I've started my writing class and so far have found it quite easy. I take an hour each morning to write before Jaden gets up. The writing part was easy, but now I'm to the hard part. Cutting. My first short story is suppose to be between 500 and 750 words. You would think that gap would make it easy, but after cutting the fluff I'm at 820 words. Eh! I'm good at adding, became a pro in highschool for paddding papers, but omitting pieces of my story hurts! I suppose that's why when you get good you get an editor to do it for you. I'm attatched to every piece. I'm to the point where I may just delete a whole character to thin it out a little, and I'm not even sure that will be enough. Sheesh.
I suppose I should get used to this. If I plan to submit short stories for children's magazines I will have to keep my story to a very strict word count. And I really hope to get to the point where I can do exactly that.
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