@disgruntledpeony My husband doesn't understand saving numbered versions, but thats what I do. I hadn't thought of screen play format, but I have found myself writing plain dialog and going back to fill in. Thank you for describing.
Small steps add up to miles.
V38: R, R, HM, HM
V39: RWC, HM, HM, SHM
V40 : HM, RWC, R, HM
V41 : RWC, P
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" Coming in Jun '24 in Love is Complicated LUV Romance Anthology.
@craydimensional I’m always keeping numbered drafts. I’ve had a few times when I deleted something in the editing process, then realized that I wanted it back. Those old drafts saved my bacon!
Death and the Taxman, my WotF V39 winning story is now a novel! (Click Here >).
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New Releases:
"Milo Piper's Breakout Single that Ended the Rat War" in LTUE's Troubadours and Space Princesses anthology
"Felix and the Flamingo" in Escape Pod
"The Ghosts of Hart's Gambit" in Renaissance Press's There's No Place anthology
"The Devil's Foot Locker" in Amazing Stories