Writing platitude #1

My 250-word flash has been accepted for publication by Five Points magazine. The publication is highly rated according to the 2016 Pushcart Prize Literary Magazine Ranking for Fiction.

Not to be discouraged by rejections is a good first step but the next one is to be persistent. Edit the old stuff, write the new and send them out. The story unsent is a dead story

Can each chapter in a novel-in-stories, like “My Life at First Try,” stand alone? Like an orchestra player, each individual chapter can play nicely by itself, but a group of them can still work in concert.

The story ideas are like blood cells: they come to life until you die.

When I see the word “always” in the question, e.g. “is writing always fun?” I always say no.

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