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The good folks at Nightmare Fuel Magazine opened up their submissions once again with the theme this time of 'Don't let them in.' Below is the submission that I kept to myself. Why? Well, to be honest, I battled it endlessly to try and make it work within the word limit but just couldn't get it done. I was a little pissed because I liked the idea of revisiting a couple of characters which were successful the first time around. I had my reservations about going back there but I thought the concept was good and the premise was funny. The main problem I found was that I couldn't get the middle figured out. I liked my opening and the ending but to get from one to the other was beyond me. I even tried afresh (well afresh'ish) to condense the first section to give me some more words to play with but I still wasn't 100% happy with either version so it went to the scrap heap. I'll post both versions below for you to have a look at. Lucky, I had another idea that I built and fleshed out which made the cut (Stay tuned - 10th June it will be published). Feel free to let me know what you think of the below and if you could have made it work.
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21/2/2023 0 Comments GenreCon 2023 - The DesignerI mentioned in my January update that I'd submitted a short story into the GenreCon competition.
The theme was 'Forbidden Doors' Word limit: 1000 My mind immediately went to sci fi, fantasy, and I thought about how doors are portals to other places and why that door may be forbidden. I felt like it was a bit generic of an idea and I didn't think I was up for making something like that interesting, so I tried to think about how a door may be forbidden and landed on the idea below. I hope you enjoy it and are happy to take on any feedback. |
Writing PromptsUsing writing prompts was a great suggestion that was discussed at one of the writing groups I attended. Typically at the start of any of the meetings, everyone is given a word or phrase and they spell the next 10-15 minutes writing whatever comes to mind.
I find this exercise is awesome at firing the brain up and starting to think creatively. But I didn’t want to do all the work myself so who better then my 12 year old to provide me with the writing prompts and I attempt to write something from it. Typically I try and write a short story of about 1000-1500 words which I then share with said 12 year old for feedback and a rating, this rating is captured on each story as the Certified Score. Shh.. It’s also a sneaky way to get him reading a bit more as well. I post my writing prompts to Medium so I can get some more eyeballs on them and get feedback on anything I can improve on. Archives
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