writing emotions

Form Rejections: Back in the pre-internet days, when I was a callow newbie, I assigned monumental significance to every form rejection letter I received. At one level I was right: I’d had the courage to query in the first place. But then I mistook that action as requiring an equal gesture from the universe. At…

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There’s a standard bit of advice every new writer gets: ‘Show me, don’t tell me.” As a reader, may I add another request? Make me feel something when I read a story. Twist the knife a little. Make me laugh, cry, cringe, burst with pride and love. Make me yell at you, dear author –…

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