Pausing the madness of writing my fifty million projects to celebrate that one is finished. It needs to be edited and titled but at least the hard part is over! Only two or three more to go until the big deadline of March 1st.
One of the reasons I finished this particular project so early is the short length. The cap is 5,000 words, but the story is just 3,500. Many people think 5,000 words is plenty long but not me. It's barely a chapter! Knowing how I have a tendency to extend myself and then waste days trimming the fat, I tried to outline my short stories differently. For 5,000 words I have the intro, the swift conflict, and then the resolution or dramatic cliff hanger. This short story was no different, until I started writing the conflict. I had barely passed 1,000 words at that point. I started to worry that it wasn't going to be exciting enough.
Now, I have nothing wrong with really short fiction. I just have the habit of writing every little detail. I have also never written anything this short before. I still think it's a great story, which I don't want to force by adding in more scenes and dialog. At least if something strikes my fancy, I have room to add it.
There is also no time to waste on the other stories. Back to work!
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