Nathan Tyree: Post for Fuzzmeister
What it takes to get a story published: Actually, for this example I’m going to use a poem. The poem in question is called The Alchemist’s Son. First, I wrote it. It took about three hours. Then I revised it, which took another three hours. Then I work shopped it at a writer’s work shop that I am a member of. I used a few of the suggestions that were given there to do another re-write (2 more hours). Then I began submitting it. I sent it to three magazines that I like (along with a cover letter, which is a must). All three rejected it (one gave a very nice personal critique). I sent it to the next three ‘zines I had chosen for it. All three rejected it. I then sent it to three more. Two of them accepted it almost simultaneously, leaving me with a difficult decision. I made the decision, sent a polite letter withdrawing it from one market and letting the other have it. That’s how stories get published. It’s not a very exciting process.
What it takes to get a story published: Actually, for this example I’m going to use a poem. The poem in question is called The Alchemist’s Son. First, I wrote it. It took about three hours. Then I revised it, which took another three hours. Then I work shopped it at a writer’s work shop that I am a member of. I used a few of the suggestions that were given there to do another re-write (2 more hours). Then I began submitting it. I sent it to three magazines that I like (along with a cover letter, which is a must). All three rejected it (one gave a very nice personal critique). I sent it to the next three ‘zines I had chosen for it. All three rejected it. I then sent it to three more. Two of them accepted it almost simultaneously, leaving me with a difficult decision. I made the decision, sent a polite letter withdrawing it from one market and letting the other have it. That’s how stories get published. It’s not a very exciting process.
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