tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post104925471003534412..comments2024-01-12T00:32:05.481-06:00Comments on A Continuity of Parks: It happened again!Jamie Eyberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875759697016701358noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-79405004321276905962009-02-04T08:56:00.000-06:002009-02-04T08:56:00.000-06:00Thank you for all of your input. Will keep everyo...Thank you for all of your input. Will keep everyone posted on this one.Jamie Eyberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875759697016701358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-35262242865383253812009-02-04T07:24:00.000-06:002009-02-04T07:24:00.000-06:00Give the rewrite a try. Set it aside for a little ...Give the rewrite a try. Set it aside for a little bit, and then read them both. I went through something similar (although was never called a $^*%), and I ultimately ended up liking the suggestions. Admittedly, it took a long time, and I may have called someone a $&*( at some point during the process.Carrie Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893023777471521703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-25150700598372756212009-02-04T01:44:00.000-06:002009-02-04T01:44:00.000-06:00LOL! I love that letter.LOL! I love that letter.Cate Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634397106201021055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-31183973316159689632009-02-03T21:48:00.000-06:002009-02-03T21:48:00.000-06:00Far out! I think it depends on how strongly you fe...Far out! <BR/><BR/>I think it depends on how strongly you feel about the story as to whether you're willing to do pretty much a complete re-write. And if that's the case maybe it could become another story.Danielle Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796467053451208102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-20588573839634218052009-02-03T20:17:00.000-06:002009-02-03T20:17:00.000-06:00Dude, you moved an editor to cuss at you. Obvious...Dude, you moved an editor to cuss at you. Obviously they felt pretty strong about it. I'd rewrite it with a completely different ending and see what the editor thinks.<BR/><BR/>Every single one of my rewrite requests has been a request to fix the ending. Every time I've done so, the rewritten story has been way, way stronger even if it wasn't always what I originally had in mind.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-16166799702966587552009-02-03T19:57:00.000-06:002009-02-03T19:57:00.000-06:00Nat- I am inclined that way. This is a story I wr...Nat- I am inclined that way. This is a story I wrote while still in college (that was a long time ago) and it actually got a personalized rejection, at the time, from Gordon VanGelder at SF&F. It was the closest thing I had to being published at the time.Jamie Eyberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875759697016701358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-50551311988952100352009-02-03T19:34:00.000-06:002009-02-03T19:34:00.000-06:00Good question. An editor recently wanted me to mak...Good question. An editor recently wanted me to make huge changes to a story that had (at the time) been rejected seven times. My gut said no, and it's now pending rejection number nine. Would I do things differently? No. The story didn't work the way the editor wanted, give my voice, and so I had to decline.Fox Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05487359877190292039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-10077967493844652492009-02-03T19:27:00.000-06:002009-02-03T19:27:00.000-06:00Aaron- I actually copied that directly from my ema...Aaron- I actually copied that directly from my email. I made no changes to it at all. Sending it your way. <BR/><BR/>Jeremy- I like you idea. That might work. <BR/><BR/>BT- Sending it your way. Look forward to your thoughts on it.Jamie Eyberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875759697016701358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-17312709341683442202009-02-03T19:09:00.000-06:002009-02-03T19:09:00.000-06:00I'm in agreement with Jeremy. Write a new version ...I'm in agreement with Jeremy. Write a new version with the editors comments in mind. By the end you may or may not think it improves the story anyway. If the editor still rejects the rewrite, you can go back to subbing the current version.<BR/><BR/>Send it my way if you like - I'd be happy to give it the once over and put in my own 2 cents...BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170193722932454605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-67291124984246596652009-02-03T18:48:00.000-06:002009-02-03T18:48:00.000-06:00...or split it into two stories? One that may suit......or split it into two stories? One that may suit the revis requester, and another dissimilar enough to pass as a unique story but on your original story line? Or maybe tell two stories with the same characters? (a la Desperation/The Regulators)Jeremy D Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014827537536982326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-65142039751861534112009-02-03T18:47:00.000-06:002009-02-03T18:47:00.000-06:00Did an editor actually write: "You absolute [bad ...Did an editor actually write: "You absolute [bad word]"?<BR/><BR/>Did that same editor actually say you "botched the ending"? <BR/><BR/>Wow. <BR/><BR/>I'd read the story if you want, and give you my 2 cents. <BR/><BR/>Wow. Then he/she follows up with <I>Kind regards</I>?Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.com