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Going For The First Time...
Yesterday I posted a piece that covered the idea of hosting, at least once, an event or challenge for people who are submitting their stories for the first time. We can help if asked to or needed, and there is the option to post in
mfuwss for stories that go beyond the Gen/Canon guidelines we have here in Section VII.
If you have wanted to try your hand at writing, then we want to offer you a safe place to do that.
We'll talk about it more, but I'd love some feedback from you if this is something you're interested in seeing happen. You can find the original post HERE
In the meantime, here are some First Stories that we archived over on ff.net for the MFU Board/Community.
First Stories@ff.net

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If you have wanted to try your hand at writing, then we want to offer you a safe place to do that.
We'll talk about it more, but I'd love some feedback from you if this is something you're interested in seeing happen. You can find the original post HERE
In the meantime, here are some First Stories that we archived over on ff.net for the MFU Board/Community.
First Stories@ff.net

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Might encourage people (might intimidate some, though.....)
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I hope this encourages some folks to do it.
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I tend to stall halfway through because of plot. :-) "Oh, crap, that makes absolutely no sense at all ..."
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I recommend drinking before writing (NOT before posting!).
I'm semi-serious. I mean, it does shut off the critical part of one's brain. Anything you can do to let the creative stuff flow and be critical later. :-)
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Something to consider, perhaps? (Unless, like me, you don't use betas)
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But I'm an advocate for betas in general, even though I don't use them myself, but they need to be good or there's no point. As I've said before, I make a bet with myself when I see a story with three or more betas: that I'll see a grammatical error within the first paragraph or two. I never lose that bet. :-) A poor beta is a waste of time. A good one is a treasure.
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Thinking about that now I went searching in the DtC archives:
Falling Down (https://muncle.livejournal.com/883923.html)
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Though I don't write to prompts as a rule, I completely know what you're saying. I've needed outside input for certain stories from people who could tell me "your idea of Europe/French/Belgium/Ukraine/whatever is a total joke, you dope - let me help you."
We have a really broad knowledge base in the UNCLE community. It's great.
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But ... you do actually finish and put them out there, right? I guess what I'm asking is "is being overcritical only an occasional problem, or a constant one?"
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I decided long ago that if I let the flaws in my work stop me writing, I would be the loser, because the joy I took in writing (back before the menopause when I was able to do it) was one of the major joys in my life. I really miss it.
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