We submitted our story. We wrote a few, picked two that
seemed worthy of editing and selected what we thought was the strongest and
posted it in time. We won’t find out until January if we make it to the next
round. There were 5,439 writers registered. The organizers set up 125 groups of
44 (though one group must contain 43 since it’s an odd number of writers) and
they will select the top 10 out of each group to participate in the next round.
If we’re lucky we get to do it all over again in January. There is a third
round, in March. I can’t post the story we submitted until the contest is over.
I was involved with fewerthan500.com for a while. It seemed
to me that writing a story that would make an impact in 500 words was really
difficult. Now that I’ve tried to do the same thing in 250 words, 500 words
feels like writing a novel! I think it’s good to try to write short; I’ve
always thought most writers write too long. I’m glad I participated, whatever we
find out in January.
Thank you for your kind words and support. I appreciate it.
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