I’m currently revising one of the stories I workshopped at Clarion. Kelly Link told me that she thought it was largely successful, but that I used too much summary, and that the way to revise it was to expand it by about 2000 words. Well, as of yesterday I’m about 3/4 done with the revision, and I just passed the total wordcount of the previous draft. Even better, I feel excited about the new material, and the streamlining of the various emotional entanglements. Basically, after not doing any of this stuff since last summer, I feel like I’m starting to get the hang of it again. Good times.
Ferrett Steinmetz
March 11, 2009 — 4:12 pm
Which story?
Eugene Fischer
March 11, 2009 — 5:33 pm
“Adrift,” the refugees-in-shipping-containers story.
Jeff Chunn
March 11, 2009 — 5:38 pm
Is that the one involving the global network of drone freighters?
Eugene Fischer
March 11, 2009 — 5:44 pm
Indeed, it is.
Nicole
March 12, 2009 — 9:01 am
Your website is like crack. I read it once or twice, casually, but you keep putting out more content and I’M HOOKED. I want to read about the refugees in shipping containers!
Megan
March 12, 2009 — 9:05 am
I’m looking forward to reading this again, no doubt in some fabulous magazine… If I remember correctly, I really liked the voices in this story and am quite happy that they will have more space.