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Jay Logan's avatar

I just finished up my first attempt at a 'short' story. 13K words that reads more like an abbreviated novella.

I struggled for weeks to shorten it and the more words I found unnecessary, the more details I saw needed to be added to bring clarity to the story. The first draft was about 13.7K and worked it down to a little over 12.9k, but now a little under 13.0K.

Now considering accepting I have either a novelette or a novella and then adding back some of the cut scenes plus a bit more.

The closest I have for a short story is a prologue for a novella. Not sure if that would be acceptable for an entry for anyone. And doing something on Hemingway? That is beyond my ability. Sorry.

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Matthew Gordon MacNeil's avatar

Is there a specific genre the short story needs to be in? And can it already be published elsewhere? I have one in mind I'll send over to you if you don't mind the piece already being published on Substack.

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