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On the future of 5-Sentence Sunday
9 years ago
Note: Links to all the submissions mentioned here are at the bottom of the journal for those who are curious.
Anyway...
The very first bit of writing I ever submitted to FA was Piano. It's hardly the best thing I ever wrote but it holds a lot of personal nostalgia for me, and it was the starting point for my longest running --albeit sporadically updated-- series: 5-Sentence Sunday. I freaking love 5-Sentence Sunday, I really do. It's helped me come a long way in learning how to get the most bang for my buck when writing, and it's always been a great avenue for exploring a variety of genres: say what you will about 5-SS, it's run the whole damn gamut from comedy to poetry to porn to prose.
And I'm not killing it off, so y'all can collectively un-clench them butts now.
I am, however, taking it off of its weekly schedule and switching it to a gets-posted-when-it's-written model. Why? Because in the long term having that weekly deadline was a detriment to the series, and I think that does actually show in the series' general track-record: the only genuine bona fide bulls-eye I ever scored with 5-SS was A Cute Thing, which I maintain is one the best poems I've ever written. But that is 1 submission out of a series of like 30. Most of the time in the past 18 months, when the time came to write 5-Sentence Sunday I would either put it off until the last possible minute or I'd force myself to work on it early, operative word there being 'force'. Writing is hard work, but 5-SS didn't feel like hard work: it felt like a chore.
Big difference. Big problem.
That's not to say I didn't have a profound personal moment when writing And She Says My Name, Part 3 or that I didn't giggle my ass off in the middle of Tidying Up, but on the whole I think this series deserves better than what I've been investing in it. Which is why from now on I'm giving myself time to work on each installment as needed. All future installments will still get posted on Sundays, just not every Sunday. I still have at least half a dozen ideas for pieces this short, and I want to make sure they're all worth your time and mine. Because sometimes stories just need time to write themselves (hell: tomorrow's submission took over an entire damn year to finish).
Love,
Seskra
Links:
Piano - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10827533/
A Cute Thing - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15025012/
And She Says My Name, Part 3 - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17543966/
Tidying Up - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16959377/
Anyway...
The very first bit of writing I ever submitted to FA was Piano. It's hardly the best thing I ever wrote but it holds a lot of personal nostalgia for me, and it was the starting point for my longest running --albeit sporadically updated-- series: 5-Sentence Sunday. I freaking love 5-Sentence Sunday, I really do. It's helped me come a long way in learning how to get the most bang for my buck when writing, and it's always been a great avenue for exploring a variety of genres: say what you will about 5-SS, it's run the whole damn gamut from comedy to poetry to porn to prose.
And I'm not killing it off, so y'all can collectively un-clench them butts now.
I am, however, taking it off of its weekly schedule and switching it to a gets-posted-when-it's-written model. Why? Because in the long term having that weekly deadline was a detriment to the series, and I think that does actually show in the series' general track-record: the only genuine bona fide bulls-eye I ever scored with 5-SS was A Cute Thing, which I maintain is one the best poems I've ever written. But that is 1 submission out of a series of like 30. Most of the time in the past 18 months, when the time came to write 5-Sentence Sunday I would either put it off until the last possible minute or I'd force myself to work on it early, operative word there being 'force'. Writing is hard work, but 5-SS didn't feel like hard work: it felt like a chore.
Big difference. Big problem.
That's not to say I didn't have a profound personal moment when writing And She Says My Name, Part 3 or that I didn't giggle my ass off in the middle of Tidying Up, but on the whole I think this series deserves better than what I've been investing in it. Which is why from now on I'm giving myself time to work on each installment as needed. All future installments will still get posted on Sundays, just not every Sunday. I still have at least half a dozen ideas for pieces this short, and I want to make sure they're all worth your time and mine. Because sometimes stories just need time to write themselves (hell: tomorrow's submission took over an entire damn year to finish).
Love,
Seskra
Links:
Piano - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10827533/
A Cute Thing - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15025012/
And She Says My Name, Part 3 - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17543966/
Tidying Up - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16959377/
Twilightinsanity
~twilightinsanity
this is exactly why I refuse to give myself a deadline for anything other than commissions. ^_^ I look forward to seeing how this improves the quality and enjoyment of the 5-Sentence-Sunday.
