Not a great deal, to be honest.
I wrote a piece just under 600 words today which I submitted to the 365 Tomorrows flash story site to see if they would print it (online). It’s only the second time I’ve tried submitting to any sites. The first was a rejection.
I’ve also got a story in a competition @Goodreads about witches that was a complete pig to finish as it had to be over 1500 words, a target I really struggled to hit.
Inversely the 600 word limit was hard to stick to for 365 Tomorrows & required a lot of tweaking to bring it in under the maximum.
I think it’s better just to write for yourself and have no limits set out, just write as much or as little as you feel works to tell the story that was in your head. I’m still working on “The Time On The Island” which I started because I liked the idea but even when I started it I had no real idea where it was going or why. I do have a rough idea on an ending, it’s a matter of reaching it though.
I would like to try and finish “The Night Bus” and “Panic Over Metropolis” before the end of the year if that’s at all possible. I do know where both of them are going, Night Bus is literally almost finished. I’m not exactly sure why I keep pulling away from writing the final parts, they are set in stone in my head and I know how to do them. It’s just doing them.
“Panic Over Metropolis” requires more development, I have to work out a sequence of crimes that get worse and worse culminating in the ending I pitched when I came up with the original idea.
I would like to start getting all my handwritten notes for all my development ideas typed up so they are ready to go when I get time to work on each one. Lots to do, it’s finding the motivation.
My last 3 ebooks are all finished for the rest of this years monthly publishing deadlines.
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