tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506162355081704816.post8146074904463778195..comments2024-03-26T13:13:52.525-04:00Comments on Six Questions For . . .: Six Questions for Dan Hankner, Editor-in-chief, Story UnlikelyJim Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467182228068339233noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506162355081704816.post-88144565940971111732023-08-23T13:45:29.174-04:002023-08-23T13:45:29.174-04:00Dear Dan and Other Editorial Staff, Part of being ...Dear Dan and Other Editorial Staff, Part of being a writer is finding your own voice/style. And as we writers know, connecting with an editor in part is about whether your writing style is on an approximation of an editor's wavelength. That said, whatever writing style best matches that of an editor determines a better statistical chance of placing that writing with that editor's magazine. My writing is more along the lines of "direct", without overly flowery descriptions that for me as a reader tend to bog me down. Two examples that resonate with my overall style so far are War Dog and Dan's delightful toilet ditty (how can you consider it "misspent youth" as long as you're on the can)? The writing in War Dog is very well written, and he handled the military aspect of his story delicately (given his own b/g in the military) without overburdening readers with too much detail or tech specific to his expertise. My being a retired geologist, but occasionally infusing snippets of that into some stories I write, is carefully thought out so that I don't lose the reader in a "too sciency" approach. Job well done on War Dog all round.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com