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#1036402 added August 11, 2022 at 11:44pm
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Not a Good Start for a Short Story
Not a Good Start for a Short Story


When I got to work this morning at midnight, I realized that I hadn’t even started a document with my second Short Story for this month. So, I started one then. And it took me about two hours to finish doing the preliminary breakdown of it so that I’m ready to start writing this Short Story.

Once I got that breakdown done, I started working on my WDC Short Story for this month. And with about five hours to work on it, I should have gotten at least two sections done on it. Maybe even three parts to it. But I only got one. And I barely got that many in.

Don’t ask me why I didn’t get more writing done on this Short Story. Because I don’t know why. The only thing that I can think of as the reason why is because it’s the beginning of the story. And I have a lot of trouble beginning my short stories sometimes.

I know that I’m never going to win these WDC contests. Because I never do. And I never will. But I still want to write the best story that I can. And for me, that’s the beginning of it. It doesn’t need to be life-threatening or a shocker. But I do like it to have a hook to it.

Unfortunately, after several million re-writes it still doesn’t have a hook to it. It’s not a bad opening. At least I don’t think that it is. But it’s not very exciting either. I like this opening for my Short Story. But it took me about five hours earlier today to do it.

In a way, I did write two or three sections to these short stories. After all, I did the breakdown for my second Short Story for this month. They may have only been the title for this Short Story. And the ten single sentences that make up the breakdown for this story.

Those single sentences still added up to another part or two to my WDC Short Story. Even though, it wasn’t related to it. It’s the writing that counts. Not where that writing is directed at. Does that make sense to you? It doesn’t to me. And I’m the one writing it.

I will be heading into work in just under an hour and a half from now. And I will continue working on this WDC Short Story. Now that I have written my opening, I hope that I can get a lot of writing done on it. I’m not going to count on anything until it happens, though.

There were a few distractions that slowed me down a little bit at work earlier today. But I don’t think that is the reason why I only got one section written. Hopefully, I won’t get any other distractions tomorrow. If I don’t, I may be able to get a lot of writing done tomorrow.








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