*Sigh*
Clearly there is no point submitting this story to any SF venue if my plot is #5 (on a list of 51) SF cliches.
There is nothing for it but to throw it out. . . to CanLit markets. (Well, might be new idea to their editors!)
Writing advice and commentary from the editors at Essential Edits / SFeditor.ca
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Story Cliches
I was considering submitting a story to Strange Horizons Magazine and happened upon this list of "Stories We've Seen Too Often" attached to their "Guidelines" page. I was laughing heartily at the hopeless hackneyed ideas of these unsophisticated and unimaginative beginners. . . when I realized that the story I intended to submit was #5 on the list.
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