One of the secrets of getting published is revision. Many aspiring writers think this means doing two or three drafts. They move around sentences or delete or add paragraphs; and then they hit the send button. This my friends is not revision. This is tinkering.
Revision is going over a story word by word and sentence by sentence while asking yourself, is this the right word in the right place? Is this the right spelling of the word? Is the sentence that the word is in clear? Is this the right punctuation for this sentence? Is this sentence in the right place in the paragraph? Is this paragraph in the right place in the story?
That my friends is revision. And the entire story must go through this kind of revision several times over a period of days or weeks or even months. Publishable flash fiction is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
After talent and perseverance it is revision that separates the published from the unpublished.
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Submissions: What Not To Send
My Ebook For Serious Flash Fiction Writers. The Link Is At The Top Of The Page.
The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette publishes “unsolicited manuscripts.” Wow, that’s a term I have not thought about since I was putting manuscripts into manila envelopes and dropping them in the mail box and getting them back with impersonal rejection notices over 15 years ago.
Here is what not to submit to the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette: stories about the supernatural, the weird or the fantastic. And no science fiction. Sorry.
Mainstream, literary and erotic flash fiction is always welcomed. Here’s a hint. If you send erotica, vulgarities and profanities kill the mood.
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“A Porn Star Is Born” is at the top of the page.
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Oh, I would definitely like to see some good romance.
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What is Compressionism? It is the use of words to paint a picture that tells a story.
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