Call For Submissions--Writing Club #2 (March 14)
Lay it on the line in our March club posting! This time, let's submit short stories, chapters, essays.
@eve suggests that the optional theme be "liminality/liminal spaces. It could be about them, the creation of one, a dissection, the destruction of one, or just take place there. Anything and everything liminal."
Liminal is a sort of between. The definition is: relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process. occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.
You can also look into liminal spaces. These can be real places (like a train station that's simply a point people transfer to other trains to) or even the emotional betweens; coming to realizations or on a precipice of something. Like, summer vacation could be a liminal space even!
If you're not into borders and transitional spaces, or if you've been incubating a polemic all pandemic long, you are still encouraged to share your writing! You may draw inspiration from any theme (fictional or real).
Just follow these easy guidelines:
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Produce a short story, essay, or chapter of a longer work. Your submission should not exceed 7,000 words. Let's aim for pieces 350-3500 words.
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Watch for the March 14 submissions thread to appear... on March 14! Reply to it with a link to your work, which may be housed anywhere you like, including on Tildes. Prioritize venues that are not known to be aggressively anti-privacy (e.g., Google Docs). You may provide questions for readers in hidden expandable text, if you like.
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You must provide feedback on 3 submissions if you are posting a submission. Only one needs to be a substantial critique. Our first outing was a trial run, and the offerings were extremely short. I anticipate proportionally longer responses to come easily this time. If you see a post without feedback, consider giving it preference in the order of your responses. No one likes to be left hanging.
Feel free to post questions in this topic. We had a stimulating and moderately edgy trial run. I'm excited for the longer prose to come!
Okay, I'll remember it this time!! I feel really bad from last time.
Yeehaw, I'm so excited to read people's work!
March 14 is too far. This is making me anxious. Time to write then.
I kinda wished for a lower word count, micro stories are a thing.
It would be nice if I could get a special notification for these threads. Like a notification for a tag or something. Do we have something like that?
10 days until the submission thread! It occurs to me that with longer pieces it probably would be a good idea to include some notes in your post regarding your goals: your goals in writing the essay, chapter, or story, and any specific feedback you would find most helpful (e.g., Are my characters convincing? Do you find my language engaging?).
Consider posting something rough and unfinished if it's at least a few pages long.