All it requires is time and to ask the story what exactly it is trying to say or do. It’s a crucial component that is often overlooked by young and eager writers, one that can turn a mediocre story into a good story, even a great one. I could go on about the importance of editing. The writer I am today looks forward to toiling with a story, moving scenes and events around, changing which character says what to ramp up tension, or cutting the dull words and empty sentences altogether. They were created with the idea of creation rather than revision.
All others that came before it were typed up and sent off without a second thought. This second publication was my first piece of fiction that I diligently worked on. While they didn’t send me a letter or a copy to hold, they did keep the website functioning so that when I say I’m a published short fiction writer, I can provide this brief credential to anyone who may suggest otherwise. The second was in another small, online journal-the recommended venue for writer’s who are dipping their feet into the vast ocean of writing. Not long after I received my copy did the website cease to exist, erasing any credibility that I had, in fact, been a published writer of short fiction. The first was in a small, online journal that was kind enough to send me a congratulatory letter and a physical copy on their custom letterhead in a three-hole-punched plastic sleeve. Over the eight years since I started writing, only two of the countless short stories I’ve written have been published.
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