Category: About Writing

Press Spotlight: Shambles

Olivia Smith // Blog Director Finding places to submit your work can be one of the hardest parts of writing. With hundreds of different presses, journals, and literary magazines, the choices are overwhelming. Sure, there are plenty of catalogs – DuoTrope, The…

Un Sueno

Laura Elias // Blog Writer Sitting at a red light was not how I had envisioned myself telling my grandmother, of all people, that I wanted to be a writer. Yet there I was, fifteen, on the cusp of sixteen,…

On Not Writing

Ana Hein // Blog Writer I am not a good writer. This is not to say that I don’t think what I write is any good, though like most creative people, I tend to dislike whatever it is I’ve made…

The Hero’s Journey and Modern Story Structure

Jonathan Smith // Blog Writer Humans have always had an insatiable appetite for compelling and relatable stories. Philosophers and writers alike have often tried to categorize the essence of an enduring story, with one of the oldest and most popular…