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I’m Rachel, a literary magazine editor passionate about demystifying the world of literary magazines and helping readers find their place within it. This newsletter is my way of connecting with you, offering practical advice and encouragement.
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One Small Edit: Spark Your Spark Again (opens the original)
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Your One Small Edit today: bring the spark back into your draft.Recording Length: ~14 minutesFind your original spark: 3 minWrite from it again: 6 minNotice what you notice: 2 minOne Small Edit: 3 min Read more
#123 Suzanne Roberts on Writing Into the Difficult Thing (opens the original)
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joins me in conversation about writing into the difficult thing, and how craft can give us a way into painful or unruly material. Suzanne also leaves listeners with a really touching, beautiful twenty-minute practice for approaching a subject that feels too dangerous to write about.---Get my Writerly Love Letters, sent Wednesdays and filled with ideas and care for you and your writing: rachelthompson.co/letters---All of the notes for this episode and a complete transcript are up at rachelthomp
Submit & Shine ✨ (opens the original)
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Hi, Lovely Writers,As a paid Lit Mag Love subscriber on Substack, I have a little something new for you. I invite you to join us for Submit & Shine, a simple and (I hope) very motivating submission game.The idea is that, starting on Tuesday, September 15, we’ll spend a month together sending our writing out to lit mags. All you need to do is send out th… Read more
One Small Edit: No Caption Necessary (opens the original)
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This week’s One Small Edit: find a place in your writing that works like a caption that explains and undercuts a scene or image in your work. Then cut it, or give it one concrete detail.The audio for this session is in the voiceover at the top of this page. Press play to listen.Recording Length: ~10 minutesChoose one place: 1 minFind the explanation: 3 minMake one small edit: 5 minNotice what changed: 1 min💌 Subscribe to my Writerly Love Letters | &#
One Small Edit: Diagnose First (opens the original)
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Welcome to the first session of One Small Edit. Hop in to practice one specific editing move you can use right away in your own work.Today join for a foundational move: to diagnose before you edit.To join, all you need is a work in progress or a few sections of free writing. I’ll walk you through a second look at one paragraph, stanza, scene, or small snippet of writing.You’re also invited to share a margin note with us when you’re done.The audio for this session is in the voiceover at the top o
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