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Triple Tracking Method - General Submission Sheet

Sub No# Date Name Publication Response Date Response

1 11-3-96 Cool story Joe Smith's Gazette 12-1-96 R

1 11-7-96 Sexy poem The Poem Thing 11-17-96 PR

2 11-18-96 Sexy poem The Sensual Reader 12-23-96 *P

1 11-25-96 Scary story Horror in Motion 3-5-97 NR

2 12-25-96 Cool story Bent Metal Fiction 12-25-96 RW

3 1-14-97 Cool story Bent Metal Fiction 1-17-97 RW

4 1-21-97 Cool story Bent Metal Fiction 2-5-97 *P

1 2-3-97 Bird story Bird Stories Unlimited

2 3-6-97 Scary story The Horror Factory 3-26-97 *P

From this fictional writer's general submission sheet you can follow the progress.

The first story, cool story, was rejected by Joe Smith's Gazette on 12-1-96.
The second story, sexy poem, was rejected with comments (PR=Personal Rejection) by The Poem Thing on 11-17-96.
Sexy poem was sent out again, Sub No#2 to The Sensual Reader and accepted 12-23-96.
A third story, Scary story was sent to Horror in Motion, but the writer never heard back from them (NR=No Response).
Cool story, was sent out again, this time to Bent Metal Fiction, and the writer was asked to rewrite or edit Cool story by them.
After three revisions Cool story was finally accepted by Bent Metal Fiction.
Bird story was sent to Bird Stories Unlimited but they have not responded yet.
After giving up on Horror in Motion, the writer sent Scary story out to The Horror Factory where it was published!

This should give you a better idea of the process. You can see that it can be complicated, but imagine if you were not even keeping track. Also, with simultaneous submissions tracking is even more essential.

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