Accomplishment Park

I think W1S1 has me trying all sorts of different genres and things I would never try were it not for the pressure to Write Something This Week, Hurry Hurry. Some of the stories I've worked on were things that I already wanted to write, just didn't have an urgency about it, but others probably wouldn't have come about without this.

First try at horror.

First microfiction.

First steampunk (in progress now).

That's pretty exciting to me!

I attribute my publishing credits to W1S1.

Or I would if I had any!

Seriously, I think W1S1 is a great group and a great prod. I've been producing and learning more about writing now than at any other time in my life, and that is because of W1S1.

AlwaysJuly said:

I think W1S1 has me trying all sorts of different genres and things I would never try were it not for the pressure to Write Something This Week, Hurry Hurry. Some of the stories I've worked on were things that I already wanted to write, just didn't have an urgency about it, but others probably wouldn't have come about without this.

First try at horror.

First microfiction.

First steampunk (in progress now).

That's pretty exciting to me!

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Similarly, W1S1 has increased my short story output (6X so far; my output for 2009 and 2010 being: 1 new short ), helped me have a go outside of my usual literary/mainstream comfort zone and write a paranormal/psychological horror plus a modernized fairy-tale, and has helped me work on my flash-fiction story-telling because of the number of short-short contests I'm entering.
I believe an acceptance is coming my way soon, and I'll have W1S1 to thank for that!

ETA: Just wrote a spec-fic today for a themed contest. Who knew I'd get be able to get back into fantasy/sci-fi so easily?

Izz said:

Has W1S1 got you doing writerly stuff you never would've done otherwise?

Let us know here so we can put fill the park with plaques and statues.

(this is similar yet different to the Braggage thread and the Hall of Fame)

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Definitely. I wrote and submitted an erotica story which was a first for me. (And I think it's quite good.)
I've got a speculative story brewing in my mind for April. That'll be another first!

Not at all, Izz. Thanks!

Oh I should have posted in here as W1S1 has sextupled my output (to date) from 1 story total to 6, and wildly increased my submission ratio (from none to 3.5). Also help me stay motivated and introduced me to all kinds of new things and people. Oh and some wildly good fiction as well.

I feel accomplished today because I've just sent out submission #50 for the year. Thing is, 50 submissions is more than I made from 1991 until January, 2011.

Most definitely this is something I wouldn't have done otherwise. Feels supah dupah!

Shelley

shelleyo said:

I feel accomplished today because I've just sent out submission #50 for the year. Thing is, 50 submissions is more than I made from 1991 until January, 2011.

Most definitely this is something I wouldn't have done otherwise. Feels supah dupah!

Shelley

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50!

Bloody hell! Well done

That's more than two a week...
You're a writing demon.
But in a good way.

I've realized my stories will sell if I actually sub them. Which is a huge accomplishment for me. I went through a long phase of writing a lot and then letting everything just gather dust.

I wouldn't have done anything without W1S1, except write stuff and either put it away or throw it away, because I had no idea that I could do anything else with it.

And now I'm a proper writer, and people have paid me and everything!

Yay!

Whoa, where did this thread come from?

I'm the same. I probably wouldn't have gotten half the writing I've done...done if it wasn't for W1S1.

W1S1...has helped me BIC and actually write rather than just thinking about writing, and even better it has encouraged me to actually submit. I've only been doing it for 2 months, but it has made such a difference already!

I get things out so I can write new things. I see a pattern of my pieces being held longer and getting more personal rejections. I do have one pro pub, but that's an "outlier"...for now.