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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
I think it is scary to participate in a writing contest. Yes, it might be an excuse to have more editing and polishing done. But to a lot of writers I can imagine it is fear. And I’m one of them.
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It’s a good way to toughen up, as well as improve the writing skills Aurora 🙂
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Oh – I know… *sigh* This doesn’t mean I’m less scared. I participated in three short story writing contests. (very small ones…) And I won two of them. But they still scare the h… out of me. I should develop some guts, shouldn’t I?
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Guts need practice and time 😀
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Oh – now THAT’s a great sentence to quote, Chris! *grin* I’ll keep that in mind. A good reason to develop them – and wait for another while. *chuckle* 😀
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Good article. I have only entered two competitions. Both times it cost me money (usually does unless it’s Amazon or Goodreads). I’m not saying I won’t enter in the future, but the truth is, I think my books still need a bit more work. I’ve seen what winners can produce and they are amazing, which is why they win. lol. Trouble is with my logic, I don’t think my books will ever be good enough, so eventually I’m going to have to trust the judgment of others. (This is a copy of my response on Shayna’s blog)
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