Jan

12

What I’ve Learned: The Curse of Was (or How to Hunt Down Passive Sentences)

Category: Craft, WIL, Writing | 2 Comments

When I first started writing with an eye for publication, I hadn’t taken any writing courses, no fiction classes, nothing. I was really flying by the seat. I started out submitting mainly to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, then also to Cemetery Dance and other short story markets. I always got rejected, but I often got little notes that really boiled down to, “I liked the idea, but it just didn’t grab me.”

I remember thinking, “How do I do that? Tell me how to grab you!”

 

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