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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Creative Convention > Publishing Short Fiction: The Megathread
 
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Morning Bell
Feb 23, 2006

Illegal Hen

Defenestration posted:

I wrote a story that I know is good. I've sent it 40 places and they all rejected it. I shortened it by a thousand words for a contest which I also didn't win.

My question is can/should I start resubmitting it to all the big names if it's 1k shorter and the rejection was in 2013? Or is this dumb?

(It's a literary short set in the near-future. Not really scifi but commercial spaceflight is a major plot point)

It might be good but it's not good enough - spend your time and energy on writing something better instead of trying to flog this. I definitely would not resubmit.

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