Submission Word Limits for Literary Journals
A list of literary magazines that accept longer prose pieces, 3k words to 20k. Find a reputable lit journal where you can submit your longform work!
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A list of literary magazines that accept longer prose pieces, 3k words to 20k. Find a reputable lit journal where you can submit your longform work!
Unique Approach To Story Writing In Robert Olen Butler’s From Where You Dream, the author explains his unique approach to writing a story. The foundational technique Butler promotes is the act of dreamstorming. “Think about how you go to sleep,” he says. “You lie down and all that garbage just turns off. Suddenly an image […]
Having never read Faulkner before now (I know, sacrilege for a southern writer), I began with his “most accessible work”, Light in August. At just over 500 pages, the novel was dense and the writing often obtuse, difficult to follow, and overly embellished. There was, however, something compelling about the story and its characters that […]
I saw Jill McCorkle give a reading a couple of years ago and have been wanting to read her most recent novel, Life After Life, ever since. She is a dynamic speaker full of energy and verve for southern stories especially. She is originally from North Carolina, and has taught for many years in the […]
It seems that in every creative writing class I take, Eudora Welty’s name is invoked. The woman had a lot to say about writing. A quick search on the internet will give you hundreds of thousands of hits of her advice despite the fact that she died over 15 years ago. She is, without a […]
Read my last mini-essay here. The Collection as Form This seminar by Kathryn Rhett, instructor at Queens University of Charlotte, explored the works of three different authors and genres. In poetry, we read The Well Speaks of its Own Poison by Maggie Smith; in fiction, Adam Johnson’s Fortune Smiles, and in nonfiction, The Braindead Megaphone […]
MFA ESSAYS Now that I am a MFA student in Creative Writing (Fiction) at Queens University, I am required to write a few short comparative literature essays about the books we read and the seminars we attended. I figured, might as well post these essays here, too, right? My first essay is about the Treatment […]
On my quest to find interesting writing prompts, I came across CreativeWritingPrompts.com (a not-so-creative url). Prompt #95: “List 31 simple pleasures. Every day for four weeks, write about one simple pleasure for five minutes” I love this prompt. So much so that I’m going to try to complete their challenge. Except I’ll probably spend longer […]
That’s me, isn’t it? People who don’t write don’t get it. They often assume that the stories I write — the stories all writers write — are taken entirely from real life. That our characters are just people we’ve met transcribed to paper under the guise of another name and a different hair color. I’ve […]
Ok kiddos, it’s time for another writing exercise [cheering] This is a new one that I’ve only just come up with (like maybe just a minute ago), so I’m not sure how well it will work. Feel free to leave a comment and tell me it’s terrible. It’ll help build my thick writer’s skin. Yep. […]