Writer’s Life: Write 1 Sub 1
I just heard of a short story challenge, Write 1 Sub 1. Basically, each week you write one story and submit it. Repeat for a year.
Sound fun?
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Nicky Drayden
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That was the Jay Lake formula for success. But I think it took him two years to completely dominate the entirety of the short story market.
I will attempt to do it in 18 months then. Brute force isn’t pretty, but apparently it works. I’m also toying with the idea of writing stories geared towards specific markets. Don’t know how I feel about that, but it may be worth a try.
As an exercise I think the writing part is fine, but the submitting part would bug me–due to second and third drafts and general editing It would require a much larger time commitment to the short form when I’m concentrating on novel length. That said, for those who feel that the short story is their natural home, this is an absolutely great idea.
I think the “rules” say you don’t have to submit the same story that you completed that week, so there’s a little wiggle room. I generally don’t like to tweak my short stories once I’ve gotten them more or less polished. I’ve wasted a lot of hours trying to fix broken stories, when it would have been better just to start from scratch on a different story. But the wonderful thing is that writers work in all sorts of different ways!
Good luck with your novel!
It looks like fun! I’m tempted but my 2011 goal is focused on “finish what you’ve started”. I’m already feeling grumbly about it!
That is tempting — it would definitely help me cultivate the ability to write *short* stories, instead of these beasts that lumber on to 7k and 8k.
I’m so doing this! That is exactly the goal I’ve picked for this year. Submitting a story per week. I know I can write about a story per week but we’ll just see how that shakes out with the revision process.
Yay! Nothing like a little peer pressure to get words on paper. Sometimes I wonder if I can function any other way.
Sounds fun to me. =] Great to have you on board!
It’s going to be an interesting year, that’s for sure. I can’t do 52 either, so I’m halving it. 🙂 Love the “short woman” part of your blog… I like to think we have efficiency going on here — super personalities jam packed into efficiently running bodies, not wasting leg room in airplanes or buses.. 😉 Good luck with the challenge!
Haha, Dawn. I love being able to stand up fully when we’re waiting to deplane–even when I’ve got the window seat. Good luck with your stories too.
@Milo, thanks for putting on such a cool challenge!