These days, it seems everyone—from professional writers to that guy in the coffee shop—is submitting short stories to literary journals. How do you give your short story every possible advantage so that it grabs an editor’s attention? First and foremost, your...
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Short Prose Genres: Defining Essay, Short Story, Commentary, Memoir, and Mixed Genre
What is a short story, personal essay, memoir, commentary, mixed genre piece, and do you know the difference between them? Learn how to identify the right genre of your short prose in order to get published.
Featured Client: Jens Birk
Please give a warm welcome to our Featured Client, Jens Birk! Jens has the ability to capture his audience’s attention and pull them into his world—a skill that is enviable among writers. After the opening paragraph of any story, the reader can’t help but feel that he...
Mail Call: Is it Okay To Reuse Phrases From Your Own Work?
We recently received an interesting question sent by a reader to our general inbox: Dear Writer’s Relief, Is it okay to use the same phrases or lines of mine in different things that I’m writing? Is that legal if the works get published? The Big-Picture Answer:...
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