Last night I settled on a story to submit to a literary journal. I printed it, stuffed the envelope, ect.ect. Afterward, I felt a great sense of relief. My biggest problem is I'm always worried that a story has a few more re-writes, a few more edits, or a few more additions before I'm actually finishd with it. But having an actual printed copy stuffed with a SASE and cover letter, sealed up, had the finite quality that was reassuring and relieving.
Basically what I'm saying is, I'm ready to let go and jump head first into this fall's submission season. There are another three stories I think might be ready for submitting, [two were in their early form in Belting Drunk].
There is a forth story that I'm debating if its finished, but mostly I think it needs a better title. Since I'm expecting to get several rejections before any one story is printed, I think persistance is important here. And there are plenty of literary journals out there for submitting.
The other issue I am coming across in my very limited free time is of course whether I should work on a story idea that I have vague plots for, or keep working on a story that is essentially in draft 1 stage. Working on the mostly finished (draft 1) story is more satisfying because I feel like I'm that much closer to a finished product [though Mandee didn't seem to feel it was anywhere close. of course, based on our conflicting Netflix selections, that isn't a bad thing].
On the other hand, working towards a draft 1 of these other story ideas will lead up to another story: basically my feeling is that after I complete draft 1 of any particular story, there is a certain aging process, like good wine perhaps, that I need to go through before I can come up with draft 2 and 3.
So the real conundrum is should I work on a second story with the expectation that I will set into motion the "aging" process sooner, or do I try and finish the first story I've been working on?
Basically what I'm saying is, I'm ready to let go and jump head first into this fall's submission season. There are another three stories I think might be ready for submitting, [two were in their early form in Belting Drunk].
There is a forth story that I'm debating if its finished, but mostly I think it needs a better title. Since I'm expecting to get several rejections before any one story is printed, I think persistance is important here. And there are plenty of literary journals out there for submitting.
The other issue I am coming across in my very limited free time is of course whether I should work on a story idea that I have vague plots for, or keep working on a story that is essentially in draft 1 stage. Working on the mostly finished (draft 1) story is more satisfying because I feel like I'm that much closer to a finished product [though Mandee didn't seem to feel it was anywhere close. of course, based on our conflicting Netflix selections, that isn't a bad thing].
On the other hand, working towards a draft 1 of these other story ideas will lead up to another story: basically my feeling is that after I complete draft 1 of any particular story, there is a certain aging process, like good wine perhaps, that I need to go through before I can come up with draft 2 and 3.
So the real conundrum is should I work on a second story with the expectation that I will set into motion the "aging" process sooner, or do I try and finish the first story I've been working on?
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