This
month I’ve been working on the specific short story competition entry. The main
research stage is finished and I’ve started to write the first draft so
hopefully, just maybe, I’ll be able to finish it before the deadline. I’ve been
guilty of investing a lot of time in developing other stories again though so
it hasn’t gone as far as I’d have hoped in the time I allocated. For now though
all attention has been switched to the ‘Three Words’ post short story.
There
were three entries this time round all with different words so the result came
up a tie and I chose to go with Chris’ suggestion of NECROLATRY, LAMPADOMANCY
and WERGILD. I’m not ashamed to say I had to look these up, and once you do too
you’ll see it could make for quite an interesting story, so thanks Chris for
the great suggestions! I’ll have to start with another research session before
I actually start writing but it’s always good to broaden your horizons and
write about different things, plus it could provoke ideas for other pieces of
writing so diverse entries are most welcome in the future! I promise I’ll stick
to this one project, but it may be a while before you see anything. I guess by
now you’d know that anyway.
A quick
note on the ‘Three Words’ posting. I had a friend tell me they were unsure
about entering because they needed to make some form of account to post, but
there is the option to post anonymously if you don’t want to. I may have to
reconsider how to enter in the future when there is a higher volume of entrants
to prevent tactical voting but for now it’s easier to leave it.
Don’t be
put off if your words aren’t chosen either. I start getting ideas as soon as I read
them so it may help spark something elsewhere. There’s nothing stopping you
posting your words again next time round either so you may get another chance
to force them through. I haven’t written a lot of Flash Fiction yet either so I
might use one runner up for that each time.
Not a
lot else to say this month really so I shan’t. Buh-bye!
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