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Ten Brilliant Poets Discuss Their Writing Philosophies, Recommend Stellar Poems and Offer Tips On How Best To Handle Rejections
Poetry, lubricant for the soul the soul of prose I suppose, sparse, shut-up, scope-charged, pause-patterned sometimes flamboyantly confusing like [dead] body language. Poetry, unabashedly itself. We have pitched our tents with ten sterling poets. They will tell us why they write poetry, the poets they always return to, three poets they will recommend to […]
How to Get Blog Post Ideas That Inspire People
Being a content creator can be difficult, the expectation to generate original ideas can be so daunting and exhausting. Whether you are a YouTuber, an Instagram influencer, a blogger or even just a writer for an digital marketing agency, creating content can be very challenging. Given the competition in the industry, it can cause fatigue […]
Boston Review’s 2019 Aura Estrada Short Story and Annual Poetry Contest—Apply (Award: $500 + Publication)
Ever dreamed of winning the Aura Estrada short story prize and/or the Boston Review Annual Poetry prize? Great! I’ve got good news for you. Both prizes are currently open until the 20th of June 2019. What’s more? There is no entry fee for writers who live outside the US, Canada and Western Europe. Isn’t that […]
Writing Tips: How To Get Your Characters To Pause Effectively
rAs a writer, do you know how to get your characters to pause in your work? The use of the word ‘pause’ elicits a fingernails-on-a-chalkboard response from me. Why would such an innocent word spur such a visceral response? Because people never pause. A pause indicates to me that a character freezes in place. Read: […]
How To Write A Short Author’s Bio: The Do’s and Don’ts of Introducing Yourself
Once, I heard someone reading a writer’s bio aloud. It began with “unpublished novelist.” The person stopped to make space for laughter, for himself and the audience. I remember a few people laughing. It occurred to me to join them, but I was moved towards curiosity instead. What did this writer mean? There was a […]
Writing Advice From The Founder of The Novelry, Man Booker Longlisted Author Louise Dean
‘Hello, It’s Ben from Simon & Schuster. Well, as you probably know I love your book and we’d like to be your publisher.’ That’s the phone call every writer hopes to get. Here are the 20 things I did to get that phone call, and then I’m going to give you the 5 things you […]
Content Creation At Its Finest: The Ultimate Guide For Every Writer
A decade ago, only a few people were aware of the true significance of content creation. Web content was used to address the basics of a certain product. The marketers were oblivious to the power of conceptualization. They never considered the need to educate customers let alone attracting buyers. With the wave of modernization, industries […]