About the writers' workshop from personal perspective

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I got some useful critique. But the main points I would need to address to make my story better are nearly impossible to implement due to their paradoxical nature. As I said before, I chopped my story down from almost 8000 words to a little over 5000 words. Naturally, a lot of action and dialogue was cut out. So what was the main advice I got from

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haha, Leslie!

That's a great picture of him -- looks like he was in top form.

I first saw him around 1996 -- I was on a Cap Metro or Dillo bus at the corner of Congress & 6th in front of the largest handmade, hand written sign I'd ever seen -- it was on cardboard, about 4 feet wide/6 feet tall and it had a whole screed about how the police in Austin unfairly arrest people (him) and take all their (his) stuff.

I probably see him 4 or 5 times a year, but that's because I drive from S. Austin through downtown to UT, all which seem to be his stomping grounds.

And interesting critiques you got on your story -- expand it and cut it down -- uh, sounds like an idea. (Is there a market somewhere for 8000 word stories, or is 5000 much easier to sell?)

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> Is there a market somewhere for 8000 word stories, or is 5000 much
> easier to sell?

In theory at least, there are markets for that; but the prevailing opinion is that it is near impossible for an unpublished author to sell a long story. For a no-name author, the shorter a story, the better chances to sell it.

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Jo... Na ir pasiūlymai, kaip pagerint apsakymą :) Su knyga tiems 'geranoriams' per galvas, ir baigtas kriukis :D
Truputį nesuprantu, kodėl tau taip reikia suminimaizinti apsakymą iki tų mistiškų 5000 žodžių. Tik tokios apimties priima žurnalai?

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Priima ir didesnės, bet daugiausia tik iš gerai žinomų rašytojų. Labai nedaug šansų, kad žurnalas priims ilgą apsakymą iš pradedančio rašytojo.