Fast. Quick. Flash. Whatever you use to describe a quick response to a writer’s submission. As writers, we are looking for magazines that will respond fast. Preferably one that will respond to your submission within a month. For some, it is a literary magazine that responds in days or less than a week. Not necessarily […]
As a writer, feedback is very important to me. Not just any kind of feedback but constructive feedback from other writers. Most especially editors. The people whose business is to edit writing. If you are new to writing, You need useful feedback. Something you can apply to make your writing better. One way of getting […]
Short Story in general is any story within 1500 to 15000 words. Anything below could be referred to as flash fiction while above you could call it a novella. The average length of short stories in pages is 3 to 30 pages (single-spaced) while 6 to 60 pages (double-spaced). The length of a short story […]
It is November, another month of writing. If you are struggling to come up with ideas and things to write about. There are a lot of creative writing prompts to write with. This list has ninety creative writing prompts for November 2022. Each day has three prompts. Word Prompt Story Prompt Another story prompt You […]
In a write up looking at the differences between Flash Fiction and shorts story we should not forget that they are both fiction. On the sole basis that they are both fiction leads to a lot of similarities. But we will be looking at the differences in this blogpost. Flash Fiction differs from short story […]
Writing flash fiction consistently is hard. When you finally muster the courage to write you are faced with the “no ideas problem”. Well, it is not that you don’t have ideas but they are not good enough to get you writing the flash pieces. When the idea comes it is usually in ones and twos. […]
The 100 word story form of Microfiction is growing particularly with the increasing audience for this form of writing. With or without time as a writer you still get to create a story absolute in its entirety and bold in brevity. Whether you choose to call it drabble or one hundred word story I got […]
Where do I get fifty-word stories that reveal the typical nature of good 50 word stories? As 50-word stories grow in form and many writers are experimenting with the form to see how much story they can work with the form and length, the result is excellent and fresh stories that linger long after you […]
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26 Poetry Chapbook Contests [2022 Review]
While you have those poems that seem to come together thematically. They would seem to ask that you allow them to go into the world and show their capabilities in a Chapbook. Most of these poetry chapbook contests would accept your poems even though they have been independently published. As long as you have not […]
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5 Amazing Rhyming Poem Generators (2022)
Are you looking for a rhyming poem generator then this list is for you? Whether you are looking for a funny rhyme poem or a name poem rhyme. Most of the websites will randomly generate a rhyming poem while some of them would ask you to use your words for the first line. Let’s begin. […]
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10 Best Acrostic Poem Generators (2022)
If you have been thinking of how to create a acrostic poem from a name where each letter is a line, you can do it automatically with these free online tools. It will be fun to make a funny poem out of your name. Create a meaning out of your name for each of the […]
Imagine for a moment you could get your poem formatted into a concrete form or shape. Sometimes you are looking for a website to make and transform it’s generated poem into a visual form for your admiration. Before we begin. I would be using visual and concrete alternatively throughout this blogpost. Let’s get started. What […]
Are you a writer seeking to get published? Whether already published or this is your first attempt at getting published, then Submittable is a tool you need to help you accomplish those goals. When I submit to literary magazines, I wait for their emails of acceptance and sometimes it gets buried in my inbox . […]
Starting from scratch is difficult. Worse when it comes to writing. Staring at the overwhelming blank page is not what we like to experience. This is a list of Creative Writing prompts for October. There are at least three prompts for each day. These creative writing prompts should help get you started in practicing and […]
Flash Fiction has grown in popularity. The number of people searching for flash fiction is increasing. Many writers are adopting this form of fiction. Writers have decided to write a how-to book on writing flash fiction. While it may seem that all these books are the same. They are not. Each book has a different […]
In this blog post, we’ll look at the different things you need to know about microfiction. Starting from the definition to examples and magazines where you can read microfiction for free. Let’s get started. Microfiction Definition Microfiction, As the name comes from two words. Micro which means small and Fiction which means an imaginative story. […]
The Novel as a form of fiction has been around for a long time. This is not to say that the short story is newer when compared to the novel. The short story has been around in the form of fables, anecdotes, other ancient forms of Story. Ever since, the short story has been more […]
Everyone is doing it. Am I sure or is this what I think is happening? Considering this form of fiction called flash fiction should I be writing it? What are the benefits or reasons I should be doing it? All these are questions I will be answering in this blog post. Flash Fiction is a […]
