Ah, the "tell me what you revised" touch is lovely. On a related note, once pulled a story from Submittable (with permission) due to a wonky first paragraph and a plot-canceling last sentence. Fixed both, resubmitted with a note, and, alas, three weeks later, rejection came knocking. Well, at least not because of the first paragraph, maybe. https://templeofboom1.gitlab.io/
Ahhh, the "tell me what you revised" bit is nice. Semi-related: I once yanked a story out of Submissible (the magazine's submission page said this was permissible, if you emailed to ask first) because after two months I realized its first paragraph was terribly contrived and its last paragraph included a sentence that accidentally canceled the whole plot. I was able to fix both problems and mention in the resubmitted cover letter that these were the only changes. It was a huge relief, and reader, it was only three weeks later that this story was rejected anyway. But at least not because of the first paragraph! Maybe.
Ah, the "tell me what you revised" touch is lovely. On a related note, once pulled a story from Submittable (with permission) due to a wonky first paragraph and a plot-canceling last sentence. Fixed both, resubmitted with a note, and, alas, three weeks later, rejection came knocking. Well, at least not because of the first paragraph, maybe. https://templeofboom1.gitlab.io/
Ahhh, the "tell me what you revised" bit is nice. Semi-related: I once yanked a story out of Submissible (the magazine's submission page said this was permissible, if you emailed to ask first) because after two months I realized its first paragraph was terribly contrived and its last paragraph included a sentence that accidentally canceled the whole plot. I was able to fix both problems and mention in the resubmitted cover letter that these were the only changes. It was a huge relief, and reader, it was only three weeks later that this story was rejected anyway. But at least not because of the first paragraph! Maybe.
Thanks, I needed that!