I did make some minor edits before 8/midnightPST, had a bit of pronoun confusion at the beginning and couldn't decide how many storey houses were 'normal'. So apologies if you end up reading that version!
Well, [insert all the things I'd say if I was still in Army!!!] I was sooo proud I'd made the 5,000 words I thought was the minimum, it never occurred to me to go check. To quote myself about the rules, they are the rules.
Well now you have time to get to 7.5k
yeah I might take mine down too. I've read through it and so much of it doesn't make any sense that I left it in there... or it reads like a story summary that tells rather than shows a helluva a lot too much. Sorry to anyone who started reading a lot of that and even the title might get excised or changed.
No probs I'll read it again when you re-post -- if you repost after the 31st.
I'm the exact same! Was such a rush to get it done, but then the relief of it being over. It definitely needs another go-over but not sure I am ready yet
I thank you and Luca for the kind words. My position is that I like the piece as written. It doesn't need more words although it could probably could use fewer. So, blaming my bullheaded ancestors, I'll not enter it into this competition.mistri said:
This....
I'm leaving mine as well as I try to get something into the short story contest.I've decided not to tinker with mine. It definitely needs work but I also need the break from it, so people can read it as is and apologies for remaining typos and such! Good luck anyone else working on a story
