Category: writing process

  • HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR SUBMISSION GETS THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES

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    With one month to go in our current reading period, we’ve received 229 submissions. Of those submissions, we’ve already declined or withdrawn 148. There are 63 pieces in process right this minute, and that will change by the time this post goes live. Every reading period, we see some of the same trends, not all of…

  • Writing Narrative Poetry

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    Writing Narrative Poetry by Constance Brewer I am, by choice, a big fan of narrative poetry. I tend to write narrative poems more than any other type. What are they? Narrative poems are poems that tell stories. The Iliad was a series of long narrative poems strung together. Beowulf. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.…

  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Revision

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    So, you are overcome with the urge to pen a poem. You were inspired by the sunrise, sunset, your last date, the neighbor’s new puppy, the snow, footprints in the sand, a romantic movie, or [fill in your favorite inspiration here]. Words flow, flowery, full of adjectives and adverbs. Alternatively, that last political debate got…