Taking the plunge...
Apr. 28th, 2008 01:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gementI am going to the No Safewords Writers' Group tonight, armed with several manuscript-format copies of an 18-page short story. Which I will hand to people. People with pens, and opinions.
I decided to start with something from the middle of my writing, which stands alone, doesn't require excessive explanation, and is one of the stronger candidates for selling to a magazine if the novel doesn't survive or this scene is cut from it. It's a story that I am confident is sexy and solidly written, with no weird pronoun contortions or point-of-view shifts.
When I see how I react to people's critiques on this fairly safe territory, then we can start talking about The Goddamn Quest (which I continue to be convinced should Just Go, but I don't know how to get rid of it without shaking the foundation of the rest).
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
I decided to start with something from the middle of my writing, which stands alone, doesn't require excessive explanation, and is one of the stronger candidates for selling to a magazine if the novel doesn't survive or this scene is cut from it. It's a story that I am confident is sexy and solidly written, with no weird pronoun contortions or point-of-view shifts.
When I see how I react to people's critiques on this fairly safe territory, then we can start talking about The Goddamn Quest (which I continue to be convinced should Just Go, but I don't know how to get rid of it without shaking the foundation of the rest).
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
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Date: 2008-04-29 04:40 am (UTC)I'm curious about your impression of the group, but more interested in what they have to say about your stories and how you are reacting to being critiqued by strangers.
If you want a safe re-entry space for processing afterwards, you are welcome to come by my place, or connect some other way if that works for you.
SMOOOOOOOOSHINGS!!!