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<blockquote data-quote="arwink" data-source="post: 1633687" data-attributes="member: 2292">Yes.I vaguely remember making comments to that affect while judging. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />My suggestion would be to start with the older stories, and take the time to re-read them again now that you've had the time away from them.&nbsp; Read the judges suggestions again, then re-write and edit without the time limit.&nbsp; Give it a day or so while you work on something else, then repeat.Once you've got that done, look for comments again.&nbsp; It would depend on the story, and how long you'd like the serial to run.&nbsp; Serials are trickier than short stories in a lot of ways, because you need to maintain the tension and keep the reader interested from week to week.&nbsp; To look at the most basic elements.&nbsp; I'd suggest looking at Dickens and paying particular attention to the way he's putting together stories - the reason his novels are so long and unweildy is because they were originally serialized.&nbsp; Or watch an episode of a soap opera and ask yourself how they try to maintain tension between scenes.PM me if you want my e-mail - I'm happy to give things a read through and make some comments once you've picked the story you want to submit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arwink, post: 1633687, member: 2292"] Yes. I vaguely remember making comments to that affect while judging. :) My suggestion would be to start with the older stories, and take the time to re-read them again now that you've had the time away from them. Read the judges suggestions again, then re-write and edit without the time limit. Give it a day or so while you work on something else, then repeat. Once you've got that done, look for comments again. It would depend on the story, and how long you'd like the serial to run. Serials are trickier than short stories in a lot of ways, because you need to maintain the tension and keep the reader interested from week to week. To look at the most basic elements. I'd suggest looking at Dickens and paying particular attention to the way he's putting together stories - the reason his novels are so long and unweildy is because they were originally serialized. Or watch an episode of a soap opera and ask yourself how they try to maintain tension between scenes. PM me if you want my e-mail - I'm happy to give things a read through and make some comments once you've picked the story you want to submit. [/QUOTE]

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