Coming Soon! SHALLA CHATS with Editors

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SHALLA TALKS: CHATTING WITH EDITORS
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A few months ago, I found out that literary agents read magazines like Glimmer Train, Story Quarterly, and Carve, searching for writers.
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So, we’re interviewing lit mag editors.

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What exactly are editors looking for?

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How do editors read submissions?

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Which lit mags specialize in what?

Find out.

July 2006

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SHALLA CHATS with Sarah Miles of Fringe Magazine

Only at: www.shalladeguzman.com

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FYI: Shalla is reading literary journals, online and print too. Oh, and Shalla's writing short stories (it helps her edit her novel and it's fun)

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Watch for

in the best lit mags near you!

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hi writers,

As I edit my super fabulous novel, I'm learning it helps to read great works of fiction (there are lots out there)

Like Biofiction? Check out Entelechy

Enjoy Experimental Fiction? Read 5_Trope and MadHatters Review

Looking for beautiful, well written short stories? Here’s a list

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Editors Chat with Shalla, stay tuned for more...

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Writing Short Stories? Flash Fiction?

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Have you checked out Absolute Write?

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From Absolute Write: Here's Formatting Your Manuscript

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Have you checked out Scrawl: The Writers Asylum?

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Have you looked at Writers U?

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Here are their Upcoming Courses

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Shalla News: SHALLA TALKS

SHALLA TALKS: EDITING YOUR WORK

Like to Connect with Readers?

Like to Post Stories & Poems?

Heard of Spoiled Ink Writing Community?

(Also check out Zoetrope All Story Virtual Studio

and Long Ridge Writers Group)

Spoiled Ink has been designed to help writers get more readers, improve their craft, get published and promote any already published work.Build your free web base with free personal web address in minutes.

Basic Membership is free.

As well as giving you a free personal web address, it allows you to upload three stories/poems, post in the forum and give and receive critiques.

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FYI: Here is Shalla on Spoiled Ink

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SPOILED INK'S SUGGESTIONS ON CRITIQUING

CHARACTERISATION: Do the characters seem real, or are they recognizable stereotypes, and is this a problem in the context of this particular story?

Are the characters’ motives logical and necessary to the story?

Are we meant to identify with any characters, and if so, do we?

DIALOGUE Does the dialogue seem realistic?

Can the reader imagine real people talking as the characters do?

Does the dialogue add to the story, or distract us from it?

SETTING: Does the story have a context and place that is convincing and alive? Is the reader able to visualise each scene?

POINT OF VIEW: Is the POV consistent, or does it leap in the middle of a scene? Is the POV appropriate – do we get a clear enough picture of the principle character’s inner drama – or too much? Could the story be told fmore interestingly from another POV?

DEVELOPMENT: Does the story develop organically, without the reader noticing, or does the narrative make sudden leaps or get stagnant? Does the reader get confused at any point?

PACING: How deeply is the reader drawn into the story? How long does the story take to set up? Is the reader drawn into the story from the beginning? Which is most appropriate for each particular story: non-stop action or character development?

MECHANICS: At the outset, some writers experience trouble with the mechanics of expressing their fiction in words. Story, paragraph and sentence structure are all slaves to the flow of a piece. If something is amiss, the reader will experience the lack of flow immediately.

A critique of a later draft can be invaluable in pointing out some of the specifics that are impeding the narrative flow.

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