I just started writing again recently, and made two sales already. I think I've the confidence enough now to try this challenge. Sign me up!
Taeray!
Lots of people find ways to adjust W1S1 to fit their needs; I don't see any reason why you can't also do so.
That said, I'm not sure I agree with Seth Grodin, whoever he is. One thing to be aware of is that as soon as you post a story online, it becomes very very difficult to later sell (you've blown "first publication", which is the rights most markets want to buy) so be sure if you're going to do that that you know you won't want to try to sub it to a market later. Also, unless you already have significant blog traffic because of your art or other reason, it's really difficult -- though not impossible -- to attract readers. Definitely if that's the path you want to go, check out the threads elsewhere on AW about self-promo and blogging, so you know what you're getting into. Uh, unless you do already, in which case ignore me and carry on
I think that based on the length of the short story, and how much time the author has available to put into the making of the short story, this should be a venture of once a week to twice a month.
I'm writing a story a day for a year . . . or trying to. Right now, I'm about five months behind. I've only got about 170 stories in the bank, all told). I haven't been submitting the stories very often. Usually they go to my blogs, there to languish.
But I've yet to have any of the stories I've written for this project get published in a literary journal, or win a contest. It's getting disheartening.
Hello everyone - so great to see all the industry here. You guys are fab. It's been so lonely writing by myself. Zanzjan - you mentioned something about publishing works - does this apply to here? As in - if I write something on post in on here - does that mean publishers wouldn't take it at a later date?
SOMEBODY HOLD ME, I'M AFRAID OF JUMPING IN THE MOSH PIT ALONE!
I want to start submitting to the W1S1, but this is my first time submitting anything. anywhere. (noob)
Can anyone help a unicorn out?
You don't submit stuff *to* W1S1. But you can tell us your goals, and talk about your progress and setbacks and successes and less-than-successes, and we're here for ya. If you're looking for information about how to actually submit work for publication, there's a thread here with a quick synopsis of the process.