I'm Only the Trombone Player

Competion??? Maybe not Never More...

So after some very inciteful and helpful reviews I decided that I am not yet competition worthy.

Well rather, what I've decided is that right now I shouldn't attempt to produce under pressure, constrained by either time or word counts.

It would seem in doing so I short changed my characters, my stories and my readers. I rushed through proof reading my stories, missing OBVIOUS errors. Worse though, I rushed without developing the stories or characters to their full potential. That to me is the greater of the sins, something I would have harped on to the Nth. degree had one of my music students done it. Leaving material on the table is unforgivable. Mechanical errors are correctable, easily correctable, but not bringing an idea to it's full fruition, just for the sake of a deadline?

Nope, not ready for competition yet, too much to learn and explore. I have to equate this more to my music background, in writing I'm still that forth grader, struggling to make a sound, not yet ready for public consumption. Still dependent on my teacher(s) for guidance. Who are my teachers her on WdC? The people who take the time to read my efforts. The people who gave their time to review and criticize my stuff. Truly I appreciate everything everyone wrote and in my revisions I have tried to take your helpful words into account.

One "side affect", now I feel my stories are not "done", what were intended as very short stand alone stories may have become mere chapters. I re-read those chapters and think I might see a way to make improvements. BUT! Is that a bad thing?

Again I harken back to my musical education, in his glorious 5th. Symphony, you know DA DA DA Duuum Beethoven devoted several pages in his "notebook" to developing that simple 4 note motif, perfecting it before putting final pen to paper, working it over and over into the fabric of his opus.

So, Yeah, tweaking until I get it right isn't a bad thing.

Enjoy a bit of Beethoven! https://youtu.be/fOk8Tm815lE