I’m working on the wrap up of my first short story this week, 1100 words and counting (1500 word limit for my online class). It’s going to need a rewrite, but I’m pleased with it. I need two short stories to apply for the creative writing program at a university near home, and I want them to be really, REALLY, good. I’m terrified they’ll reject me and say “Your stories are lame! You can’t study with us!” Right now I just want the ending written and I’ll make it shiny when I have a brain cell to spare. I think I prefer editing to a blank page waiting to pounce.
There’s also a NaNoWriMo novel to finish editing, but until I get these stories done it’s on the back burner. I like the story but the ending is naff and the middle needs work. The cliche police would probably have a field day with it. A friend in England wants to read it, but only in hard copy, which means a Lulu.com print-on-demand book, and I’m not doing that till it’s decently edited.
AliHawke
Yes, but the panic is quieted a little by having written at all, right? (See me talking myself into writing? See?) Yay you!
I think it’s ALWAYS better to have words on paper/screen and then polish them later. Keep going, and good luck.