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"First prize $500. Second prize $200. The other 14 selected stories each receive a $100 honorarium."
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Only a few days left. #PayingMarket. No #submission fee.
"First prize $500. Second prize $200. The other 14 selected stories each receive a $100 honorarium."
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"A poll in …, Mslexia, a publication for women by women, revealed that the vast majority of women writers do not submit work for publication due to fear – fear of rejection, or fear that their work is not good enough."
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"… before you tell anybody that you have written a book … come up with a one-sentence summary of your book that will hook them."
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"Here are 50 themed submissions calls and contests/grants/fellowships for fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Some outlets are open for more than one call."
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"A Go Into The Story eBook … and it's free! … If you are interested in screenwriting, this eBook is an indispensable resource …"
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"Some writers mistakenly believe that polishing each piece before drafting the next will save time and editing energy. New writers, especially can feel insecure about their editing skills, and it adds to the hesitancy …"
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"Writer burnout doesn’t respond to rest. Learn what really causes it and the research-backed habits that help you recover for good."
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"Want to know why some manuscripts get read while others get rejected before the first page? It’s not always about the story (though that matters!)"
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»… lack of nuance is perhaps the greatest flaw of social media algorithms. “You watched this video of corgis racing, huh? Well, here are twenty more corgi videos, and a few Dachshund videos, too, because …”«
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"Speculative fiction offers YA writers something that realistic fiction cannot: the freedom to craft worlds with fantastic, supernatural, or technologically or scientifically enhanced elements …"
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"… awards are actively interested in new authors' voices, and often have categories … dedicated specifically to shine a light on debut works."
Most awards require cash up front. Research them before submitting your work!
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"The villain provides the inciting incident that starts the story rolling. They kick over the first domino in the long string of complications the hero must face and overcome."
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"Why is it so hard to start writing? I sit down to write, and numerous things run through my mind—none related to writing."
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"These strips from 1979 have always made me wonder what Sparky was reading or thinking when he created them."
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@kathyswriter.bsky.social"Making other people’s judgements of your work your compass will paint you into a corner. … The real skill isn’t in simply absorbing notes when others are giving feedback. It’s understanding those notes AND knowing what to do next."
@kathyswriter.bsky.social"Variety and unpredictability keep readers guessing, and the more they guess, the more desperate their need to know the answers will be. Characters kept in the dark can help us achieve this in our stories."
@kathyswriter.bsky.social"A great way to analyze screenplay structure is by studying a script’s scene-by-scene breakdown. … Here are links to 128 articles which include downloadable PDFs of each breakdown."