Winfred take your flowers because you dey writeeee. This piece was definately from your heart and you said things that most of us don’t want to accept or admit. Thank you for sharing this with us
And so the mystery of why they didn't take the short story is solved at last! They wanted, I bet, either the interaction between Anthony and the author to be detailed, or the interaction between Jasmine and the author. The review committee probably said, "fine essay, but where is the story?" In fact, you have at least four stories here, the two I mentioned, another one in which the mother tries to play matchmaker, and a fourth in which the author resolves to put all those aspirational maxims into effect, with either humorous or disastrous results--or both. They still should have taken it, but remember that the French painters of the late 19th Century that we all know are the ones that were rejected by the official Salon.
So now, write those stories! Post them on Substack. Eventually, publish a collection as a book. (Easy for me to say, not having your life, buy consider it, anyway.)
I’ll do my best and polish these short stories before the next applications and will encourage everyone to give me candid feedback in preparations. Thank you Jackson!
What a piece! Kept me glued to the end!
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Winfred take your flowers because you dey writeeee. This piece was definately from your heart and you said things that most of us don’t want to accept or admit. Thank you for sharing this with us
Thank you, Kyauta 💜
And so the mystery of why they didn't take the short story is solved at last! They wanted, I bet, either the interaction between Anthony and the author to be detailed, or the interaction between Jasmine and the author. The review committee probably said, "fine essay, but where is the story?" In fact, you have at least four stories here, the two I mentioned, another one in which the mother tries to play matchmaker, and a fourth in which the author resolves to put all those aspirational maxims into effect, with either humorous or disastrous results--or both. They still should have taken it, but remember that the French painters of the late 19th Century that we all know are the ones that were rejected by the official Salon.
I understand them. Reading the story again I understand them. And perhaps it is my flaw for always putting three stories in one.
So now, write those stories! Post them on Substack. Eventually, publish a collection as a book. (Easy for me to say, not having your life, buy consider it, anyway.)
I’ll do my best and polish these short stories before the next applications and will encourage everyone to give me candid feedback in preparations. Thank you Jackson!
Thisss
Thissss🥹🤍
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I needed to read this
I’m sharing this to my friends too
So that whenever these intruding thoughts climb to my head, we remember these words
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Winiiiiii
This piece is everything
I felt it so much
I felt it so much.
Thank you for sharing.
Don’t make me cry 🥹❣️
This… This… This is beautiful. You literally pulled the thoughts out of my head and penned them down😭🫂🤍
Thank you for this🫂🤍
Welcome always! 🙏🏽