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005: Why feedback is the secret to improving your writing
In this week’s episode, we discuss different ways that you can use feedback – both from Firewords and other sources – to improve your writing on a continual basis. We also have three suggestions on where you can find this elusive feedback. A lot of people treat writing as a solitary activity, but putting your…
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004: Building a writing habit
Why is writing consistently so damn hard? Sometimes it feels like life is constantly trying to interfere with getting words on the page. In this episode, we outline of our own creative writing routine and show we are normal human beings; we struggle with building writing habits too. We do have some tips and techniques…
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003: Writing effectively for a set theme or prompt
In episode 003 of the Firewords podcast we discuss the different ways of writing for a theme, either figuratively or literally and how it is possible to write to a theme effectively AND keep your unique writing voice. We start out by reiterating that the theme we set for each issue is optional but discuss…
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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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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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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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Literary Christmas Gift Guide
Readers and writers are notorious for being difficult to buy for, which is why we’ve put together this gift guide to help you out. Let’s be honest, this could also make a perfect personal wish list. It’s been a long year and you definitely deserve a literary treat…
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Meet our talented Issue 6 contributors
Take a look at all these lovely faces! We have just updated our people page where you can find out more about our Issue 6 contributors and their work. Want to join them and contribute to the next issue? Submissions open soon!
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Firewords 2015 Survey
Have an opinion? Of course you do! We would love to hear your thoughts about our magazine. If you own a copy or have ever submitted writing (or both!), have your say and shape the future of Firewords in our survey. Every participant will receive a complimentary digital copy of the magazine as a thanks…
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Firewords 2015 Survey
Have an opinion? Of course you do! We would love to hear your thoughts about our magazine. If you own a copy or have ever submitted writing (or both!), have your say and shape the future of Firewords in our survey. Every participant will receive a complimentary digital copy of the magazine as a thanks…