http://www.jonathanpinnock.com/wiki_dotdash/index.php?title=How_I_Became_a_New_Man_and_What_Good_It_Did_Me&feed=atom&action=historyHow I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me - Revision history2024-03-28T18:12:39ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.32.1http://www.jonathanpinnock.com/wiki_dotdash/index.php?title=How_I_Became_a_New_Man_and_What_Good_It_Did_Me&diff=311&oldid=prevJonathan: /* Placings */2014-06-19T23:28:00Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Placings</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After a long series of rejections and continual minor tweaks, I finally changed the title to '''How I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me''' and was immediately rewarded with a shortlisting in the Spring 2010 ''[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[</del>JBWB Short Story Competition<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</del>]''.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After a long series of rejections and continual minor tweaks, I finally changed the title to '''How I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me''' and was immediately rewarded with a shortlisting in the Spring 2010 ''[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http://www.jbwb.co.uk </ins>JBWB Short Story Competition]''.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jonathanhttp://www.jonathanpinnock.com/wiki_dotdash/index.php?title=How_I_Became_a_New_Man_and_What_Good_It_Did_Me&diff=310&oldid=prevJonathan: /* Inspiration */2014-06-19T23:27:32Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Inspiration</span></span></p>
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</table>Jonathanhttp://www.jonathanpinnock.com/wiki_dotdash/index.php?title=How_I_Became_a_New_Man_and_What_Good_It_Did_Me&diff=309&oldid=prevJonathan: /* Publications */2014-06-19T23:27:11Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Publications</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''How I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me''' was translated into German as ''Wie ich ein neuer Mann wurde und was es mir gebracht hat'' in Issue Two of ''[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[</del>Wortmosaik<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</del>]'', which came out in June 2012. This is the only story of mine to date that has been translated into another language.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''How I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me''' was translated into German as ''Wie ich ein neuer Mann wurde und was es mir gebracht hat'' in Issue Two of ''[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http://wortmosaik.jimdo.com </ins>Wortmosaik]'', which came out in June 2012. This is the only story of mine to date that has been translated into another language.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing I learnt from this story was the need for a decent title. While ''A New Man'' accurately describes the story - indeed in both senses of the phrase - it doesn't come close to drawing the reader in.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing I learnt from this story was the need for a decent title. While ''A New Man'' accurately describes the story - indeed in both senses of the phrase - it doesn't come close to drawing the reader in.</div></td></tr>
</table>Jonathanhttp://www.jonathanpinnock.com/wiki_dotdash/index.php?title=How_I_Became_a_New_Man_and_What_Good_It_Did_Me&diff=308&oldid=prevJonathan: /* Inspiration */2014-06-19T23:26:39Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Inspiration</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''How I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me''' was originally written for the ''[[Verulam Writers' Circle]]'' ''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>President's Competition<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>'', where the prompt was to write a story inspired a piece of music. Under its original name of ''Re-Make / Re-Model'' (yes, it ''was'' inspired by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Make/Re-Model Roxy Music]), it was, quite reasonably, passed over by Nick Cook, the judge. This was almost certainly because it was a really terrible story, full of shoe-horned Roxy Music references (even if I'm still quite proud of the pseudonym I used, ''Roxie Mucus'').</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''How I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me''' was originally written for the ''[[Verulam Writers' Circle]]'' ''President's Competition'', where the prompt was to write a story inspired a piece of music. Under its original name of ''Re-Make / Re-Model'' (yes, it ''was'' inspired by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Make/Re-Model Roxy Music]), it was, quite reasonably, passed over by Nick Cook, the judge. This was almost certainly because it was a really terrible story, full of shoe-horned Roxy Music references (even if I'm still quite proud of the pseudonym I used, ''Roxie Mucus'').</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It did, however, contain the bare bones of a half-decent idea, which I went on to re-use for Task Seven of the 2007-8 ''[[SlingInk Eurofiction Competition]]''. The prompt used was "Write a story set in a beauty salon". Under its next title of ''A New Man'', it was placed 20th equal out of a total field of 57. The (unnamed) judge commented that "as a story it's enjoyable and humourous, and the post-modernist gender-stereotyping messages in there are insightful."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It did, however, contain the bare bones of a half-decent idea, which I went on to re-use for Task Seven of the 2007-8 ''[[SlingInk Eurofiction Competition]]''. The prompt used was "Write a story set in a beauty salon". Under its next title of ''A New Man'', it was placed 20th equal out of a total field of 57. The (unnamed) judge commented that "as a story it's enjoyable and humourous, and the post-modernist gender-stereotyping messages in there are insightful."</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After a long series of rejections and continual minor tweaks, I finally changed the title to '''How I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me''' and was immediately rewarded with a shortlisting in the Spring 2010 ''[[JBWB Short Story Competition]]''.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After a long series of rejections and continual minor tweaks, I finally changed the title to '''How I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me''' and was immediately rewarded with a shortlisting in the Spring 2010 ''[[JBWB Short Story Competition]]''.</div></td></tr>
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'''How I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me''' was originally written for the ''[[Verulam Writers' Circle]]'''s ''[[President's Competition]]'', where the prompt was to write a story inspired a piece of music. Under its original name of ''Re-Make / Re-Model'' (yes, it ''was'' inspired by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Make/Re-Model Roxy Music]), it was, quite reasonably, passed over by Nick Cook, the judge. This was almost certainly because it was a really terrible story, full of shoe-horned Roxy Music references (even if I'm still quite proud of the pseudonym I used, ''Roxie Mucus'').<br />
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It did, however, contain the bare bones of a half-decent idea, which I went on to re-use for Task Seven of the 2007-8 ''[[SlingInk Eurofiction Competition]]''. The prompt used was "Write a story set in a beauty salon". Under its next title of ''A New Man'', it was placed 20th equal out of a total field of 57. The (unnamed) judge commented that "as a story it's enjoyable and humourous, and the post-modernist gender-stereotyping messages in there are insightful."<br />
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===Placings===<br />
After a long series of rejections and continual minor tweaks, I finally changed the title to '''How I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me''' and was immediately rewarded with a shortlisting in the Spring 2010 ''[[JBWB Short Story Competition]]''.</div>Jonathan