Got it?

Sheesh. Talk about making a mountain out of a mole-hill.

Sorry, pal, but the way you presented this challenge, I wasn't clear if we were submitting our pieces to you, then you would decide if they were ready for the rest of us, or if you meant something else.

We really want to get people to succeed.

Writing is step one. Polishing is next. Emailing/snail-mailing the work to someone who can publish it (submitting) is the next bump in the natural progression.

I find it to be a courageous step for our new writers, and a confusing one. Thanks to snapper, I've decided to include a list (in the challenge) that are acceptable to submit to. That chisels down some of the anguish over the where to submit to.

Hopefully, in the end, we end up with a group of newly published authors. If not, we try again next month.

So one week for polishing? (from the 20th to the 27th)

I think sometime it might be good to have the trigger be a picture.

Since IB has such an artistic background, perhaps you would be the best one for this idea.

It doesn't have to be this time, I'm sure you're working on a trigger idea that is freakin awesome, but perhaps for the next trigger challenge we can use a pic. I like the idea of coming up with an idea from a visual cue.

And, Scott, You've found the trigger (prompt), but yeah, we have had a good record of critiquing. I still owe some, but, there was no pressure to do a swift, concise job before. Now, it's geared toward submission and publication.