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Unless they both editors with the breakfast line had different stories or was that the point?
I may go back and find one more line to do a story to. That would make five. A nice set to do an E-book with even though it would probably be only 6,000 to 8,000 words long.
And Brendan I do have four or five stories that each have the same set up and plot. The challenge was to make them each different enough not to be the same story.
And I saved each crit to use as I go over the story again. May not take long, compared to other stories. But I think it needs a better title this one I just grabbed out of thin air because I needed one fast.
And My Thanks to Snapper also. A lot of work there.
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Looking forward to the WotF challenge. The winners for Q4 were just announced today, so I've got to brush up on my super hero lore if I'm to make round two again this year.
Or at least study up on my competition a little more. I couldn't guess my way into the ocean from the beach.
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I pretty much received the same critique for mine...
quote:I don’t think the last line really works in that story.
No fair! I didn't write that line! I would have won without it! Who made that stupid rule for this challenge anyway?
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I would actually be really interested to get a full critique on my story. Have someone pick it to pieces and be very specific with me. If anyone would be willing to do that I would really appreciate it. I am planning on expanding this story quite a bit (around 8k-10k)and would like to know what is interesting in the story and what isn't. What you want to know more about, etc. Send me an email if you are interested. I would be willing to do the same (even on a different story).
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Hmmm, today I was thinking of my dragon line story... that I will be doing... and it hit me that could be an opening for a Pern novel. And it would be real easy to write a Pern short story with that line. But I will do what I already planned.
Speaking of planning the same thought session reminded me that my story for this challenge wasn't my first thought. I did this one because I thought it would be easier to write than my original idea. But I could still do that one. It deals with someone who is the last person on Earth but haven't quite figured out everything yet.
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I've just seen that Face Set Like Flint (aka Face of Faith) got an HM in the WOTF, so here's proof (and thanks) to this challenge for inspiring the story. And thanks to shimi and axe for creating the bookend lines (though I did change the last line a little). I did add a couple of scenes to it, based on the above feedback, but it was still only 2300 words long. So I am pretty chuffed that such a short story got into the list.
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