally with a submittable but not great draft.

Taking a break for the moment.  If anyone wants a beta read, I'm open - please PM.

Sending a PM now. :)

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Originally posted by Jenguin26 Jenguin26 wrote:

Originally posted by ophelialit74 ophelialit74 wrote:

I'm squarely in the middle of "I don't know what to do-ville." 

I hammered out a story last night and was fairly pleased with it, though it's in my least favorite genre--spy. 

Got up this morning, sent it off to my circle of betas, and IT WAS UNIVERSALLY HATED. Hahahahaha! No idea what to do now. Scrap it and start over? Submit it anyway? Drink heavily? Sigh. 

Oh no!! Why was it hated? Is it at all salvageable or do they just hate the whole idea?

If I'm being honest, I think they were all just in the mood to yank my chain a little bit today; they're mostly family members, and I don't know why I haven't found a group less likely to push my buttons, but here we are. I took what they said with a grain of salt, made some changes and churned out something I'm pretty pleased with. Big smile
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Originally posted by ophelialit74 ophelialit74 wrote:

Originally posted by Jenguin26 Jenguin26 wrote:

Originally posted by ophelialit74 ophelialit74 wrote:

I'm squarely in the middle of "I don't know what to do-ville." 

I hammered out a story last night and was fairly pleased with it, though it's in my least favorite genre--spy. 

Got up this morning, sent it off to my circle of betas, and IT WAS UNIVERSALLY HATED. Hahahahaha! No idea what to do now. Scrap it and start over? Submit it anyway? Drink heavily? Sigh. 

Oh no!! Why was it hated? Is it at all salvageable or do they just hate the whole idea?

If I'm being honest, I think they were all just in the mood to yank my chain a little bit today; they're mostly family members, and I don't know why I haven't found a group less likely to push my buttons, but here we are. I took what they said with a grain of salt, made some changes and churned out something I'm pretty pleased with. Big smile

Good for you. My husband is no longer allowed to read my pieces until I'm ready for him to do the obligatory "ooh, ahh" once they are submitted. Turns out I cannot accept feedback from him, and it's much better for our marriage this way Clap
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lol, I was busy all day yesterday, so I was waiting until today to start, and then naturally my computer updated for like 3 hours.  Didn't end up starting until like 4 EDT, which is much closer than what I've been doing for the competition this year.  The good thing about it though was that it allowed me to watch the entirety of season 6 of schitt's creek which gave me a new and MUCH better idea for my story.  

Anyway, finished, got it beta'd by few peeps, and now its in.

I WASH MY HANDS OF IT.
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Submitted 2 mins before the deadline and I have NO IDEA what I've just written.


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Originally posted by timmytimtimothy timmytimtimothy wrote:

Submitted 2 mins before the deadline and I have NO IDEA what I've just written.



Hahaha I came here to say exactly the same thing! That was the closest I've ever gotten to the deadline - I almost gave up about 2 hours ago but couldn't convince myself to ditch my 400 word draft. Happy I got something in, even if it's nothing like what I intended.
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Originally posted by ZoeLou ZoeLou wrote:

Originally posted by timmytimtimothy timmytimtimothy wrote:

Submitted 2 mins before the deadline and I have NO IDEA what I've just written.



Hahaha I came here to say exactly the same thing! That was the closest I've ever gotten to the deadline - I almost gave up about 2 hours ago but couldn't convince myself to ditch my 400 word draft. Happy I got something in, even if it's nothing like what I intended.

Hah! I beat you both by three minutes LOL Congratulations to all for submitting, will look forward to finding you in the forums!
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Thank you to my fellow late-bloomers for all the short notice reads tonight! 

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