I have submitted three short stories in the past week or two. It seems that every time I submit one, I begin to think, "No. That wasn't ready." The character should have done this. This scene needed more inner conflict. What was I thinking? How could I have submitted that? And, unfortunately, most of the time I am right.
I am not sure where this comes from. I recall Dr. Moser, a lit instructor at Missouri State, saying that all writing is living. She claimed that nothing is ever completed and that all writing could be altered, if the author has the chance.
Some of the material that appears in this site has been altered from the published version. Tweaked. Made a little better (in my eyes).
The thing is that once it is out there, it is out there, and we don't get to take it back, unless we get a rejection letter. And none of us hopes for that. Well OK, once I did. Yet, instead of getting a rejection letter, I got the story, Execution of Responsibility, back with suggested changes, all ones that I knew needed to be made. Why did they do that? It was a blessing. I made the changes, and Moon City Review graciously published the piece.
How often does that happen? Practically never.
So, out of the three stories that I submitted, how many will get published? I have no idea. Maybe none, but then again, maybe God will grace me with getting one or more accepted. I do the writing. The editors do the reading, But, in my world view, it is God that does the directing.
We will see how it all goes down.
I am not sure where this comes from. I recall Dr. Moser, a lit instructor at Missouri State, saying that all writing is living. She claimed that nothing is ever completed and that all writing could be altered, if the author has the chance.
Some of the material that appears in this site has been altered from the published version. Tweaked. Made a little better (in my eyes).
The thing is that once it is out there, it is out there, and we don't get to take it back, unless we get a rejection letter. And none of us hopes for that. Well OK, once I did. Yet, instead of getting a rejection letter, I got the story, Execution of Responsibility, back with suggested changes, all ones that I knew needed to be made. Why did they do that? It was a blessing. I made the changes, and Moon City Review graciously published the piece.
How often does that happen? Practically never.
So, out of the three stories that I submitted, how many will get published? I have no idea. Maybe none, but then again, maybe God will grace me with getting one or more accepted. I do the writing. The editors do the reading, But, in my world view, it is God that does the directing.
We will see how it all goes down.