Editing 'The Ploughman's Second Tale'

The Ploughman

I've finally finished The Ploughman's Second Tale. It took substantially longer than I thought (four months instead of one), and the story itself ended up substantially longer than I expected (8,000 words instead of 5,000).

I get the feeling that there are a couple of places I can prune the story down, and will have to run it past a trusted reader.

I've edited the finished item twice, but will probably have to let it cool a while then give it the final once over.

Strangely enough, last weekend I adapted a story idea into an abridged 'Lost' Canterbury Tale, and discovered it won't have to be lengthened that much before it's a viable Tale. What amazes me is that one Tale can take four months to write, while another can be completed in just four days.

Anyhow, more on The Manciple's Second Tale next week.

Below are links to my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment, my most recent Global Short Story Competition winner, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:

http://chaucers-uncle.weebly.com/index.html

http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness

http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments

Happy writing!

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