Do you ever get a rejection from a magazine and you wonder what makes their accepted stories better than yours that got rejected?
I was probably an elitist snob like everyone else in the 90s. But I was also a kid doing kid stuff like playing video games, watching movies, and...
This is usually considered a "no-no" in the story workshops, but do you still do it? I am guilty of doing it because sometimes I have an idea...
I have a short question: in case "your" story gets accepted into a magazine, is it professional for a writer to request to make some minor changes...
wow, so that's possible? I always thought you had to first write short stories and then if you make some name of yourself you get to write a...
Come on, they have no “simultaneous submissions” rule. I haven't met a magazine yet that doesn't have that. So if I submit it to someone else......
It seems to be the case. The thing is that I've sent the story a long time ago and they should have contacted me by now (at least according their...
Can I just ask what is a time period between getting your story accepted by some magazine and getting it published?
Ok thanks for the reply. To be honest I'm beyond day 40. I'm well over day 70 and that's why I started to think they lost the story or forgot to...
I was reading data for some magazine submission status for short stories on thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com and can someone enlight me what some of...
what about quotes for editors? I mean I remember reading a leaked script for pilot tv show "Virtuality" (2009) and under the title of the script...
Me leeway? I just copied it from https://format.ms/story.html I thought this is the standard. Maybe you're talking about the quote because the...
Sorry for resurrecting the old topic (don't know if it's against the rules) but I was wondering if you want to start a short story with a...
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