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018: The Editing Process
Writing is only a tiny part of the battle – editing is where the true magic happens, but it can be hard to maintain the motivation to keep refining once the first draft is done. In today’s episode we discuss this process and why it can be such a challenge. We also share our way…
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Bonus Story Episode: The Wasp and the Willow
It’s been a little while since we had a new episode of the podcast because we’ve been busy getting Issue 10 finished. To bridge the gap between episodes we thought it’d be fun to share the audiobook recording of a story from a previous issue. We’ll be back with a real episode soon, so sit…
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016: Answering your questions
This episode is a little different because we answer some listener questions. We received some great #AskAnEditor questions and had fun trying our best to answer them. What do we wish submitters would stop doing? Would we recommend starting your own literary magazine? What themes do we receive too often in submissions? How can writers…
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016: Answering your questions
This episode is a little different because we answer some listener questions. We received some great #AskAnEditor questions and had fun trying our best to answer them. What do we wish submitters would stop doing? Would we recommend starting your own literary magazine? What themes do we receive too often in submissions? How can writers…
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014: Unexpected Perspectives
In this episode, we explore the idea of perspectives in writing and how they can make or break a story. We also have some excellent examples for you from Firewords 9!
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What makes characters great?
Our last article looked at common mistakes with characters, but now we look at what writers are already doing particularly well and celebrate the worlds they have been able to create thanks to great characterisation. We will use our latest issue, Firewords9, to illustrate this and give real examples of great character development.As always, good…
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Let’s meet three characters to avoid
Good characters really pop off the page, even when a story is driven more by plot and action. This can be achieved in a variety of ways (some of which we will look at in the next article) but sometimes writers struggle. Reflecting on the submissions received for Firewords 9, it is clear to see…
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Let’s meet three characters to avoid
Good characters really pop off the page, even when a story is driven more by plot and action. This can be achieved in a variety of ways (some of which we will look at in the next article) but sometimes writers struggle. Reflecting on the submissions received for Firewords 9, it is clear to see…
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013: Poetry that moves us
The first podcast of 2018 focuses on poetry and how we believe you can get a true emotional reaction from your reader. We don’t take an analytical look at poetic techniques, but rather step back to consider how writing should be approached in the first place. This is an area in which there are no…
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Making New Year’s writing resolutions (and actually doing them)
What is it about the start of a new year that makes us want to change something about our lives? New Year’s resolutions are a great way of becoming motivated to make a positive change, but they are also renowned for being difficult to keep – according to U.S News, 80% of resolutions fail by…