tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439941893980599296.post2194534613165076290..comments2023-09-24T07:49:19.084-04:00Comments on Games By Design Has Moved!: Axe sessionChristopher M. Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16719365007524426389noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439941893980599296.post-55786943750708268242007-04-09T13:17:00.000-04:002007-04-09T13:17:00.000-04:00Rachel's comment about finding the right words to ...Rachel's comment about finding the right words to tell the story is bang on. While word count is a requirement for marketing purposes, the right word count telling the wrong story won't fly either. It sounds like you're doing really good work. Congratulations.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16467261140757042179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439941893980599296.post-76365610695890725572007-04-08T18:10:00.000-04:002007-04-08T18:10:00.000-04:00Rachel, thanks very much for your thoughts and enc...Rachel, thanks very much for your thoughts and encouragement on this. It is indeed a great help to know that others are facing similar challenges. There's definitely a million wrong ways to tell a story, and a thousand good ones. Finding one of the thousand can definitely be a twisting journey. Thanks again!<BR/><BR/>ChrisChristopher M. Parkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719365007524426389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439941893980599296.post-56461449968143789502007-04-08T16:31:00.000-04:002007-04-08T16:31:00.000-04:00Chris, just thought I would return to this since I...Chris, just thought I would return to this since I am going through this again now. Wrote a story that ended up being under 5000 words. I felt it was complete. Friends and Critique Partners made remarks about needing more, and seemed to need more explanation about things so eventually I put more in. Expanding it, tweaking it. Sending out again. Getting it rejected, tweaking it again, and getting it rejected again. I thought my character wasn't connecting, so I worked on her. Eventually the story was almost 9000 words. Finally, I sent it some place where I got a personal comment back. They might reconsider it if I cut it in half. So, back down to the less than 5000 words. On the one hand, that could be discouraging, on the other, I needed that journey to find out the true story. People had had 4-5000 words before, but they hadn't been the RIGHT 4-5000 words. Hopefully, with the extra knowledge gained, I can find the right remaining words to compellingly tell my story. <BR/><BR/>It's a lot of work. We'll see how it turns out. Hope that helps you in some way.Rachel V. Olivierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993034871233904955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439941893980599296.post-65073276042279481202007-04-06T18:34:00.000-04:002007-04-06T18:34:00.000-04:00Totally agree with Rachel, you're just making the ...Totally agree with Rachel, you're just making the book stronger and this is a necessary part of the process. I can *so* relate at the moment... Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439941893980599296.post-29184272303627211232007-04-06T14:36:00.000-04:002007-04-06T14:36:00.000-04:00I think sometimes it's the process you have to go ...I think sometimes it's the process you have to go through, all that back stuff, even though it gets tossed later. You may come back to it and it gives you greater knowledge internally of your own story and character I think.Rachel V. Olivierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993034871233904955noreply@blogger.com