Short Story Critique
I am offering a short story critique as part of the SFWA silent auction
Hey Folks!
Just dropping in with some exciting news:
SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, is holding a silent auction to benefit: “SFWA programs that positively influence the future of the science fiction and fantasy genres. It will also bolster the organization's work in modeling best practices for professional industry standards with focus on educating and strengthening speculative fiction creators and the surrounding community.”
As part of that auction, I’m offering a short story critique of up to 5,000 words. And there’s lots of other cool things up for auction.
I am a long-time member of the Altered Fluid writing group, which includes N.K. Jemisin, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Sam J. Miller, Mercurio D. Rivera, Rajan Khanna, and many other talented writers. I’ve read and critiqued hundreds, possibly thousands of stories, and have a very good sense of what makes a story “work.”
I’ll provide a detailed critique, via zoom or preferred medium (email is okay), outlining what works, what doesn’t work, and what needs improvement. My goal is not to tell you how to write a story, but to help you tell your story in the best way you can.
You can bid on the story critique here, and you can see all the items here.
-Matt
I have had my First Rejection! That means I am a Professional Writer! Not a published one, but that's but a trifling. Thank you for you pointers, my following stories are better (I think).
Great! :) A few quick pieces of advice you might follow after getting a short-story rejection:
1) Keep a spreadsheet/log of submissions and rejections, so you know where your stories have been sent.
2) Don't sit and ponder and stew on that rejection -- send that story out again *right now*!
3) Go write something new.