Try a 25 word blurb or 50 word bio sometime....

SHORT doesn't even begin to describe it.

The crafts you learn to make a living....
=g!=

On Fri, 16 May 2003 12:08:06 -0500 (CDT) "Carl A. Thames"
 writes:
> > #Date: 12 May 03  18:07:52
> > #To: Carl A. Thames 
> > #From: John Donohue
> > #Subject: downsizing....
> > 
> >  CAT> editor sent it back with a note that said, "If you cut this 
> to 3k words,
> >  CAT> we'll buy it."  
> > 
> >  CAT> I thought, "This should be easy enough...." 
It took me less 
> than a week,
> >  CAT> and I sent it in at EXACTLY 3k words.  They bought it.
> > 
> > How big was it BEFORE?
> 
> It was about 4500 words.  The editing process is one I recommend to
> anyone.  You have to sit and really decide which sentences make the 
> story
> move, and which ones are just "too cute" to leave in.  
> 
> For an exercise, take an old story and cut it by a third, while 
> keeping
> the story intact.  Re-writing paragraphs is allowed.  Keep in mind 
> that
> you still have to have a complete story when you're 
> finished....
> 
> 
> 


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