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: Lists of Suggested Magazines to Submit To I recently began writing poetry again. I would like to look into submitting my poems to a magazine. Where can I find a list of literary magazines

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: Is there a Market for Poetry with a Fixed Verse Form I find that when I structure my poetry according to an accepted form such as a villanelle, sestina, or sonnet I am able to think more

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: How do I recover my confidence after a harsh writing group? Having majored in writing in my undergraduate studies, I spent lots of time getting critiques from my fellow students, some of whom

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: When is it a good time to move on to another project? I've seen it mentioned in software development the concept of Fail Early, Fail Often. Using failure as a learning process is important

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: What should be in a cover letter for short story submission to a magazine? It's been about five years since I last submitted any of my work for publication, and my memory of what I was taught

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: What should I do to promote my books? My publisher currently does a lot to advertise my books, but what can I do to help spread the word? ETA: Here's what my publisher said they do to promote

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: What are some examples of modern original plots? In a comment on this answer, a valuable community contributor suggested that it is possible to be totally original in writing, despite the fact

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: How would a source be referenced in the typical paper/book? Let's say I have at my disposal some kind of searchable content with all the references from many books and papers. How would a

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: What makes first person plural a tricky narrative voice? I absolutely loved Joshua Ferris's debut novel Then We Came to the End. Critics highly praised his use for the first person plural

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: What is the proper way to write time in a manuscript? I haven't been able to find an answer to this question for a while now. What is the proper way to write time in a manuscript? I'm

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: Getting Inside Someone Else's Head A common problem for novice fiction writers, and one that I feel that I myself haven't quite graduated from, is always writing characters who are like the

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: Where is a good place to find beta readers? Beta readers are important to perfecting a novel/novella/short story. They give you a fresh set of eyes, offer opinions, and can be a great moral

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: Verb tense for technical document titles I'm writing a technical manual about creating database systems, and wondered what is the best verb tense for title names. My ideas are: Continuous (-ing)

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: How to avoid hearing "that's me!" from your friends when they read your characters? I recently asked about getting inside of someone else's head for writing good characters who are noticeably

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: It sounds as though you are describing the concept of the Anti-Hero. Basically, this is a situation where the person whose story is being told, the protagonist, is not the standard person

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: How does one go about writing "official" fanfiction? There are tons of "official" fanifction books out there for a lot of popular TV shows and movies. I've seen Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire

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: Signs of Bad Character Development When creating a character, what red flags would show me that I'm creating an unbelievable or unsympathetic character? I know that to be believable and sympathetic

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: Critique Guidelines Critique requests are extremely useful for any writer, but they're a tricky proposition for a Q&A site. Writers.SE does its humble best. Before posting a critique request,

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: TAG IS SOON TO BE DEPRECIATED. Please use tags describing the content of the critique request instead: character-development, plot, etc.

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: Are there any good tablets out there for writing/editing? I like being able to take my work anywhere with me, but sometimes my laptop is just too big to take with me. Battery life on tablets

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