WRITING

Writing Tips from a Writing Teacher

Here you go — questions? feel free to comment

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These are guidelines I follow when I write. I break most of these rules at times, but I do it with intention. Let me know if you agree or disagree with any of these.

Online Writing Tips

• Title NOT literary, but rather, descriptive and catchy
• Subtitle hints at a bit more. Don’t tell the story in your title and subtitle
• No click bait or anything sexual
• Photo has attribute and is a bright, engaging photo that previews well, and attribution underneath
• Story is relevant and somewhat universal, if a personal essay or memoir; what can reader take away from it?
• Consider the tone: upbeat? engaging? does the story impel reader to continue reading?Interesting?
• Genre: Nonfiction/memoir will be narrative, w beginning/middle/end. Of course, personal essays and memoirs will tend to be emotive, confessional, etc.
• Graphs and charts, if used, as well as photos, are helpful to the text, rather than confusing. No random Youtube songs, etc.
• Length is not a determining factor in approving a story for publication with us, but…