Recently, I have been making it a point to write drabbles or flash/short fiction. Though I am in the process of writing two novels and that I do have a limited amount of time to write, writing these short pieces is not counter productive.
Allow me to explain.
There are a few websites that are willing to publish fiction pieces that people have written. However, their mandatory word counts range from 100 words to 7,500 words. This wouldn’t be a problem if I had a bunch of short fictions pieces lying around. But that is not the case. Therefore, I am taking out some time to write short pieces that meet these word counts so that I can submit my story and get it published. Oh, did I mention that you do get paid for your story should it get published? I didn’t mention that yet? Oh well, now you know.
Taking the time out to write drabble that could possibly make it into a magazine and then get paid once it has been publish is not counterproductive in my eyes. If anything, I think it can be counted as a little investment. You get some recognition and are getting paid for it. That’s worth it to me. Of course, this is my unprofessional opinion.
If you would like to submit a short piece in hopes of getting it published and getting some money in your pocket for it, I have put the link to an article that lists several sites that accept submissions below.
Hopefully, you will find the article as helpful as I did.
By the way, if you can’t submit a story, try writing some drabbles. Writing drabbles will push your creativity in such a way that it will make you a better, more expendable writer. Even I am doing this to challenge myself into creating short yet powerful stories in order to better my writing ability. After all, there is never a time where we can’t learn to do something.
‘Til next time, keep writing!
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