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Crafting the perfect story – Part 1: The beginning
This is the first of a series of articles in which we split the short story form into 3 parts: the beginning, the middle and the end. Each is important to get right in order to grab your reader’s attention, keep them entertained and make the whole thing worth their while. No pressure then!We’re starting…
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Crafting the perfect story – Part 1: The beginning
This is the first of a series of articles in which we split the short story form into 3 parts: the beginning, the middle and the end. Each is important to get right in order to grab your reader’s attention, keep them entertained and make the whole thing worth their while. No pressure then!We’re starting…
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002: Submitting your writing
In this episode, we take a look at the process of submitting your work to literary magazines. We received almost 900 pieces in our last call for submissions and have noticed some points that keep cropping up. Some of our tips may help you streamline your process and succeed in getting published. We also answer…
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Tighten your writing with active voice
‘Write with an active voice’ is advice that is often doled out, but what does it mean? Even if you know this already, brushing up on the basics is never a bad thing.Most verbs, or at least those that are related to something or someone (known as transitive verbs), have both an active and passive…
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Tighten your writing with active voice
‘Write with an active voice’ is advice that is often doled out, but what does it mean? Even if you know this already, brushing up on the basics is never a bad thing.Most verbs, or at least those that are related to something or someone (known as transitive verbs), have both an active and passive…
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001: An introduction to Firewords
This first episode is a brief introduction to who we are, how the Firewords project came about all those years ago and our plans for this new creative writing podcast. In future episodes we’ll be discussing a whole range of topics about writing and getting your work published.
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Simultaneous submissions: An editor’s perspective
This week’s article is going to come with a mainly editorial, rather than writer’s, hat on. It’s important to know that we expect some short stories to be submitted to other publications as well as to Firewords. We don’t think it’s right for a journal to demand any kind of exclusivity before they have even…
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Simultaneous submissions: An editor’s perspective
This week’s article is going to come with a mainly editorial, rather than writer’s, hat on. It’s important to know that we expect some short stories to be submitted to other publications as well as to Firewords. We don’t think it’s right for a journal to demand any kind of exclusivity before they have even…
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3 tips to kickstart your daily writing habit
1. Start smallWhen motivation is high, it’s easy to jump in feet first and commit to more than you can realistically achieve. It’s a vicious cycle because when you fail, you lose the motivation and beat yourself up. I would recommend starting with a manageable target like 7 days of daily writing.7 days may not…
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3 tips to kickstart your daily writing habit
1. Start smallWhen motivation is high, it’s easy to jump in feet first and commit to more than you can realistically achieve. It’s a vicious cycle because when you fail, you lose the motivation and beat yourself up. I would recommend starting with a manageable target like 7 days of daily writing.7 days may not…