Successful flash fiction and short story writing is one part inspiration and nine parts perspiration.
One of the secrets of getting published is revision. Many aspiring writers think this means doing two or three drafts. They move around sentences or delete or add paragraphs; and then they hit the send button. This my friends is not doing revision. This is tinkering.
Revision is going over a story word by word and sentence by sentence while asking yourself, is this the right word in the right place? Is this the right spelling of the word? Is the sentence that the word is in clear? Is this the right punctuation for this sentence? Is this sentence in the right place in the paragraph? Is this paragraph in the right place in the story?
That my friends is revision. And the entire story should be put through this kind of revision several times during a period of at least "several days" if not weeks or months or years.
After talent and perseverance it is the art of revision that separates the published from the unpublished.
This is fine advice, Guy. I have a feeling most "aspiring" writers are not willing to go to such lengths. I'm afraid I am one of them. Thank you for the reminder, though. It makes one think. Love and peace,
As a point of interest, I see that the number of trackers are increasing.
That should tell the estimate author that he's in the righ track.
Always a pleasure to read well measured words aiming to help others.
Honored to be called your friend.
Georg
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This book is about Poetry. Many different kinds of fables, short stories about life experiences, laughter, drama, children, humor, love, inspiration and some urban styles of poetry.
This book is about Poetry. Many different kinds of fables, short stories about life experiences, laughter, drama, children, humor, love, inspiration and some urban styles of poetry.
Regis
That should tell the estimate author that he's in the righ track.
Always a pleasure to read well measured words aiming to help others.
Honored to be called your friend.
Georg