I just finished my first draft of another short story. I’m not sure if I am going to submit it to the Writers of the Future Contest at the end of December, or wait until March. I guess I can send it out to a few friends to see what shape it is in so…
I just wanted to publicly thank the members of my two critique groups, SFNovelist.com and The Long Beach Writers Meetup Group, for all of their help in critiquing my work. They caught several problems (some serious) that I was not aware of. It’s ultimately up to me to integrate their comments into a better story…
These are excerpts from two different critiques I received for the same story. They came in less than 16 hours apart… 1. “But I like your style, I’ll read anything you want to send me. And seriously, thanks for putting something out there. It’s not often lately that I find a workshop story that holds…