First I want to tell you all a bit about the story. There are no spoilers in this post, I promise. I wrote The Prefect specifically for a creative writing course that I took last year with Earl Lovelace. I read it in class and was given the following advice, the beginning was too wordy so I changed it from, "This is how it all began. I bet you thought I was gonna say something maudlin like this is how I died, yeah, no, before you jump to conclusions, let me assure you this is not that type of story. But what does happen is that become so corrupt you may mistake me for a Politician, but I am not. Although, it is strange how this one little change in my life turned me a once innocent and pure individual into a dark villainous character." To "In the recounting of this tale you may mistake me for a Politician on account of how corrupt I become, but I am not! Although, it is strange..."
I was also told that each word should count and I must admit that was some pretty sound advice. All authors have to abide by certain word limits based on whatever piece of writing they are working on, be it a short story, a novel etc. Even the contest I am entering has a word limit on it, the story must be between 2000 and 5000 words.I think this might be a bit of a challenge for me but it's one I will meet head-on. Anyway without further ado here is the link to The Prefect. I hope you all enjoy it!
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_eKOq9mvv-GaEtqdTlicG9fa28
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