[Writingworkshop] Specs

[Neale Morison]

Thanks for looking at it. One thing I wasn't sure about - do you think
it's sufficiently in the science fiction genre? It's awfully close to
current technology and politics, but just a little ahead. I explicitly
set a date, I think 2013 or so. When I get up the nerve I'm going to
submit one of these stories to a science fiction mag, and if necessary
I might have to tweak it to make it sf enough. I suppose I can just
add incidental flying cars, talking robots and nanodrugs.

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Adam Holland <adam.holland at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting is right!
> Just quirky enough style-wise to be intriguing without being jarring or
> disconcerting.
> Like a puzzle tough enough to be challenging, but not so hard as to make you
> give up.
> It works.
>
> a lot to chew on, and some nice allegories with current technology.
> Well done!
> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Neale Morison <neale at nealemorison.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> This is a short story, around 6700 words.
>> http://www.nealemorison.com/writing/shortstories/Specs.pdf
>>
>> At first I was trying to avoid writing in first person present tense, then
>> I thought I'd write in first person but it wouldn't be and past tense as if
>> it's present. I find the result ... interesting.
>>
>> I managed to average 520 words a day from the day I started until I
>> finished, but there were two days I did nothing and one day I went negative
>> because I did a big edit. It's not all about the number of words per day,
>> but I find it really helps to try to hit at target. If you don't the little
>> doubts and annoying distractions such as family, job and responsibilities
>> (read cats, Antony) will get you for sure.
>>
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