A lot of this has been said before in other interviews but the Amazon comment was new to me
Just posting in case anyone else finds this interesting
"...your motivations for wanting to write are probably complex. You may have a few great passions, you may want to be rich and famous, and you may need therapy."
- Dave Farland, Million Dollar Outlines
Writers of the Future:
2025 Q1: HM Q2: WIP Q3: TBD Q4: TBD
2024 Q1: F Q2: HM Q3:SHM Q4: SHM
2023 Q1: RWC Q2: SHM Q3: SHM Q4: R
2022 Q4: R
Submissions to other markets:
2025: 19 submitted 0 acceptances
2024: 45 submitted 8 acceptances
2023: 74 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
2025 goals: a. New Novel b. New piece submitted/month c. 100 rejections
A lot of this has been said before in other interviews but the Amazon comment was new to me
Just posting in case anyone else finds this interesting
I feel like this comment sums up perfectly my ability to write short for this contest:
"Yet Sanderson’s books, while not exactly concise – he rarely uses a sentence when a paragraph will do, and Wind and Truth stretches over 1,300 pages ..."
Writers block is when your imaginary friends stop talking to you.
Drop me a line at https://morganbroadhead.com
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A lot of this has been said before in other interviews but the Amazon comment was new to me
Just posting in case anyone else finds this interesting
I feel like this comment sums up perfectly my ability to write short for this contest:
"Yet Sanderson’s books, while not exactly concise – he rarely uses a sentence when a paragraph will do, and Wind and Truth stretches over 1,300 pages ..."
Though interestingly, this competition is probably the one venue where you don't have to write short. The 17,000 word limit is pretty generous and they seem to make little differentiation in terms of length, just good is good.
"...your motivations for wanting to write are probably complex. You may have a few great passions, you may want to be rich and famous, and you may need therapy."
- Dave Farland, Million Dollar Outlines
Writers of the Future:
2025 Q1: HM Q2: WIP Q3: TBD Q4: TBD
2024 Q1: F Q2: HM Q3:SHM Q4: SHM
2023 Q1: RWC Q2: SHM Q3: SHM Q4: R
2022 Q4: R
Submissions to other markets:
2025: 19 submitted 0 acceptances
2024: 45 submitted 8 acceptances
2023: 74 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
2025 goals: a. New Novel b. New piece submitted/month c. 100 rejections
A lot of this has been said before in other interviews but the Amazon comment was new to me
Just posting in case anyone else finds this interesting
I feel like this comment sums up perfectly my ability to write short for this contest:
"Yet Sanderson’s books, while not exactly concise – he rarely uses a sentence when a paragraph will do, and Wind and Truth stretches over 1,300 pages ..."
Though interestingly, this competition is probably the one venue where you don't have to write short. The 17,000 word limit is pretty generous and they seem to make little differentiation in terms of length, just good is good.
While, yes, I agree that the 17K word limit is truly generous, good luck selling that chonker anywhere else in the markets. When I inevitably receive my non-winning contest results, I pretty much have to shove that bad boy in a drawer somewhere, because it's WAY too big for anyone else to want it!
Writers block is when your imaginary friends stop talking to you.
Drop me a line at https://morganbroadhead.com
SFx1
HMx5
R/RWCx6
@gideonpsmith 17K is a lot of words. I thought about writing a 3 part short-story series of roughly 3-5K each for WotF.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2025 V42: RWC, WIP, ?, ?
2024 V41: RWC (Resubmitted "HM"), HM, RWC, Finalist (RWC Resubmit)
2023 V40: HM, HM, R, HM
2022 V39: SHM, HM, Semi-finalist, HM (HM Resubmit)
2021 V38: ---HM (R Resubmit)
2020 V37: -R--
