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As IB asked how I was getting on a few weeks ago, I thought I'd now give an unprompted report on what I've been up to lately.
Remember Cubicle 3?
The story about the guy that dropped his guts, then dropped his wedding ring on top of it, and had to fish amongst his faeces for it?
Well I sent that into a competition a couple of weeks ago, and received feedback that I'd consider to be negative, they said it was hard to care about the character, and it lacked humour.
I wasn't ready to give up on Cubicle 3 though, I think that it's a great story, and I always laugh when I read it back, so I thought I'd give it another shot, and send it in for another competition, specifying something humourous.
I also submitted another story to the same place, under the heading of a story with a twist. I used an adapted version of a story that was previously posted on the forums about a man that splits with his girlfriend, and tries to win her back with flowers and chocolates, and finally a Dalmatian fur coat. This may not be to the taste of everyone, but as the competition also offered feedback, I thought that it was worth it.
There was also a further competition, a different writing group running it. They wanted something under 1200 words. looking at my collection, I had a play around with 'Trouble Afoot' and sent that in. Again, I feel this one has to hit the right type of judge, or it won't even be given a sniff of consideration.
My final competition exploit of the weekend involved BBC Talent. The folks at BBC3 are after a sketch writer, so I sent them something I adapted from the Q&A section of The Henchman's Survival Guide Part 2. If this gets past the first stage, I'll be shocked.
On a non-competition tip, I've picked up a few different magazines to see if they're the kind that accept submissions, and would fit my style of writing.
I've also registered wih a group that gives opportunities to new writers, and subsribed to a magazine of short stories, with the plan of submitting things to that.
I've also made moves to become more organised, purchasing a wall chart to keep track of submissions, plus a file to help sort all of my paperwork.
If anything comes of any of this, I'll keep you posted, but I'm on a training course in Walsall next week, so I'll get nothing done at all. Bah!
Remember Cubicle 3?
The story about the guy that dropped his guts, then dropped his wedding ring on top of it, and had to fish amongst his faeces for it?
Well I sent that into a competition a couple of weeks ago, and received feedback that I'd consider to be negative, they said it was hard to care about the character, and it lacked humour.
I wasn't ready to give up on Cubicle 3 though, I think that it's a great story, and I always laugh when I read it back, so I thought I'd give it another shot, and send it in for another competition, specifying something humourous.
I also submitted another story to the same place, under the heading of a story with a twist. I used an adapted version of a story that was previously posted on the forums about a man that splits with his girlfriend, and tries to win her back with flowers and chocolates, and finally a Dalmatian fur coat. This may not be to the taste of everyone, but as the competition also offered feedback, I thought that it was worth it.
There was also a further competition, a different writing group running it. They wanted something under 1200 words. looking at my collection, I had a play around with 'Trouble Afoot' and sent that in. Again, I feel this one has to hit the right type of judge, or it won't even be given a sniff of consideration.
My final competition exploit of the weekend involved BBC Talent. The folks at BBC3 are after a sketch writer, so I sent them something I adapted from the Q&A section of The Henchman's Survival Guide Part 2. If this gets past the first stage, I'll be shocked.
On a non-competition tip, I've picked up a few different magazines to see if they're the kind that accept submissions, and would fit my style of writing.
I've also registered wih a group that gives opportunities to new writers, and subsribed to a magazine of short stories, with the plan of submitting things to that.
I've also made moves to become more organised, purchasing a wall chart to keep track of submissions, plus a file to help sort all of my paperwork.
If anything comes of any of this, I'll keep you posted, but I'm on a training course in Walsall next week, so I'll get nothing done at all. Bah!
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Sir, you put me to shame. Hopefully I'll be as organised as this one day. Keep it up, won't you?
As IB asked how I was getting on a few weeks ago, I thought I'd now give an unprompted report on what I've been up to lately.
Remember Cubicle 3?
The story about the guy that dropped his guts, then dropped his wedding ring on top of it, and had to fish amongst his faeces for it?
Well I sent that into a competition a couple of weeks ago, and received feedback that I'd consider to be negative, they said it was hard to care about the character, and it lacked humour.
I wasn't ready to give up on Cubicle 3 though, I think that it's a great story, and I always laugh when I read it back, so I thought I'd give it another shot, and send it in for another competition, specifying something humourous.
I also submitted another story to the same place, under the heading of a story with a twist. I used an adapted version of a story that was previously posted on the forums about a man that splits with his girlfriend, and tries to win her back with flowers and chocolates, and finally a Dalmatian fur coat. This may not be to the taste of everyone, but as the competition also offered feedback, I thought that it was worth it.
There was also a further competition, a different writing group running it. They wanted something under 1200 words. looking at my collection, I had a play around with 'Trouble Afoot' and sent that in. Again, I feel this one has to hit the right type of judge, or it won't even be given a sniff of consideration.
My final competition exploit of the weekend involved BBC Talent. The folks at BBC3 are after a sketch writer, so I sent them something I adapted from the Q&A section of The Henchman's Survival Guide Part 2. If this gets past the first stage, I'll be shocked.
On a non-competition tip, I've picked up a few different magazines to see if they're the kind that accept submissions, and would fit my style of writing.
I've also registered wih a group that gives opportunities to new writers, and subsribed to a magazine of short stories, with the plan of submitting things to that.
I've also made moves to become more organised, purchasing a wall chart to keep track of submissions, plus a file to help sort all of my paperwork.
If anything comes of any of this, I'll keep you posted, but I'm on a training course in Walsall next week, so I'll get nothing done at all. Bah!
Remember Cubicle 3?
The story about the guy that dropped his guts, then dropped his wedding ring on top of it, and had to fish amongst his faeces for it?
Well I sent that into a competition a couple of weeks ago, and received feedback that I'd consider to be negative, they said it was hard to care about the character, and it lacked humour.
I wasn't ready to give up on Cubicle 3 though, I think that it's a great story, and I always laugh when I read it back, so I thought I'd give it another shot, and send it in for another competition, specifying something humourous.
I also submitted another story to the same place, under the heading of a story with a twist. I used an adapted version of a story that was previously posted on the forums about a man that splits with his girlfriend, and tries to win her back with flowers and chocolates, and finally a Dalmatian fur coat. This may not be to the taste of everyone, but as the competition also offered feedback, I thought that it was worth it.
There was also a further competition, a different writing group running it. They wanted something under 1200 words. looking at my collection, I had a play around with 'Trouble Afoot' and sent that in. Again, I feel this one has to hit the right type of judge, or it won't even be given a sniff of consideration.
My final competition exploit of the weekend involved BBC Talent. The folks at BBC3 are after a sketch writer, so I sent them something I adapted from the Q&A section of The Henchman's Survival Guide Part 2. If this gets past the first stage, I'll be shocked.
On a non-competition tip, I've picked up a few different magazines to see if they're the kind that accept submissions, and would fit my style of writing.
I've also registered wih a group that gives opportunities to new writers, and subsribed to a magazine of short stories, with the plan of submitting things to that.
I've also made moves to become more organised, purchasing a wall chart to keep track of submissions, plus a file to help sort all of my paperwork.
If anything comes of any of this, I'll keep you posted, but I'm on a training course in Walsall next week, so I'll get nothing done at all. Bah!
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