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It has been super stormy here which means power going out constantly so I haven't got those crits done. Stories all read, some comments made, so almost there. Sorry, I'm so slow.
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Just joined Hatrack a week ago. Would like to get in on the Q4 crits if possible. I have my story finished and would love to give crits for as many who would want to exchange.
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Whoo-hoo! No more printouts and big, brown envelopes and trips to the post office. On the other hand, this will probably result in an increase in entries.
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I've only received half the stories for my group, so it seems like it really isn't too late to just thomaskcarpenter to one list or the other. It seems like it would be more beneficial to him to just be part of a group, rather than doing it piecemeal and the groups are still smaller than last quarter. Right now, the groups are even, so if I were thomas, I would just pick one group and declare myself part of it. E-mail everyone on the list, say joining late and now part of that group. Announce what group now part of on the board, maybe repost the group listings with your name added.
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Group 1 WriterDan axeminster TamesonYip genevive42 Owasm thomaskcarpenter
Group 2 Dark Warrior JenniferHicks aspirit Crystal Stevens shimiqua
Sorry, I was out of town (and contact) for a bit at a family reunion. Back to the grind now though. I have an open schedule for nights this weekend. Hoping to be able to bang out the rest of my story and get it out. We'll see.
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Thank you all for adding me. I'll send out the story tonight. Looking forward to reading yours and offering my humble critique. Posts: 118 | Registered: Jul 2010
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For my story, I am pretty much committed to rewriting it in first person, which from the few scenes I have written, I think will solve some of the problems with not giving enough info, character, all that. So, don't worry about criting if you haven't. And thanks again to those who have commented- those comments are helping a lot as I rewrite the story and add in new scenes and stuff.
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I hate to say this, but I doubt if I'll be ready to submit by the end of August. My hours just went up at work and is cutting into my time to get things done here at home.
My thanks to those who sent crits on my story. They've been extremely useful. I didn't realize I had a few conflicting items in there. Thanks, aspirit for pointing those out . Lots of rewriting and rewording for me to do in between now and submitting.
Good luck to the rest of you, and I'll see what I can get done on mine in the meantime.
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Crystal, you don't have to submit by the end of August. The dates posted are just guidelines. I haven't even sent out my first draft yet - soon though, I hope.
Quite often, we're sending out our submission just days before the closing date so don't let the dates stress you. And now that they're taking e-mail subs we have even more time. eek!
So you might want to consider staying. There's a lot of good brains around here.
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I seem to recall last quarter some one sent out their story for crits with like 2 weeks before the real deadline. It is kinda nice cause it spreads out the crits a bit more so not as overwhelming. Posts: 232 | Registered: Apr 2010
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Oh I'm not throwing in the towel just yet. It just seems like everything is piling up around here. I'll keep plugging away on my story and see what happens.
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I've changed stories as well. I finished the first one and realized it wasn't very good so I'm starting something new. Needless to say, I'll be even later in getting it out. I do have a back-up if this one doesn't pan out, but I've got my first paragraph. Wish me luck. I'm gonna need it.
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I just sent out my second draft for critique. Please let me know if there are problems opening the file.
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Hey Tom; I just received your story yesterday and plan on reading it after I get back from another horse camping trip. Probably on Monday or Tuesday.
My story is running late. I'm still overhauling it from the first round of crits I've received. All excellent advice, I might add . I'll let everyone know when it's ready for another round of crits .
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I have jennifer's but haven't critted yet. My story is still in progress. I am rewriting the whole thing and it is getting there. I have written as many words as the first draft, but am only through about half the plot. I think that is overall a good thing, gives a bit of development for characters that people thought were a bit underdeveloped. But also takes time to just write all those words. Last time the story never quite felt right but this time, it is feeling pretty good.
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So, I'm up to 27 pages now (6k words). Still have about half the story to write. I decided last week that I'm going to try and write a second story this quarter to enter into a contest for a local anthology. That's kinda put the fire under me. I still have three stories that I'm working on the crits for, and hoping that I can bang out another bunch of goodness this weekend. Crossing my fingers.
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I've got my story rewritten, but I need to add more description. Thanks to those who looked at it in the First Draft go-round. They had good comments of which most are in my second draft. It will be out early next week.
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My primary goal for tomorrow is to finish my first draft. As I'm so far behind, I'm not sure whether I should submit to Group 2 or to Group 1. Who's willing to critique this draft?
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Thomask, I finished your crit, but you say you're already up to draft two? Drat... That took me too long. Well, hopefully my comments can still help. Maybe I caught something others missed. I'll send it on Monday. (It's at work)
Aspirit, you can send to me. I have to pick up my pace tho to get these back to you guys.
