2017 anthology 2017 Fall Anthology: The Fall Out & Secret Spaces ~ Discussion

[Renee Stevens]

Thread for everyone to discuss and talk about the upcoming anthology.  Have fun, visit, just don't forget to post the links to your submissions in the announcement thread so that I don't overlook them!

[comicfan]

I finally have an idea. Look not even close to the due date. Go me.

[Cole Matthews]

Good for you Comicfan!!!  I'm not sure what I should do a story about.  I'm leaning toward Secret Spaces and possibly something possibly memoir-esque.  This might be the perfect theme for the gay dances in Rochester circa 1985...   Hat tip to AC Benus.  

[northie]

I have an idea but need to do the research into dementia ... We'll see. 

[Brayon]

I'm in the process of writing an Anthology Story. It's bigger in scope than what I had planned. But, I'm liking it, and the people that have read snippets have liked it.

 

It's an Urban Fantasy story, currently sitting at 7.5K words.

[northie]

Mine's coming to an end. My beta reader describes it as a modern day tragedy, so, not a happy read particularly. I've made sure it's shorter than last time. At 16k words, my first effort put off a number of people just because of its length. Lesson learnt. Still, this one has stretched my writing in all sorts of ways, which can only be good.  

[Brayon]

I was looking at 15K as max, but it may get bigger than that unless I cut stuff out.

 

I've been reading some of the old Anthology stories, and I do see where they are around an average of 5K words in length (mainly from looking at the total words, haven't actually done an accounting). Is that around a normal size, for a good short story?

[northie]

I'm aiming at 10k. I don't think there's a particular length which makes for a good story. One thing to bear in mind - when the anthology comes out, plenty of people binge read the entries. If you're offering a novella, it may put off readers.

[Brayon]

13 minutes ago, northie said:

I'm aiming at 10k. I don't think there's a particular length which makes for a good story. One thing to bear in mind - when the anthology comes out, plenty of people binge read the entries. If you're offering a novella, it may put off readers.

Thanks for the advice. Did not know about the binge readers.

[mogwhy]

4 minutes ago, BHopper2 said:

Thanks for the advice. Did not know about the binge readers.

we're everywhere. i once binged on a trilogy that each book was 20+ chapters long

[Headstall]

I decided at pretty much the last minute to write something for Secret Spaces... relieved to say it has been sent to Val for proofing.  

[Headstall]

On 8/21/2017 at 12:12 PM, northie said:

I'm aiming at 10k. I don't think there's a particular length which makes for a good story. One thing to bear in mind - when the anthology comes out, plenty of people binge read the entries. If you're offering a novella, it may put off readers.

I agree longer stories can be a challenge for readers who try to read them all, but sometimes the damn story will not behave.  . I wrote three entries, totaling 30,000 words, for the Special Anthology... it was a lot to ask of readers, but they have gotten good viewership over time. My entry this time is 6150 words.