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RE: It is no bad thing to be dowdy and dull (370-word fiction, response to a #freewrite post)

in #freewrite2 years ago

Thank you, Carol! I agree it’s probably not ideal from a readability perspective to post little bits of the story at a time, but I also didn’t want to just plump everything I have into one post. 🤣 The major plot points of the story are in place, but I’m in the process of refining everything, getting character nuances down, filling in parts of the story that don’t fully make sense yet. In a way, posting these little extracts is about holding myself accountable to finishing the story, even if no one else reads them. Putting them out into the world in some small way, rather than waiting until the entire novel seems ‘perfect’ (an ideal that might never be reached 😅) helps me to commit to the project as a whole. Thank you so much for your kind feedback!

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Oh, you are doing a great thing, posting these stories as they come!
I was only explaining that for me it's hard to follow, but serializing as-we-write is a trend.
The image of the pink flower, I thought, would tip me off to a Ballroom post, but I was finding it tricky to navigate. I love your characters. Keep going!!! I won't hold out for the complete novel (and no novel is "perfect" or "finished"). Love your commitment to being "accountable" to yourself with these stories.