As for my story, it's done, I just have to give it a once over before sending. It's a first draft tho, so there may be some little errors in there, but I like this one more than my other story this quarter so right there I'm ahead of the game.
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Something about the ending bothered me, so I let my husband read my story. He helped me see that I'm missing information that would tie aspects of the story together. In other words, it needs to develop further before it can leave me.
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First draft 5500, second 10,800. It grew, hopefully for the better. I need to reread it a few times, but at least all the words of draft 2 on the page. And I am feeling so much happier with this version, which is always a good sign. It doesn't feel done, like ready to go off to editors or anything, but it no longer feels like a mess. Though the story line is almost identical to what I started with, just everything a whole lot more developed. Posts: 232 | Registered: Apr 2010
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Lame excuse of the month--I picked up a recurring role on the ABC fall series Detroit 187 and the shoots routinely last mroe than 12 hours so I havent been able to crit a single story--or write anything of my own--but I am getting back to them this week. I will probably be critting only for most of this quarter and possibly sending out mine to a few who havent seen it before. I am still working on last quarters first effort (A different story was sent in)
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I just sent my second draft to Group 2. A little late, but the story is better for the delay... I hope.
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My draft is sent. I have only received one story for second round (jennifer's) and I returned that already. If someone else has sent a second draft to me, please resend. Thanks!
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I may be looking at a major rewrite of my story's 2nd half. I had a hard time with it the first time around, because I wasn't sure how to approach it. Aspirit gave me some excellent advice, and I'm going to see what will work since I agree with her suggestions. This means dropping one certain character out of the story and telling it from a completely different angle.
I've received several stories to crit. I have two left as of today. I'll see if I can get caught up on those this weekend.
Sometimes I feel like like I'll never get everything done, but I keep plugging away.
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Smashed through the end of my story this past weekend. Going to give it a once over tonight and then send it off to the group. Hoo-rah!
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I will do my best to get these last two stories I've received back to you.
The CEO and VP (CEO's son) of the company I work for passed away Sunday. The company only had eight employees, so we lost a major lot. Plus, much of the paperwork was in the boss' name... Accounts are frozen, there's no will, etc etc.
We're working on getting a power of attorney from his mother (91 yrs old)
Right now we're scrambling to keep as many customers as we can, but it's very long and exhausting days...
I want to crit the stories to take my mind off things, but I can't be certain it will happen. I don't know if I'll get mine out either.
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Just a note to let those who have sent me stories to crit that I'll try and get them done sometime over this coming weekend. I'm still plugging away on mine and trying to get it ready for crits too. The way things are going, I might not have it ready in time for this quarter. We'll see.
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I believe I got all the crits coming to me. Made minor revisions and uploaded the Q4 story. Glad to get it out of my head space to make more room for other projects I'm currently working on.
Thanks again, all, for the critiques! I got a lot of great feedback and information for this and future stories.
And if anyone still needs more crits done on subsequent revisions, feel free to send them to me.
Just realized I have a half-finished crit for you Tom. Genius. I'm at the extent of my time today. Will have it back to you by Monday. Hope it'll still help. And sorry.
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WriterDan- my crit is half finished on yours. Finishing is the first thing on my to-do list so hopefully tonight, but definitely this weekend (munchkin took a nap which means she will be up late and I don't think it is fair to others to do my crits when I am distracted).
Other than that, I have sent off every crit I have received. I did this week forget to mail back someone's crit for several days so if you haven't received one from me, please let me know as I probably think I mailed it already.
ETA- ok- got Dan's sent so I think I am done for now. If missing one from me let me know.
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I am so incredibly behind it is not even funny. I believe I've done everyone's crits, but my own story is taking a lot longer than usual. It is also a second story as the first one didn't work out.
So in a week or so, when I hopefully finish, I am going to send it out to both groups at once. However, I am only sending it out one time. I will not be sending out a second draft. It's just not realistic in the time frame.
Got most of my crits back from this quarter and trying to find a way to make my CrappilyEverAfter ending work better. Thanks for all of your responses, if I've missed getting back with any of you. Been working on this story and a second one for submission to an anthology that has the same deadline as WotF this quarter. Ugh. Been a toughie. Hope to see all you peoples sign up for next quarter.
We're down to two weeks. Crunch time! How are everyone's stories coming along? Hopefully the majority of you will have already sent it off. (Don't forget about the new electronic submissions!) Looks like Owasm has, but I haven't seen much chatter otherwise. I thought I'd check in. Anyone?
My story is all ready for me to knock it out of the park with draft 2. I just have to start doing it. lol. Though I do think that I've come up with an ending that is much better than the one from my first draft. Thankfully, the second story I'm working on this quarter won't require such extensive rewrites. Woo-hoo!
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. Lots of rewriting and rewording for me to do in between now and submitting.
