{"id":2591,"date":"2010-07-05T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T18:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2010-07-04T20:04:22","modified_gmt":"2010-07-05T00:04:22","slug":"reviewing-and-revising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2591","title":{"rendered":"Reviewing and Revising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of June I registered for a flash fiction workshop at the last minute.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the requirements of the class was to write something for it so we could revise it and get a critique during class.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Naturally since I signed up the first day of class I looked at a bunch of stories I wrote for 2008&#8217;s Writo de Mayo.\u00c2\u00a0 My goal that year was to write\u00c2\u00a0 a complete short story each day based on a writing prompt.\u00c2\u00a0 These didn&#8217;t have to be anything pretty &#8211; just first drafts.\u00c2\u00a0 I was surprised by some of what I wrote:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">A woman haunted by her brother.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>A Titanic survivor.<\/li>\n<li>A group of adventurers overcome ghouls to make a special delivery.<\/li>\n<li>A woman and daughter celebrating the young girl&#8217;s birthday.<\/li>\n<li>A director constantly replacing dead cast members before opening night.<\/li>\n<li>A woman who finds a dragon in her house.<\/li>\n<li>A werewolf boy who wants to be a vampire.<\/li>\n<li>A talent agent with a difficult client.<\/li>\n<li>A young warrior tending a castle garden.<\/li>\n<li>A trapped miner.<\/li>\n<li>A lost wallet.<\/li>\n<li>A woman keeping her dying friend&#8217;s secret.<\/li>\n<li>A woman driven to murder by her co-worker&#8217;s singing.<\/li>\n<li>A soldier patrolling an unfriendly planet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0In the end, I decided to write something new.\u00c2\u00a0 I had problems getting down what I wanted to say but decided to submit it anyway as a work in progress.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s going to need a lot of work before it gets to the final version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of June I registered for a flash fiction workshop at the last minute.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the requirements of the class was to write something for it so we could revise it and get a critique during class.\u00c2\u00a0 Naturally since I signed up the first day of class I looked at a bunch&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2591\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reviewing and Revising<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[804],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - 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