weirderary is an online literary magazine dedicated to high quality creative work. “We publish writing, comics, art, and hybrid pieces, favoring fresh and uncommon forms, subjects, and points of view. Over here, “weird” is a compliment, not a pejorative. weirderary comes out three times per year: March, June, and October 17th.” Accepting submissions now and up to March 1, 2016. The genius of weirderary: Jessica Thompson, TJ Murray, and Colleen Kolba. “Send us your weirdest stuff, whether in content or form. We want the unusual. We want to be surprised. We appreciate humor, but that doesn’t only mean light-hearted and goofy. Feel free to go dark. Get serious, just do it in a form or from a perspective we don’t see very often. Cross genre lines and experiment. Send us the work you don’t know how to define.” Submit by email: submit-at-weirderary.com. Put the category and title of what you’re submitting in the…
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Mystery Writing Magazines
Since The Write Spot Blog has been featuring Agatha Christie this past week, it seems right to post ideas where you can submit your mystery writing. At the end of this post, link to the writing style of Agatha Christie. Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine welcomes submissions from both new and established writers. They publish “every kind of mystery short story: the psychological suspense tale, the deductive puzzle, the private eye case—the gamut of crime and detection from the realistic (including the policeman’s lot and stories of police procedure) to the more imaginative (including ‘locked rooms’ and ‘impossible crimes’). We need hardboiled stories as well as ‘cozies,’ but we are not interested in explicit sex or violence. We do not want true detective or crime stories.” With the exception of a regular book-review column and a mystery crossword, EQMM publishes only fiction. EQMM is especially happy to review first stories by…
Take a step. Start the journey.
Hey there. . . Hi! If you are a first-time visitor, Welcome! I’m glad you are browsing The Write Spot Blog. Welcome to all readers and subscribers. I’m always happy to have readers and contributors participate in The Write Spot Blog. “We” is me — a one-woman show. It’s just me, Marlene, offering inspiration and writing prompts to spark your writing. Prompts are posted on Wednesdays and Fridays. Use these prompts however they best work for you. One suggestion is to set your timer for 15-20 minutes. Sometimes the best writing gets done with the pressure of a deadline. Write fast and furious. Do not expect “perfect” writing. No one will read your freewrite, unless you invite them to. Freewrites come from within you and burst out during this time of writing freely. Sometimes when we’re writing freely, our mind takes a 90 degree turn and pretty soon we’re off,…
Alaska Quarterly Review encourages new and emerging writers
Alaska Quarterly Review is a literary journal devoted to contemporary literary art, publishing fiction, short plays, poetry, photo essays, and literary non-fiction in traditional and experimental styles. The editors encourage new and emerging writers, while continuing to publish award winning and established writers. Guidelines FICTION: Short stories and novel excerpts (generally not exceeding 50 pages). POETRY: Poems (up to 20 pages). DRAMA: Short plays (generally not exceeding 50 pages). PROSE: Literary nonfiction (generally not exceeding 50 pages). PHOTO ESSAYS: Query before submitting. All manuscripts must be typed and accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). Unsolicited manuscripts are read between August 15 and May 15. AQR responds to e-mail queries, but cannot review electronic submissions. Identify simultaneous submissions in cover letter.
How many povs can be in one scene?
