Missed-Fits Kickstarter

This is cool! I'm revising a story at the moment that fits the criteria.

Posted by: @andydibble

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Please follow if you're interested in contributing when it launches

So you have to sign up to Kickstarter to contribute a story?

Actually this is interesting.

The KS says it's because there aren't many stories written between 1-3,000 words.

I am instantly suspicious this may be algorithm related, due to its hierarchical nature, aka maths.

Individual block size would possibly have to be changed from the norm if the story length is drastically altered.

This may be why stories skip these lengths.

I'm supposed to moving more into books (put in Alien to check over lunch, it was Alien 3, what a fiasco. But wowsers, I know my stuff, picking it's main block choices from the get go. Let's just say, Ripley didn't shave her head for fear of lice.), but I expect lengths will be a thing. 

I remember David Farland said he could pick film bad guys/endings from the start, bugged his wife.

I feel I'm getting there fast.

Thanks for the info.

Glad to see a call for submissions from WOTF alumni. However, I never thought that stories between 1,200 and 2,100 were hard sells. In fact, I just looked at the last 10 fantasy stories published by Lightspeed Magazine. 4 of them fit into this category. It's certainly going to be easier to sell at this length than it is at above 4,000 words. 

Posted by: @nova

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Posted by: @andydibble

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Please follow if you're interested in contributing when it launches

So you have to sign up to Kickstarter to contribute a story?

Actually this is interesting.

The KS says it's because there aren't many stories written between 1-3,000 words.

I am instantly suspicious this may be algorithm related, due to its hierarchical nature, aka maths.

Individual block size would possibly have to be changed from the norm if the story length is drastically altered.

This may be why stories skip these lengths.

I'm supposed to moving more into books (put in Alien to check over lunch, it was Alien 3, what a fiasco. But wowsers, I know my stuff, picking it's main block choices from the get go. Let's just say, Ripley didn't shave her head for fear of lice.), but I expect lengths will be a thing. 

I remember David Farland said he could pick film bad guys/endings from the start, bugged his wife.

I feel I'm getting there fast.

Thanks for the info.

There' NO need to contribute or follow the Kickstarter to submit. The reason a KSer is in the mix is the short fiction industry largely runs on KSers. It's how anthologies tend to be funded.

Posted by: @reigheena

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Glad to see a call for submissions from WOTF alumni. However, I never thought that stories between 1,200 and 2,100 were hard sells. In fact, I just looked at the last 10 fantasy stories published by Lightspeed Magazine. 4 of them fit into this category. It's certainly going to be easier to sell at this length than it is at above 4,000 words. 

It's not so much that 1200-2100 is a hard sell. It's that that length is often not the "sweet spot". This length is longer than flash tends to be, but shorter than the 3-5k that many markets tend to publish. Of course, this is just a rough trend. There are markets, like Lightspeed, that are a bit keen on the "Missed Fits" size or don't think much about size at all.