Tag: writing process
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Looking for a Few Good Revision Tips?
Today’s blog post is brought to you by our Assistant Editor, Joshua Colwell. You’ve just written a poem. It might be the best poem you’ve ever written. It has imagery, voice, theme, all the right line breaks. You might think you don’t need to revise, but here are some tips on what to do before…
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Graduate From Unpublished to Published Poet
One of the hardest jobs an editor has to do is say no to the majority of submissions that cross their desk. Yes, that’s right: the majority. There are a lot of reasons for this, many of which we include in our responses to hopeful poets whose work we decline: poem is not in a…
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This is the End, My Friend
This is the End, My Friend: How to not get a poem rejection I realize poets don’t get much feedback on their rejections. I wanted to address some common problems we see that can get your poem rejected from our slush. The biggest thing we are seeing is an ending that just falls flat. The…
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Revision
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…