The question often pops up: How many points of view can be in one scene? The easy answer: One point of view per paragraph. The expanded answer: “If you have more than one character within a scene whose points of view are relevant, then you’ll need to use the omniscient pov.” Jordan E. Rosenfeld, Make A Scene. The omniscient narrator is all-knowing, able to move in and out of the thoughts of all the characters and to comment on events before and after the scene has happened. Jordan, an authority on writing, expands upon the idea of changing pov within a scene: “. . . you must make omniscient clear right away from the first paragraph in the scene. If the readers believes that he has only been able to see inside character A’s head, and then you suddenly leap into character B’s head, the reader will feel confused and…
The Sun Magazine
“The Sun is an independent, ad-free magazine that for more than forty years has used words and photographs to evoke the splendor and heartache of being human. Each monthly issue celebrates life, but not in a way that ignores its complexity. The personal essays, short stories, interviews, poetry, and photographs that appear in The Sun’s pages explore the challenges we face and the moments when we rise to meet them.” “We publish essays, interviews, fiction, and poetry. We tend to favor personal writing, but we’re also looking for provocative pieces on political and cultural issues. And we’re open to just about anything. Surprise us; we often don’t know what we’ll like until we read it. We pay from $300 to $2,000 for essays and interviews, $300 to $1,500 for fiction, and $100 to $200 for poetry. We also give contributors a complimentary one-year subscription to The Sun. We purchase one-time rights. All other…
Another POV choice: Free Indirect Speech
POV = Point of view. Point of view is . . . simply. . . from the point of view of whoever is telling the story. Writers get to choose who tells the story. It’s a very simple concept, made difficult by the many choice of who gets to tell the story: first person, second person, third person (limited, close, omniscient). Here’s another point of view choice: The Free Indirect Style. I’m posting about the free indirect style of point of view because I’m fascinated with learning new things and also because a friend, whom I admire and is an excellent writer said, “I have found that I use it [free indirect point of view] a lot in my writing, and always have, without even knowing that’s what it was. It’s a very “natural” voice for me and, I think, one that’s easy to read.” Ready? Here we go: “Free…
Superstition Review
Superstition Review is the online literary magazine published by Arizona State University twice yearly (May and December), featuring art, fiction, interviews, nonfiction and poetry. Their mission is to promote contemporary art and literature by providing a free, easy-to-navigate, high quality online publication that features work by established and emerging artists and authors from all over the world. Superstition Review welcomes submissions of art, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry during their two reading periods in spring (January and February) and fall (September and October). Submission Guidelines. Superstition Review maintains a strong year-round community of editors, submitters, contributors, and readers through social networks: s[r} Blog s[r]Facebook s[r]Goodreads s[r]Google+ iTunes U LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Twitter YouTube The Write Spot Blog is part of the Festive Spirit Blog Hop, hosted by Francis H. Powell. To read posts by participating bloggers, click on Francis H. Powell’s Home Page. Scroll down, choose a name, click on one and you will magically be…
A Variety of Point of Views
Point of View (POV)- is the term to describe who is telling the story . . . or. . . who is narrating the story. Point of view is the story told from the narrator’s viewpoint and what the narrator’s relation is to the story, or . . . the distance between the narrator and the story, as well as the trustworthiness of the narrator. Involved narrator – the narrator is involved in the action as it unfolds Detached narrator – narrator is an objective observer or witness to the action Reliable narrator – a narrator whose account and perceptions we can trust Unreliable narrator – a narrator whose own ignorance, mental or emotional state, age, prejudice, etc. may distort or limit his or her perceptions Free indirect style – a lesser know POV, a style of third-person narration, using some of the characteristics of third-person along with the essence…
American Short Fiction Magazine
“American Short Fiction publishes work by emerging and established voices: stories that dive into the wreck, that stretch the reader between recognition and surprise, that conjure a particular world with delicate expertise—stories that take a different way home.” “Our goal here at American Short Fiction is to respect . . . involvement by offering consistently intelligent, engrossing, and beautiful reading, in print and on this website, and we appreciate your company. “Stories! Stories, stories, stories!” cried the narrator on the final page of that first Spring ’91 issue, in a work by W. D. Wetherell. Stories, indeed.” American Short(er) Fiction Contest The prize recognizes extraordinary short fiction under 1,000 words. The first-place winner will receive a $1,000 prize and publication, and the second-place winner will receive $250 and publication. All entries will be considered for publication. Submission period ends: February 1, 2016. Guidelines for contest. Submission Guidelines for regular submissions….