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Savannah Cordova is a writer with Reedsy, a digital marketplace that connects authors with the best resources and professionals to help them self-publish. Savannah works on the Reedsy blog and helps judge the weekly Reedsy short story contest, which means she has read thousands of short stories for nearly 100 contests. Here’s her advice on how to make your story stand out. Despite its pithy …
[Read more...] about I Judge Short Stories: Here Are 5 Ways To Improve Your Chances
If you’re a young person in the modern workforce (or you know one) you’re likely familiar with job listings that target their salaries and responsibilities at recent graduates while asking for a decade or more of experience in the field. ‘How can I get experience if you won’t give me any experience?’ goes the job-hunter’s lament. For writers, the same frustration can apply; it can be incredibly …
[Read more...] about 8 Radical Writing Opportunities (That Pay)
To gaze upon the accomplishments of Caitlin Moran is to flirt with a jealously that may take a lifetime to fade. At various times awarded Columnist of the Year, Interviewer of the Year, Critic of the Year, Cultural Commentator of the Year, Writer of the Year, and Ultimate Writer of the Year, Moran has worked as a journalist, a broadcaster, and a successful writer of fiction (The Chronicles of …
[Read more...] about 7 Ways Caitlin Moran Can Help You Improve Your Writing
Hello authors, and welcome to the first article of our month-long National Novel Writing Month coverage. For those who don’t know, NaNoWriMo takes place over November and challenges authors to pen 50,000 words in thirty days. It’s caught on around the world, with a variety of resources now available for those taking part. There’s no doubting it’s a challenge, but it’s one authors are entirely …
[Read more...] about NaNoWriMo Week 1: How To Get Your First Draft Started
Rejection refines us. Those who fall prey to its enervating soul-sucking tentacles are doomed. Those who persist past it are survivors. Best ask yourself the question: what kind of writer are you? The kind who survives? Or the kind who gets asphyxiated by the tentacles of woe? – Chuck Wendig, ‘25 Things Writers Should Know about Rejection’ from Terrible Minds ‘The tentacles of woe’. Was there …
[Read more...] about How To Survive Having Your Writing Rejected
I’ve heard it said that there are two views of the world. For some, this is a world with a limited number of resources, and so people ought to always be in competition with one another. Others see a world of limitless possibilities, and so they reach out to others in cooperation and collaboration. Which world do you live in? I trust you have good reasons for your beliefs, but today I’m going to …
[Read more...] about A Little Jealousy Never Hurt Anyone, Right?
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