Craft

Craft is the bedrock of success. Without the ability to compose professional prose, your career will never take off. Here are some articles that can help:

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  10 perennial problems in short story submissions
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  A glimpse into the world of poetry publishing: 6 interviews with poets published by Indigo Dreams
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  Editing, revising, redrafting – how to get out of the loop of doom (part 1)
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  Eight low-cost ways to improve your editing skills
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  Fairy tales and the lessons they offer writers
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  How to overcome (or, at least, sneak past) writer’s block
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  Q&A with short story writer Amanda Huggins
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  Q&A with writer Angela Readman
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  Q&A with writer Dan Micklethwaite on the short story writing process
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  Q&A with writer Jonathan Pinnock
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  Q&A with writer Tim Major
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  The psychology of “editing limbo”: how to get out of the loop of doom (part 2)
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  The unbearable expectations of the first line
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  You’ve finished your first draft. Now what?