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I Read Hundreds of Queries a Week. Here’s the Most Important Sentence You Need to Write
All about loglines and selling your work
Aug 12
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The Forever Workshop
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Erin C. Niumata
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The Most Important Ingredient in Your Marketing Plan
Author marketing that won’t give you the ick with publishing experts Jane Friedman, Karin Gillespie & Erin C. Niumata
Aug 6
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Jane Friedman
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Karin Gillespie
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Erin C. Niumata
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The Forever Workshop
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July 2026
Weird for a Reason: What Editors Want From Experimental Fiction
Editors from The Sun, Ploughshares, and Okay Donkey Weigh in
Jul 29
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Rachel Dillon
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Derek Askey
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steve chang
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The Forever Workshop
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Looking for a Low-Residency MFA? We’ve Got You Covered
MFA programs that offer flexibility for the busy writers out there
Jul 29
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The Forever Workshop
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Ciera
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How to Free Yourself from a Creative Block Forever
Beyond common writing advice and finding inspiration across art forms
Jul 22
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The Forever Workshop
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Kayla Kumari
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The Cure for Flat Prose: How to Find Details Readers Remember
How Stephen King, Cameron Crow, and Brenda Miller bring a scene to life + 3 exercises to help you do the same!
Jul 15
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Andrea A. Firth
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The Forever Workshop
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Experimenting with the Sonnet: Breaking the Form
How to master the rules of formal poetry to break them with grace with Madeleine Bazil
Jul 8
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Madeleine Bazil
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The Forever Workshop
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How a Wigleaf Top 50 Editor Really Chooses Stories
Q&A with Shome Dasgupta
Jul 2
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shome dasgupta
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The Forever Workshop
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June 2026
Behind the Submit Button
MFA programs where you can work for a literary magazine while earning your degree
Jun 25
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The Forever Workshop
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Ciera
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Getting Started with Historical Fiction
From research to the page with bestselling historical novelist Emma Darwin
Jun 24
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Emma Darwin
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The Forever Workshop
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Writing Behind the Locked Door
Reaching readers when sharing grief and trauma
Jun 17
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Helene Kiser
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The Forever Workshop
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Story Math: Writing Equations that Add Up
Six easy plotting methods to help you jump right into your story
Jun 10
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Erin
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The Forever Workshop
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