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From the team: What we look for in a nonfiction piece
24 September 2021 on Blog, StorystormWhen you submit nonfiction writing to Barnstorm, a diligent team of real-life experts reviews your work—first alone, hunched over their laptops, then together, huddled around pizza and/or beer. These are...
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First Lines and Last Words
21 April 2021 on Blog, StorystormFirst impressions matter when it comes to the way that a reader—or for that matter, an editor— enters a poem. If I am reading for pleasure, I decide whether to...
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Writing Objects and Images in Fiction
07 April 2021 on Blog, StorystormWriting objects and images through the eyes and mind of a character can revolutionize a piece of fiction, opening up an emotional depth and connection to characters for the reader,...
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I Went to AWP and All I Got Was Some Great Advice
24 March 2021 on Blog, StorystormAWP, or Association of Writers and Writing Programs, is the hottest conference for writer nerds like me. In a non-pandemic world, this annual conference would be hosted in a sexy...
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How Microfiction Could Transform Social Media
10 March 2021 on Blog, StorystormI’ll be level with you from the get-go: social media and I don’t get along. Beyond the avatars we create or the companies behind our screens collecting and brokering our...
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Fiction Writers—Go Make Some Short Things!
24 February 2021 on Blog, StorystormWhen I find the idea of writing long pieces really daunting—and I don’t mean novels, or even novellas; I mean short stories, totaling fifteen pages or so—I like to transition...
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Ritualizing Rejections
10 February 2021 on Blog, StorystormDuring the full moon in Leo, on the 28th of January, I wrote down the name of every literary magazine that rejected me on tiny pieces of paper. I then...
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Poetry While Driving
03 December 2020 on StorystormWhat are you listening to while you drive? There are long drives ahead of many of us this holiday season as we retreat to our quarantine dens and visit the...
The Writer's Hot Seat
The Writer’s Hot Seat: James Patrick Kelly
18 November 2020 on Blog, The Writer's Hot SeatJames Patrick Kelly has won the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards. His newest project is King of the Dogs, Queen of the Cats, a short novel from Subterranean Press. His...
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How Writing By Hand Could Change Your Creative Process
05 November 2020 on Blog, StorystormI write all my first drafts by hand. Pencil--a sassy little Muji mechanical sweetheart that only takes soft 0.5 lead. And paper--notebooks of all shapes and sizes, lined, unlined, free...
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“Pop” Poetry?
22 October 2020 on Blog, StorystormAn hour spent browsing the display at Barnes & Noble helps me get a pulse on the current literary scene. Unlike used bookstores, my preferred place to shop for books,...
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What’s Your Process? Fiction Readers Respond
07 October 2020 on Blog, StorystormOne of my favorite parts of an MFA program is getting to know other writers on a more nuanced level--beyond interpersonal interactions or their work alone. I get to know...
