October Recap

Plus a chance to share your Halloween themed fiction!

Greetings Fictionistas!

Thanks to all who helped make October such an active month for our community. In case you’re newly subscribed or weren’t able to keep up with all things Fictionistas over the past few weeks, here’s your friendly neighborhood recap.

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Our Distinguished Guests

We were thrilled to publish two guest posts this month. The first from

Sue Mann

who tackled the contentious question:

“Why do people get so hot under the collar about first person present tense?” 

The comment section nearly imploded on this one. It’s worth a look, particularly if you harbor a strong (or even a mild) opinion about the use of first person present POV in fiction.

Thou Shalt Not Write in First Person Present Tense... Or Shall You?

Our second guest post came from

Kerry Jane

, who offered some thoughts on the potentially harmful effects of comparing our work, our process, and our progress to others.

Authenticity

Thanks to both of these writers for sharing their work with us!

If you have something illuminating / relevant / instructive that you’d like to share with the Fictionistas community, you can submit it here.

A friendly reminder about guest posts: In addition to being illuminating / relevant / instructive, all submissions should also be fully edited and formatted (including images) the way you’d like them to be published. You can create them in a shareable Substack draft post, or you are also welcome to share a post you’ve previously published on your own Substack.

If you have questions about the guest post process, you can DM

J.E. Petersen

. He’s a delight. 🙂

“Murder We Wrote”

October's Let's Write Together

The prompt party hosting duo of

Nicole Rivera

and

Jackie Dana

offered another fantastic story prompt this month. Check out the above post for inspiration. And don’t forget to share your prompted work in the Flashy Fiction Thread. You have until 11:59pm ET to contribute to this month’s link roundup of fresh flash fiction.

New to the Prompt Party scene? Here’s an intro post to get you acquainted with the process.

September 2024 The Great Substack Prompt Celebration

Coming up …

More Prompt Parties, more guest posts, more Chat, plus …

Daylight Savings Time (for those who celebrate) ends Sunday, November 3rd! That means we get one extra hour to write that day!

And in honor of Halloween (for those who celebrate), and because these recap posts don’t generate a lot of discussion in the comments, feel free to drop a link to your favorite spooky piece of fiction on Substack. It can be something you wrote, or something you read elsewhere and enjoyed. Please include content/trigger warnings where applicable! Thank you! 🎃

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That wraps this month’s monthly wrap-up! Thank you for supporting Fictionistas!