Considering my audience
Gotta make this quick before I have to jet off to work in the snow. I'm ever so excited.
Anyway, I've been having some brief discussion with some of the people who have received my story and had some interesting insight into some of the things I should have done for my readers. Since I was writing for the contest focusing more on quantity than quality, because that was the nature of the process, I forgot to take care of some things, even though I did attempt to have somewhat of a plot construct and everything. Since in my writing I was doing this for what I thought was mostly me, I didn't think to put a title on the thing, so when I simply, for my own purposes (and the purposes of putting something on the "Winner" certificate I now have framed on my wall) entitled it "Writer's Company: The College Years, Part 1A" (since the main characters are from a series of stories under the umbrella title of "The Writer's Company"), I didn't consider that my audience might want a title. I also, since as even I read the story for myself, didn't think that someone might print out the story (let alone bind it into a more true book-like form), so I didn't think that it was necessary to put page numbers on the thing. Alas. I have to admit as I read the story I see things that I meant to build upon and feel sad that I didn't pursue in the plot, but that happens when you write the huge majority of it in three days.
Anyway, I have to get ready for work now. I don't want to be a half hour late tonight like I was last night (though that was to make sure I both finished and handed in my application to Video Hits Plus). At least I'll have my story to read during the breaks.
Anyway, I've been having some brief discussion with some of the people who have received my story and had some interesting insight into some of the things I should have done for my readers. Since I was writing for the contest focusing more on quantity than quality, because that was the nature of the process, I forgot to take care of some things, even though I did attempt to have somewhat of a plot construct and everything. Since in my writing I was doing this for what I thought was mostly me, I didn't think to put a title on the thing, so when I simply, for my own purposes (and the purposes of putting something on the "Winner" certificate I now have framed on my wall) entitled it "Writer's Company: The College Years, Part 1A" (since the main characters are from a series of stories under the umbrella title of "The Writer's Company"), I didn't consider that my audience might want a title. I also, since as even I read the story for myself, didn't think that someone might print out the story (let alone bind it into a more true book-like form), so I didn't think that it was necessary to put page numbers on the thing. Alas. I have to admit as I read the story I see things that I meant to build upon and feel sad that I didn't pursue in the plot, but that happens when you write the huge majority of it in three days.
Anyway, I have to get ready for work now. I don't want to be a half hour late tonight like I was last night (though that was to make sure I both finished and handed in my application to Video Hits Plus). At least I'll have my story to read during the breaks.

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