How does one keep a short story under 6000 words?
I’m serious, I have no idea how to do this anymore.
I am 1000 extraneous words (across two stories) away from being finished with this second Clarion application.
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doctorvtumbls said:
Summarize. That’s what I did with an entry for HSO. I went through and trimmed every extraneous word I could find, changed phrasing, and when even that wasn’t enough I took entire sections and rewrote them as summaries of what happened. Good luck! :D
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thezombiesaremarching said:
Commas and other useful punctuation in stead of connectives, especially ‘and’. Also check for where you possibly repeated yourself.
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withasperity said:
be viscous. boil what you want to say into simple sentences and keep that alongside you and edit so unneeded things can be eliminated.
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megaparsecs said:
Just cut anything that your eyes glaze over while reading, anything that makes you go, “okay boring get to the good bits.” (this is why all my stories are only 2000 words or less D:)
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heracrosss said:
speak in broken English.
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byzantienne said:
Surgically remove the plot. It’s the only way I know how. … this is unhelpful.
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playerprophet said:
Oh, you’re applying for both! I was wondering. I only have money to apply for one. Blurg.
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