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sfuji
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90 minutes! That seems generous. Nod churns words out faster than a speeding train. Or a bullet. Or bullets whizzing past the speeding train. Or...
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jacksilver
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 22 Aug 2021 Location: United Kindom Status: Online Points: 762 |
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Woo!! Submitted a draft after my first round of betas came through.
Never written a horror story before (one comedy horror parody feature in my distant past) .. so hoping it’s somewhere near the mark.
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BethanyDawn
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Finally, FINALLY have a rough draft completed. This story really wanted me to work for it.
Now to awkwardly give my brain time to breathe before coming in to kill my darlings.
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Random
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Trust me, if Nod writes it the bullets do not go past the speeding train.
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Cgonya
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I submitted mine after an agonizing bout impostor syndrome combined with having never written horror before. I can say that I am comfortable with it. Thank you to everyone who told me about Magnus Archives. That seriously helped me a lot.
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nod1v1ng
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Words? Are we doing words already? It feels way too early for words...
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NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 17 Nov 2017 Location: C. of Letters Status: Offline Points: 5401 |
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No, now is time to go back to the South Shore for some serious thinking therapy. It gets cold there this time of year, doesn't it? Water's not quite what I remember from Cocoa Beach.
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Paesano
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I was not excited about political satire - and the other prompts hit a little too close to home with some personal trauma - but I am proud of my progress! I have a complete draft and I cut it down from 2611 words to under 2500 as of last night.
I took a couple of days to ruminate and brainstorm, a day to research and a couple more days to narrow down story ideas and sketch out an outline. Drafting took about two days and here I am! I started out with, "I can do a lot with 2,500 words" and I am down to "If only I had another 5,000 words I could really bang this out."
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Treena
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Would someone be able to help me understand the formatting requirements for a short story? Do we start a new sentence every time someone speaks? Do we have to indent the start of a conversation? I haven't written a short story for judging so any feedback would be appreciated.
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lgeverdell
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I have no idea what happened. But literally immediately after I admitted to myself I wouldn’t be able to submit, I suddenly had a complete first draft within the word count! So I guess I’d just been psyching myself out the whole time and as soon as I relaxed and was just doing it for fun - bam!
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